Ken Larsen's web site - BOCC Light Rail public speeches April 18, 2017
| 69 people spoke during the public speakers segment. 36 were against the project; 33 were for it. |
Click on name to see video of their speech.
| Opponents | ||
| 1 | Ken Larsen | Summary of public comment for previous 4 meetings (December 5, January 24, March 7, and April 4) |
| 2 | Maria De Bruin | |
| 3 | Desiree Goldman | |
| 4 | Brenda McCall | |
| 5 | Peter Calingaert | Questions financial predictions |
| 6 | Kimberly Brewer | Lives on Purify Road in Chapel Hill |
| 7 | Joan Guile | |
| 8 | Bonnie Hauser | |
| 9 | Del Snow | |
| 10 | Julie McClintock | |
| 11 | Sheila Creth | |
| 12 | John Morris | |
| 13 | Harold Gordon | Retired construction engineer. Harold gives very compelling reasons for why he regards Go Triangle's cost estimates as being too low. He has sent questions to Go Triangle, but they have not yet answered him. |
| 14 | Molly McConnell | |
| 15 | Phil Earnhardt | |
| 16 | Kenneth Parker | Wants good public transit for Orange County. |
| 17 | Bill Charles | |
| 18 | Lisa Kylie | |
| 19 | Jameszetta Bedford | |
| 20 | Linda Haac | |
| 21 | David Carpenter | |
| 22 | Ed Tiryakian | Shakespeare sonnet |
| 23 | Alex Cabanes | Ridership numbers are down. |
| 24 | Bob Rever | |
| 25 | Robert David | |
| 26 | Cheryl Hardman | |
| 27 | Rosemary Wensil | Chapel Hill resident |
| 28 | David Schwartz | Chapel Hill resident. Ran for Town Council in 2015. Quote of the day: "It's not often that you find Julie McClintock and local real estate developers on the same side of an issue ... to say nothing of Desiree Goldman. If that combination of people think that a particular project is a bad idea, you can be confident that it is a bad idea, so I encourage you to vote no." |
| 29 | Terry Vance | |
| 30 | Diane Robertson | |
| 31 | Joe Phelps | |
| 32 | Sam Garbo | |
| 33 | Hannah Thorn | |
| 34 | Charles Humble | |
| 35 | Tony Blake | |
| 36 | Ann Loftin |
| Proponents | ||
| 1 | John Hammond | |
| 2 | Jim Parker | |
| 3 | Sue Hunter | |
| 4 | Matt Fajack | Vice Chancellor of Finances and Administration at UNC |
| 5 | Karen McCall | UNC Healthcare |
| 6 | Bernadette Pelissier | Former Orange County Commissioner. Talks about the social justice benefits of DOLRT. |
| 7 | David Neal | |
| 8 | Tom Farmer | Chapel Hill resident whose home and place of work are each within a quarter of a mile of an existing bus stop. |
| 9 | Josh Mayo |
UNC senior |
| 10 | Matt Bailey | |
| 11 | Jason Baker | Lives in Chapel Hill; works in Raleigh. |
| 12 | Melissa McCullough | Lives in Chapel Hill, Sierra Club member |
| 13 | Dory McMillan | Senior at UNC. Community Empowerment |
| 14 | Katy Lang | Carrboro resident; car free transit rider |
| 15 | Molly De Marco | UNC professor. Resident of Chapel Hill |
| 16 | Matthew Clark | Lives in Durham. |
| 17 | Alison Stuebe | UNC physician who lives at Meadowmont |
| 18 | Vijay Sivaraman | NCCU professor |
| 19 | Aaron Nelson | Chamber of Commerce |
| 20 | Kristen Smith | Chamber of Commerce |
| 21 | Alan Smaltz | |
| 22 | Kegan Sacripontie | Grad student at UNC. Lives in Orange County. |
| 23 | James Bonderant | UNC student |
| 24 | David King | |
| 25 | Heather Brutz | |
| 26 | Rachel Willis | |
| 27 | Allie Klonch | UNC grad student |
| 28 | Gary Saunders | |
| 29 | Michael Waltrip | |
| 30 | Maria Palmer | Town Council member who is up for re-election this year. |
| 31 | Ramona Magee | Lives in Durham. Attorney for SELC. |
| 32 | Kym Hunter | Lives in Chapel Hill. Attorney for SELC. |
| 33 | Lee Storrow | Former Chapel Hill Town Council member |