The Take Wake Schools Back political action committee has endorsed its slate of Wake County Board of Education candidates: Chris Malone in District 1, John Tedesco in District 2, Deborah Prickett in District 7, and Debra Goldman in District 9. These are the same candidates endorsed by right-leaning Wake Schools Community Alliance. According to a […]
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Obama gives Raleigh Cupcake Shoppe owner a slice of fame
By Jane Snyder Sara Coleman probably arose this morning a bit nervous. She was, after all, about to introduce the President of the United States to an estimated 2,000 people at today’s town hall meeting at Raleigh’s Broughton High School. But surely she didn’t expect to become this week’s ‘Joe the Plumber.” Coleman, owner of […]
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Two Republicans leave Wake school board race
Curb the dropout rate: The number of school board candidates dwindled last week after two Wake County Republicans withdrew from the contest: Jerry Ballan in District 7 and Ray Martin in District 9. Ballan, who had been endorsed by the Wake County GOP, declined to say why he folded his tent. However, it’s notable that […]
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Rally for clean air
On some hazy summer days when the pollution hovers near the ground, the air tastes like metallic dust. While ozone leaves a bitter taste on your tongue, imagine what it does to your lungs: causing chest pain, coughing, throat irritation and congestion, and worsening bronchitis, emphysema and asthma. Car exhaust, gasoline vapors and industrial and […]
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Muslim American Society to issue statement today re: terrorism suspects
Most of the terrorism suspects apprehended by the FBI have lived in Wake County, according to public records databases. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Raleigh could not comment or corroborate this information. A naturalized citizen, Anes Subasic, 33, lived on Adefield Lane in Holly Springs. Since 1998, Subasic also has lived in Cary, Apex and […]
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Seven N.C. residents charged with terrorism
The FBI has issued a press release stating a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned a sealed seven-count indictment (PDF, 316 KB) charging seven North Carolinians with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons abroad. Here’s the list: Daniel Patrick Boyd, […]
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Aren’t you glad we said no? More bad news for NBAF
If you’re still unconvinced that the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility would have been a bad deal for North Carolina, then read today’s Washington Post story about the Department of Homeland Security’s ‘rushed, flawed study” to justify its decision to locate the federal disease research lab in Kansas. The Government Accountability Office issued the study, […]
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Everybody out of the pool: Martin the second GOP candidate to leave school board race
Two days after Jerry Ballan dropped out of contention for Wake County School Board District 7, Ray Martin has bowed out of the District 9 race. The Wake County GOP executive committee had endorsed Ballan, but not Martin. The party has not yet decided whom to endorse in 7. This press release from the Wake […]
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Ballan drops out of Wake School Board race
This post was updated at 8:20 p.m. July 24. District 7 Wake School Board candidate Jerry Ballan dropped out of the race today, according to an email he sent the Indy in response to our candidate questionnaire. Ballan declined to give a reason for his withdrawal. The Wake County GOP endorsed Ballan last week. According […]
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Ballan drops out of District 7 school board race
District 7 Wake School Board candidate Jerry Ballan dropped out of the race today, according to an email he sent the Indy in response to our candidate questionnaire. Ballan declined to give a reason for his withdrawal. The Wake County GOP endorsed Ballan last week. According to Gail Marold of the Wake County Republican Party, […]
