Zainab Baloch, a candidate for a Raleigh City Council at-large post, says her campaign will stand firm against the hateful rhetoric with which vandals apparently defaced her campaign sign on Louisburg Road. Baloch, a Muslim, learned today that a large wooden sign had been painted over with a crude swastika, a racial reference, and the […]
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Raleigh City Council Members Agree to Meet October 30 on New Community Engagement Board
Raleigh City Council members agreed Tuesday to start discussion on a new community engagement board in an October 30 meeting that will occur almost six months after the panel’s creation. But even setting the day for the meeting didn’t happen without a scuffle. At-large member Russ Stephenson suggested delaying the meeting until the members who […]
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New Jersey Senator, Possible Presidential Candidate Cory Booker to Campaign for Raleigh Mayoral Candidate Charles Francis
U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, will visit Raleigh this weekend to address the state NAACP convention and appear at a rally for mayoral candidate Charles Francis. Booker, who has been mentioned as a contender for the U.S. presidency in 2020, will give the NAACP’s keynote speech at the Raleigh Convention Center, then […]
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Raleigh Mayor’s Race: McFarlane Lends Her Campaign $50K; Francis Discloses New Donations, Spending
Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane has lent $50,000 to her campaign to return to office, according to a campaign finance document filed Monday with the Wake County Board of Elections. Meanwhile, her opponent, Democratic lawyer Charles Francis, also made public beefed-up donations and spending. The loan to the Nancy McFarlane Committee was made on Sept. 19, […]
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Former Gov. Jim Hunt Endorses Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane for Re-election
Four-term North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt on Wednesday endorsed Nancy McFarlane for another term as Raleigh mayor in ahead of the October 10 municipal elections. Hunt, eighty, served as governor from 1977–85 and again from 1993–2001. One of the state’s most prominent Democrats, Hunt is speaking out for McFarlane, a politically unaffiliated figure running against […]
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Long-Term Care Can Often Mean Going Back into the Closet. Les Geller Wants That to End.
For many older LGBTQ people, entering long-term care can mean going back in the closet. That is, people who may have been out for decades often set aside central parts of their identities in fear of discrimination or stigma as they seek places to live in senior housing, assisted-living centers, or nursing homes, says Les […]
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Fast and Furious: Raleigh Mayoral and City Council Candidates Sprint to the Finish Line
It’s a short, strange trip. On the national political scene, President Trump has pretty much been running for reelection since Inauguration Day, and there are at least a dozen Democrats already readying to challenge him in 2020. Municipal races in Raleigh, on the other hand, usually start and end in about four monthsfrom candidates’ filing […]
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Wake Commissioners Are Angry About the Register of Deeds Mess, But They Don’t Want to Point Fingers
Wake County officials made clear their disappointment Monday about the loss of $2.3 millionperhaps morefrom the Register of Deeds office. But they rejected the idea that responsibility should rest on any person or agency beyond the as-yet-unnamed thief. More than an hour of questioning of county finance officials and an outside auditor elicited a number […]
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Wake’s Troubled Register of Deeds Office Agrees to Audits Already Allowed under Existing Law
Wake County commissioners and the Register of Deeds office, in an effort to resolve problems that resulted in a $2.3 million loss, signed a document Monday that changes nothing about the relationship between the two bodies. Under state law, a county finance director has the authority to audit any county agency that takes in cash. […]
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Early Chances to Catch Missing Register of Deeds Cash Appeared in County’s Own Budget Documents
Starting in 2014, the Wake County Register ofDeeds office recommended in four separate annual budgets that the agency move to accepting credit and debit cards instead of cash for fees. On March 31, improper handling of cash at the office emerged at the center of a criminal investigation announced by Wake officials. The recommendation even […]