Next stop: public hearings The first transit workshop was held in Raleigh last night, after the Indy went to press. The second is in Durham March 23, 4–7 p.m. at the Durham Station Transportation Center, 515 W. Pettigrew St. The third is Thursday, March 24, 4–7 p.m. at The Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Drive, […]
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Transit plans moving again, but Wake commissioners an obstacle
Next stop: public hearings The first transit workshop was held in Raleigh last night, after the Indy went to press. The second is in Durham March 23, 4–7 p.m. at the Durham Station Transportation Center, 515 W. Pettigrew St. The third is Thursday, March 24, 4–7 p.m. at The Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Drive, […]
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Meeker won’t run again — I think. If he doesn’t, McFarlane will.
Mayor Charles Meeker Democrats ask me. Republicans ask me. (That’s right, I know some Republicans.) Is Mayor Meeker going to run again? They ask me this not because I know — I don’t — but because Meeker isn’t saying, and they want to check their own lack of knowledge about his plans against mine. So […]
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Japan disaster reminds us: Storing spent fuel rods in pools poses a major nuke-plant danger
Picture courtesy of Progress Energy Following up on my story in the Indy this week about whether Duke Energy, soon (?) to be merged with Progress Energy, should be spending hundreds of millions of $$$ of customers’ money on maybe building another nuclear plant (estimated pricetag, pre-Japan disaster, $11 billion) … … as The New […]
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Wake schools retain accreditation for now, but the report is blistering
Whew, the AdvancED team didn’t think much of the “governance” provided — since Dec. 2009 — by the Wake school board majority. The full report is 15 pages and well worth reading. It is absolutely blistering, especially regarding Chairman Ron Margiotta and his sidekick John Tedesco, on the subject of how the board majority abused […]
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We got your transit stops right here — and your poll
Light rail, Houston-style Cross-posted from Citizen: The poll was taken for the Regional Transportation Alliance — judge accordingly, but the questions seem reasonably straightforward. Traffic congestion is NOT the number one concern in the Triangle. That said, three out of four favor a rail-transit system for commuting and/or a combination of rail and better-bus transit. […]
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We got your transit stops right here — and your poll
Light rail, Houston-style The poll was taken for the Regional Transportation Alliance — judge accordingly, but the questions seem reasonably straightforward. Traffic congestion is NOT the number one concern in the Triangle. That said, three out of four favor a rail-transit system for commuting and/or a combination of rail and better-bus transit. More than half […]
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In wake of Japan disaster, Duke Energy and critics spar on nuclear cost
As Duke Energy officials prepared to testify in Raleigh this week about the need to continue plowing their North Carolina customers’ money into a hugely expensive nuclear reactor in South Carolina that may never be built, it was easy for a prominent critic to crack that the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan “is the brontosaurus […]
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We got your transit stops right here — and your poll
Light rail, Houston-style The poll was taken for the Regional Transportation Alliance — judge accordingly, but the questions seem reasonably straightforward. Traffic congestion is NOT the number one concern in the Triangle. That said, three out of four favor a rail-transit system for commuting and/or a combination of rail and better-bus transit. More than half […]
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Help wanted: State job, pays well — but not that well
Know any coaches who’d be interested? (Or maybe an ex-military officer?) Help Wanted Basketball coach for once-great program. Requirements: 1) Must win championships. NCAA preferred (Final Fours acceptable as stepping stones only); but ACC titles sufficient if always followed by Sweet 16 appearances or better. Must be undeterred by fact that two national powers always […]
