“… more Negroes will vote in this election than ever before.” anonymous leaflet distributed in Columbus County, N.C., 1990 43 number of discriminatory laws in N.C. blocked by the Voting Rights Act, 1982–2006 81% of registered voters in N.C. who are white, 2012 22% who are black Of North Carolina’s eligible black citizens … 15% […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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Who’s who at Civitas
The outrage is boiling over about the ultra-conservative Civitas Institute, which last week published personal, albeit publicly available, information about the protesters arrested at Moral Monday demonstrations: mug shots, party affiliations, cities of residence and, taking a page from the white supremacist intimidation playbook, their employers. Turnabout is fair play. Here is a list of […]
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Goddess bless the Wayback Machine: Here’s the scrubbed Civitas staff list
As INDY Week reported earlier, we researched the Civitas Institute staff via its website this morning. And then poof! the staff list disappeared except for President Francis X. De Luca. Well, nothing really ever goes away on the Interwebs, so thanks to the wayback machine we found the Civitas staff list before the scrubbing. Here […]
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Who’s who at Civitas? Let’s name names
The outrage is boiling over about the ultra-conservative Civitas Institute, which this week published personal, albeit publicly available, information about the protesters arrested at Moral Monday demonstrations: mug shots, party affiliations, cities of residence and, taking a page from the white supremacist intimidation playbook, their employers. Well, turnabout is fair play: Here is a list […]
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Elevator bureau falls down on the job
Companies don’t pay up Year 2012 Assessed penalties $143,750 Paid penalties $7,400 After reading a state report on North Carolina elevator inspections, you might want to take the stairs. The Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau, which operates under the N.C. Department of Labor, has failed to adequately inspect elevators and follow up on violations. And […]
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Toast the Triangle: New brewpubs, distilleries and bars
Percentages are ABV Raleigh Brewing Co. Hell Yes Ma’am, Belgian-style golden ale 9.2% House of Clay, rye IPA 7.5% Hidden Pipe, porter 6.5% Bl@ther$k!te, Scottish ale 5.3% Uncommon Curiosity, lager 4.5% City of Oaks, a bitter 3.8% Trophy Brewing & Pizza Co. Lombardi, Belgian quad 10.3% Slingshot Coffee porter 7% Biggest Flirt, Belgian IPA 7% […]
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This week in disappointment: energy efficiency, electric cars and 751 South
We know that the General Assembly is expert at time travel, having sent North Carolina’s social and political progress back to the Antebellum era. But reversing course even just three years could cost the state a half-billion dollars (that’s billion with a b) annually. House Bill 201 would revert state energy building codes for commercial […]
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This week in disappointment: greenways, guns and landfills
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi The GOP has entered the ridicule stage, judging from a screed written by state Sen. Thom Goolsby, R-Wilmington, whose editorial about Moral Mondays appeared last weekend in the Chatham Journal. An excerpt of his finely honed prose: “Several […]
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Chuck Wakild, director of Division of Water Quality, leaving the agency
A top official at the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources announced he is leaving his post effective today. Chuck Wakild, the director of the Division of Water Quality, told his staff, “I will be leaving my job as director effective today and will be retiring from state service at the end of August,” […]
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Durham City Council votes against 751 South annexation, expects state retaliation
In the chess game of 751 South, Durham will not be a pawn. Durham City Council voted 4-3 late Monday night against the annexation of 751 South, the controversial project planned for the Jordan Lake watershed. The council also refused to extend water and sewer service to the 253-acre development, which, under recent negotiations, bundled […]
