The New York Times spotlights North Carolina today, in assessing the relative success of John McCain and Barack Obama. McCain spoke to a few thousand supporters in Concord–which voted overwhelmingly for Bush in 2004–on Saturday, while Obama “reached beyond his base” on Sunday in attracting over 10,000 supporters to Fayetteville, a pro-military bastion and home […]
Matt Saldaña
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Nolan Smith impresses, and other notes from Duke’s Blue-White scrimmage
A day after their first team practice, and a week before facing Virginia Union in the season opener at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke hosted a highly competitive “Blue and White” scrimmage before a near-capacity Cameron crowd. The intra-squad match-up featured two 15-minute second-half scenarios, which included subs, inbound passes and a persistent full-court press. There […]
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Barack Obama’s message resonated in Fayetteville
Sunday started and ended well for Barack Obama. Following an endorsement by retired Gen. Colin Powell on NBC’s Meet the Press that morning, Barack Obama made his case for a pro-veteran, anti-Iraq War presidency before a crowd of 10,000with an overflow of several thousand in Fayetteville, N.C., home to the U.S. military installation at Fort […]
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Missing in action: Dems omit Floyd McKissick from voting mailer
An Oct. 5 blog post on the Durham County Democratic Party Web site features a cartoon of two donkeys tied by a rope, with bales of hay at opposite ends of the frame. At first, the Democratic Party mascots lunge toward the bale closest to each of them, which only chokes them. Finally, the two […]
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Indy endorses Wake, Orange-Chatham judges
Our endorsements for Wake County District 10 and Orange-Chatham District 15B judges have been posted to Indyweek.com. Recommendations for statewide judges, and soil and water district supervisors, will be published tomorrow. For our full endorsements schedule, click here.
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Robo-maverick: McCain releases fleet of robo-calls in Virginia
On a day that the New York Times joins CNN in marking Virginia down as “leaning Democrat,” John McCain has authorized robo-calls in the state that imply Barack Obama does not want to keep you safe. That’s right, Americans–there’s a lot about Obama you don’t know. Worse, he supports the U.S. Supreme Court in its […]
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Auditor: Oversight of State Health Plan ‘inadequate and ineffective’
The Office of the State Auditor released its assessment (PDF, 182 KB) of the N.C. State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees today, and determined that the plan “lacks executive branch oversight that is clearly responsible and accountable for Plan decision-making and operational results.” State Auditor Leslie Merritt notes that the Plan’s Board of […]
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DHA ‘swimming in money’ while 1,500 wait for vouchers
The Durham Housing Authority, which has been deemed “troubled” by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has a $2.9 million surplus in its Section 8 voucher program, the Herald-Sun reports. According to the H-S, that surplus could have been used to grant housing vouchers to 358 Section 8 recipients this year alone. At a […]
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In Durham, unpleasant business
At an Oct. 9 Durham City Council work session, the citys Interim Financial Director Keith Hermann shed some light on Durhams finances, and the numbers were not pretty. The city was projected to have a $5.9 million surplus by the end of 2008. However, it took some massaging to arrive at that figure. Under the […]
