He’s going out on top: Mack Paul, who led the Wake County Democratic Party in 2011, announced his resignation today, effective Dec. 31. The Democrat-backed slate went 5-for-5 in the Wake school board elections this fall, ousting the Republican majority. Democrat Harold Weinbrecht was re-elected mayor of Cary, and Nancy McFarlane, an independent with Democratic […]
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The injustice of repealing the Racial Justice Act
The fate of the landmark Racial Justice Act, the 2009 law to stop executions in capital cases in which the death sentence resulted from racial bias, is in the hands of Gov. Bev Perdue. Perdue’s office was noncommittal Monday night after the Senate, on a party line vote with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed, […]
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Note to Bill Faison: Run or get off the pot
Rep. Bill Faison Took some time off, so the old blog is bare and needs a quick transfusion. So thank you, Rep. Bill Faison, for supplying me with something simple and quick to say. Which is, if you want to run for governor in a Democratic primary against Bev Perdue, by all means, jump right […]
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NBA lockout? We’ve got your pro basketball right here
Follow Bob Geary’s contributions to Triangle Offense @IndyweekSports and @rjgeary. The clocks fall back and we tip off another season of professional basketball in America. True, the National Basketball Association isn’t in action. In that pro league, the owners have shuttered their teams and locked out their players (don’t call it a strike) in pursuit […]
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[Updated] Tedesco vs. Glazier for DPI Super? We can sell tickets.
photo by Jeremy M. LangeJohn Tedesco strikes an upward gaze. The original post from 11/10: I see that Under the Dome (N&0) is reporting that June Atkinson, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction and a Democrat, may not run for a third term in 2012. (Or she may.) The other night, some of the Democrats […]
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Painter, Johnson unlikely heroes for State in win over Princeton
Courtesy: NCSUDeShawn Painter RBC CENTER/ RALEIGH—Three stars of the 60-58 win by the N.C. State Wolfpack men over Princeton tonight: 3) Alex Johnson, whose 5 points all came in the final four minutes, including State’s only 3 of the game. It came with 1:57 left and broke a 55-55 tie. Johnson, pressed into service for […]
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The other side of town: Southeast Raleigh’s problems and promise
It’s Sunday morning and I’m on my way to Martin Street Baptist Church in Southeast Raleigh. For two years, it’s been the high ground in the political fight for control of the Wake County school system: the church, as a gathering place for the defenders of diversity; and Southeast Raleigh, the historically black area of […]
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Public safety committee denies Occupy Raleigh request to camp near City Hall
The Raleigh City Council’s Law and Public Safety Committee voted 3-0 Tuesday morning against allowing Occupy Raleigh to camp at any part of the City Hall/ police department block. Mary-Ann Baldwin, Eugene Weeks and John Odom were the three votes. The issue now goes back to the full Council, which meets next Tuesday. In its […]
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Kevin Hill wins Wake schools race
Kevin Hill’s re-election to the Wake County Board of Education Tuesday completed a sweep of the five school district elections this year by Democratic candidates. His victory gave control of the board to a moderate majority, ending two tumultuous years of conservative Republican rule. In the runoff for the District 3 (North Raleigh) school board […]
