As the end of the Blue Ribbon Committee on the Future of Wake County draws near, I found myself nodding Monday as Chuck Neely, the Raleigh conservative and former Republican gubernatorial candidate, weighed in. “Politicians,” Neely said, “will go to the sales tax every time, because it’s the easy tax.” “I agree with you,” I […]
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Whatever it takes
On the ground, one day later, Raleigh is absolutely giddy. We are so gosh-darned hip, and masters of our domain, to have conquered this hockey thing in nine years flat. No one else ever thought to stand for an entire Game 7? Just shows our creative class. And we’re so nice! We love “O Canada,” […]
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Locals send regards (sort of) to the president
There she was, out on the midway with the velvet Elvis collection and the $3 purses (or 3 for $5). New York art-maker Sheryl Oring’s table in the flea market at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh featured a manual typewriter, in turquoise to match her turquoise cocktail dress and pumps. She sat poised in front […]
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Against the wind
When I was a lad I served a term as cub reporter for a daily newspaper in New Jersey, where I covered the local government doings in a half-dozen small shore area communities. Thus was I was initiated into the mysterious process known as rezoning. Invariably, it went this way: At a public hearing said […]
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Warming up?
It’s impossible, watching An Inconvenient Truth, not to think how different the world would be today if the Supreme Court had let the counting continue in Florida–if Al Gore, who won the 2000 presidential election, had been elected president, too. But if there is a Hidden Plan (and you’ll sure be hoping She’s got one […]
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Blue skies
Here’s a good idea, from Progressive Democrats of N.C. PAC leader Pete MacDowell. The ProgDems, who hold a “summit” this weekend in the aptly named town of Browns Summit (near Greensboro), want to run a candidate for lieutenant governor in 2008. Not governor. The recently formed band of Progs isn’t ready for that, certainly. But […]
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Food shuttle fund-raiser supports meals for many
It hasn’t been a barrel of laughs lately at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle of Wake County. Money woes, which hit just as the organization was stepping up to a brand-new, well-equipped building in Raleigh, forced IFFS to cut its full-time staff from 36 people to 18 at one point–it’s now back to 20. Those who […]
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Poll Taxes
Here’s the thing about polls. Howard Dean was sailing to victory in Iowa, remember? Richard Petty was cruising in his race for Secretary of State. And Rufus Edmisten was so far ahead for governor, Jim Martin should’ve stayed in his chemistry lab. So here’s a question, from a poll taken for The News & Observer […]
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Why are recent grads so strapped?
If you’re not of a certain age, then you won’t remember when college was a bargain or when the G.I. Bill paid your full college costs and threw in a living stipend, too. You won’t remember when that starter home in Levittown, N.Y., cost $6,700, though you probably read about it. That was back in […]
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The Revolution Will Be Blogged
Traditionally, political stories like this one start with an anecdote. An illustrative example, that is, that sets the stage for the BIG IDEA. This story, for example, is about how the progressive cause is advancing thanks to BLOGS. It has the secondary purpose of alerting you that two of the most acclaimed progressive bloggers in […]
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