theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 07/05/20266-figure income households now qualify for "affordable housing" in the Triangle. That's housing available only to people making less than 80% of the median income in a metro area. 120
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 02/05/2026New post about May Day and the history of labor organizing at UNC 100
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Making housing cheaper means tackling the cost of capital and making predictable rules about what you're allowed to build where. 010
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 25/12/2025theonollert.substack.com/p/the-spirit... Merry Christmas!theonollert.substack.comThe Spirit of ChristmasMy favorite scarf reminds me that generosity and kindness can enrich us year-round, not just at the holidays 000
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 29/11/2025New Substack about how housing costs have outpaced incomes this century - and what we can do to fight poverty, increase incomes, and make housing more affordable theonollert.substack.com/p/housing-co... 130
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Chapel Hill needs more housing options for undergrads and grad students! It's hard to find good, affordable options. Our land use rules make it even harder than it has to be! 030
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 21/11/2025theonollert.substack.com/p/the-town-c... The Council stalled Wednesday night on positive land use reforms to legalize more homes on smaller lots. When we come back in January, we'll try again--and I'll ask to include triplexes and quadplexes in the legislation.theonollert.substack.comThe Town Council Takes a Swing and a MissWednesday night's stalemate at Town Hall defies common sense 071
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 16/08/2025What is affordable housing? Who is it for, and how do we get more of it? (Hint: legalize more kinds of housing, get rid of poison pill regulations, and get creative with public housing loan funds!) 030
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 14/08/2025The President is taking over DC to distract from the Epstein files. Real community safety programs are about harm reduction - and the biggest threat to public safety today is financial desperation driven by high costs and low incomes. 052
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Legalizing single-stair buildings would reduce housing costs across North Carolina. It's not yet a partisan issue, so your legislator should be able to listen when you ask for it! 000
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 07/08/2025You can now catch a GoTriangle bus every 15 minutes between downtown Chapel Hill and downtown Durham on the 400 and 405 lines! Free for youths, seniors, and low-income riders, and lots of discounts for local employees. 1317
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Parents are struggling to find affordable childcare in North Carolina. Actually, they're struggling to find childcare at all: five families compete for every spot in a licensed facility. We need universal pre-K! 0184
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 26/07/2025We need politicians across North Carolina to step up and support more affordable housing! 010
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 10/07/2025The towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro are coordinating with Orange County to support disaster relief: crisiscleanup.org/survivor +19102181569 199
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Flood recovery center opening at the Drakeford Library in Carrboro! 0124
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Links to volunteer needs across the Triangle: theonollert.substack.com/p/how-to-hel... 000
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 08/07/2025🚨🚨Orange County, NC🚨🚨 Ways to help (and get help) here: linktr.ee/ChantalMutua... 1714
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 20/06/2025My housing philosophy, summed up. Thanks to Brighton and @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social for the chance to say it! 110
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Senseless acts of violence like the Minnesota shootings are designed to terrify and intimidate us into silence, and I don't think anyone who holds office should be silent in the face of violence that threatens the foundations of our democracy. 110
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Here's a story you might have missed: one Republican in Raleigh forced city councils across North Carolina to raise property taxes. 012
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Enjoyed biking up Manning Drive to the UNC Men's Baseball team win over Holy Cross! One of the attendants insisted that we could not possibly have biked there when we ducked under a rope to retrieve our bikes. Here's the proof! 😂 100
Reposted by @theonollert.bsky.socialDaniel Franch @danielfranchnc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025🗣️Calling all @orangedemsnc.bsky.social! Join Councilor @theonollert.bsky.social, NCDP Judicial Caucus Director Becca Zerkin, OCDP 1st VC Linda Cohen, friendly neighbors, and me this Sunday, 6/1 to build power door-to-door in Orange Co. It’s time to hold Sen. Tillis accountable! #ncpol 112
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Lots of chatter today about old leaders. I'm very pleased to have administered the oath of office today to a young leader - Adolfo Alvarez, UNC's new student body president! 000
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I was happy to vote yes on more affordable workforce housing close to downtown! chapelboro.com/news/housing...chapelboro.comChapel Hill Council Approves Affordable Workforce Housing Community Along MLK Boulevard - Chapelboro.comThe Chapel Hill Town Council recently unanimously approved a proposed affordable workforce housing community close to downtown. 000
