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Damon Seils

Damon Seils joined Carrboro's Town Council in April 2013 through a special election and was elected mayor in 2021, serving until December 2023. His term saw the hiring of a new town manager in 2021 and the adoption of a new comprehensive plan in 2022.

Source: Chapelboro: Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils Will Not Seek Re-Election, Stepping Down in December (April 19, 2023)

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  1. Damon Seils joins Carrboro's governing board after a special election Seils won a seat on Carrboro's board in a special election in April 2013. He was re-elected and served on the board until he became mayor in December 2021. Place: CarrboroSearch the index · Chapelboro: Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils Will Not Seek Re-Election, Stepping Down in December (April 19, 2023)
  2. Carrboro Board of Aldermen calls for the repeal of House Bill 2 at a Saturday special meeting Three days after the General Assembly passed and Governor Pat McCrory signed House Bill 2, the Board met in special session and adopted a resolution affirming the dignity of LGBT people, calling for the law's repeal and urging other North Carolina governments to use it as a model, then adopted a second resolution condemning by name the legislators and governor who enacted it. Both passed six to none with Jacquelyn Gist absent, and the Board asked staff to raise the town's rainbow pride flags on March 28. People: Lydia Lavelle, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Sammy Slade, Damon Seils Place: Carrboro · Also named: Jacquelyn GistTown of Carrboro: Board of Aldermen special meeting minutes, March 26, 2016
  3. Carrboro Town Council adopts a nondiscrimination ordinance covering sexual orientation and gender identity Six weeks after the state's moratorium on local employment and public accommodation ordinances expired on December 1, 2020, the Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 10/20-21, adding to Chapter 8 of the Town Code a ban on discrimination in employment and places of public accommodation that covers sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The ordinance took effect on adoption and cited the town's March 26, 2016 pledge to seek such protections. People: Lydia Lavelle, Jacquelyn Gist, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Sammy Slade, Barbara Foushee, Damon Seils Place: CarrboroTown of Carrboro: Town Council minutes, January 12, 2021
  4. Carrboro honors Lydia Lavelle as Damon Seils is sworn in as mayor At the council's meeting the town honored Lavelle for her four terms as mayor, and state senator Valerie Foushee administered the oath of office to her successor, Damon Seils. Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Barbara Foushee and Danny Nowell began council terms at the same meeting. People: Lydia Lavelle, Valerie Foushee, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Barbara Foushee, Damon Seils Place: Carrboro · Also named: Danny NowellSearch the index · Chapelboro: Carrboro Town Council Swears In New Mayor, Council Members
  5. Ground is broken for the Southern Branch Library in Carrboro Carrboro and Orange County broke ground at 203 South Greensboro Street for the Orange County Southern Branch Library and civic building known as The 203 Project, after both boards gave final approval on March 15, 2022. Mayor Damon Seils led the program, with remarks by commissioners' chair Renee Price, County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Town Manager Richard J. White III and Nerys Levy of the Friends of the Southern Branch Library. People: Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Damon Seils, Renée Price, Bonnie Hammersley Place: Carrboro · Also named: Richard J. White IIITown of Carrboro news: Groundbreaking for The 203 Project (May 2022)

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Ellie Kinnaird papers, 1987-2016.

Kinnaird, Ellie (Eleanor G.), 1931- · 1987

Papers of Ellie Kinnaird, born 1931, a North Carolina state senator, spanning 1987 to 2016 and running to roughly 6,400 items across 20.5 linear feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5356. The papers focus on capital punishment in North Carolina and the campaigns against it, health insurance legislation, voting technology, and the work of women legislators in the General Assembly.

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Michael R. Nelson papers, circa 1890-2012

Nelson, Michael R., 1963- · 1890

Roughly 2,000 items in 6.5 linear feet kept as the papers of Michael R. Nelson, born 1963, dated from about 1890 to 2012, collection 70140 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Topics include politics and government in Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County, campaign paraphernalia, and gay activists and politicians in North Carolina, naming Joseph A. Herzenberg, 1941 to 2007.

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