Chris Kromm of Facing South thinks so, citing as evidence a new Rasmussen poll that has Barack Obama leading Republican presidential hopeful John McCain by
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Steve Bizzell must be thrilled
Estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that North Carolina is among the top three destinations for native and non-native citizens gained from other states, reports the USA Today. “Both groups also are moving in substantial numbers to Sun Belt counties in smaller metropolitan areas,” says the report. The top five states […]
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Won’t Steve Bizzell just be thrilled
Estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that North Carolina is among the top three destinations for native and non-native citizens gained from other states, reports the USA Today. “Both groups also are moving in substantial numbers to Sun Belt counties in smaller metropolitan areas,” says the report. The top five states […]
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Housekeepers fight for weekends
Save for the footsteps of a few bleary-eyed students shuffling through the hallways, Spencer Hall is a quiet place this morning. It’s Monday, and the workload of the housekeepers assigned to clean Spencer depends greatly on how well the students have kept up the building’s various common areas during the weekend break. Pam Breeden and […]
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Orange still studying ban on dog tethering
Orange County Commissioners raised more questions about the implementation of a proposed ban on dog tethering Monday night, at a work session in which they examined the plan for the first time since delaying a vote in June. Commissioner Mike Nelson, the board’s liaison to the committee tasked with researching the issue, said that while […]
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Upon further review
Duke football is idle this week, leaving your friendly correspondent ample time to scour the Internets for a reason to question his previous assertions about the state of Duke football. Enter the North Carolina Business Litigation Report (NCBLR). You may have heard recently that the legal wrangling between Duke and the University of Louisville has […]
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“Judges are human…”
That’s what Mark A. Perry, a candidate for District Court judgeship, wrote in response to an Independent Weekly questionnaire posed to him earlier this year. The Raleigh lawyer was arrested and charged with driving while impaired Tuesday night after a Raleigh police officer saw his car weaving across traffic lines on Wade Avenue. Perry blew […]
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Cat’s Cradle to Durham?
A friend of the Triangulator this morning hipped us to a bit of news that came out of Tuesday’s Carrboro Board of Alderman meeting. From Wednesday’s News & Observer report: A developer proposing the renovation of the nightclub’s East Main Street shopping center urged the Carrboro Board of Aldermen to approve the project Tuesday night, […]
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Commissioners move slowly forward on new waste transfer station
With their meeting room at the Southern Human Services Center overflowing with onlookers, the Orange County Board of Commissioners inched closer to finalizing a list of possible sites for a proposed solid waste transfer station. Consultants for the project presented county leaders with a report detailing their findings and a ranked list of ten possible […]
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Kenn Gardner and the non-denial denial
Kenn Gardner would like you to know that he did not “misuse his office.” But for those who have fallen prey to the “mistaken perception” that he did, the Wake County Commissioner would like to “offer an apology,” reports the N&O. “I love Wake County too much to even think about doing something like that,” […]