Reposted by @theonollert.bsky.social97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social · 14/05/2025As Chapel Hill continues to implement their “Everywhere to Everywhere” greenways project, one of the challenges is getting people to utilize bike and pedestrian transportation. That led to the establishment of the Chapel Hill E-Bike Lending Library.chapelboro.comIt's Electric! Chapel Hill E-Bike Lending Library Program Underway - Chapelboro.comAs the Town of Chapel Hill continues to implement their “Everywhere to Everywhere” greenways project, one of the challenges is convincing more people to utilize bike and pedestrian transportation inst... 053
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Here's why houses are so hard to find - and so expensive - in Chapel Hill. Fortunately, we could make changes that would help! theonollert.substack.com/p/why-for-sa...theonollert.substack.comWhy For-Sale Housing is Scarce in Chapel HillOur policies make it hard to build everything except really big single family homes 010
Reposted by @theonollert.bsky.socialPittsburgh New Liberals @pghnewliberals.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Kudos to @prohousingpgh.org and their successful advocacy that’s led to Pittsburgh’s eliminating minimum lot sizes per units and eliminating and/or reducing minimum lot sizes citywide! youtu.be/a80zoANs6JY?...youtu.bePro-Housing Pittsburgh Members Support Min Lot Size ReformYouTube video by Pro-Housing Pittsburgh 616217
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Chapel Hill will soon adopt a new budget and a new tax rate. Since 2022, costs have risen 5-6X faster than new revenues. My latest substack post breaks down why this happens and what we need to do about it. theonollert.substack.com/p/chapel-hil... 110
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Chapel Hill and Orange County have clear evidence that housing scarcity drives up property taxes. Read here! theonollert.substack.com/p/housing-sc... 040
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 06/04/2025The saga so far as NC Republicans try to steal a supreme court seat from Allison Riggs and the people of North Carolina! 021
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I wish our Republican majority in Raleigh was more focused on helping people than on hurting them! 020
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I am pleased that Town staff have heard our (and your) concerns and are returning this content to the webpage. 150
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I share Mark's disappointment about the signal this sends to anyone who feels threatened by the current administration. Rule number one of protecting our values in this time is "do not obey in advance." I've asked Town staff to restore the missing materials to the Town's webpage. 1103
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 18/03/2025All of us can play a part in spreading the perception that the Trump administration won't get away with detaining and disappearing people - and that we will protect each other when they try. theonollert.substack.com/p/how-to-rea... 100
Reposted by @theonollert.bsky.socialAnne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril. 757318666753
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Republicans in Raleigh have handed Duke Energy unlimited power and ratepayers a raw deal! 010
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 13/03/2025NC Republicans are about to drive us off a budget cliff -while cutting corporate taxes! 020
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Trump world wants to defund an agency that returned $20 billion to defrauded Americans! 030
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 09/03/2025People are paying more attention to all levels of government than ever right now. Here's a quick primer about what city councils do! 100
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 04/03/2025To win back power, Democrats need a more compelling vision of what to do with it. We all work hard enough to deserve good lives. Democrats should make sure that we get them. theonollert.substack.com/p/what-democ... 030
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Proud of these friends and neighbors from Orange Dems in Chapel Hill who stepped up to help relocate Holmes Daycare today! 000
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Here's some of what federal funding cuts would threaten in Chapel Hill: - town staff who helped secure 1,200 low-income housing units - ~$150 million for the North-South Bus Rapid Transit project - 750,000 trips annually on Chapel Hill transit - $600 million in NIH money for UNC 010
Reposted by @theonollert.bsky.socialAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Toppling autocracy requires understanding: Public opinion matters far less than public action. And public action is the swiftest way to shift public opinion. 27424
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 18/01/2025The hand-wringing about media and messaging among Democrats is short-sighted. Elevate leaders who show a knack for picking winnable fights and growing coalitions. Partisan cheerleading and mud-slinging have a low ceiling for conversion in this era of political skepticism. 120
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 17/01/2025In a digital age I honestly love that the town still gives us printed budgets. Much preferable way to go searching for answers to line item questions than on a screen! 000
Reposted by @theonollert.bsky.socialTriangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 16/01/20251300 people are reading our liveblog right now. Are you? triangleblogblog.com/2025/01/16/w...triangleblogblog.comWe're liveblogblogging the hearing on UNC’s plans to burn PFAS-containing pelletsHello! We're at Town Hall where people are streaming in for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality’s (DAQ) public hearing tomorrow at Chapel Hill Town Hall a... 0103
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Chapel Hill public hearing on the UNC cogeneration plant plan to test an alternative fuel source, which includes plastic, to replace coal. Quote of the night so far: "it only takes a little bit of shit to make a shit sandwich" 😂@ludkmr.bsky.social 130
theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Very funny to see a report on a work session I supposedly attended that didn't actually take place! 121
