On September 13, the Town of Chapel Hill removed yard signs placed in public right-of-ways around town by the Chapel Hill Organization for Clean Energy (CHOCE).  Approximately two weeks later, Chapel Hill Transit Authority “parked” buses which included ads paid for by CHOCE.  

The signs and ads are a part of the group’s effort to make the Chapel Hill community aware of the harmful impacts of the coal plant operated on the campus of the University of North Carolina. 

CHOCE petitions the Town of Chapel Hill Council to review ordinance (5.14) in the policy and standards of the Chapel Hill Transit Authority regarding Bus signage AND their Land Use Management Ordinance Section 5.14 for yard signs and banners and in so doing to ascertain that both do actually and fully comply with federal First Amendment rights in compliance with US Supreme Court authority on this subject: see Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona, 135 S.Ct. 2218 (2015).