Two interesting items on the agenda at today’s Wake County Board of Commissioners’ meeting (2 pm, Wake County Courthouse). One: the commissioners are asking the school board to promise stability on a career and technical education high school that’s still in the planning process. Two: approving a contract for roughly $800,000 to put a new […]
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Wake school construction bond likely to be delayed
Since former superintendent Tony Tata’s firing, Wake County school board members continue to pump the brakes on key initiatives regarding the future of the school system. Last week, the board decided not to go through with a revamp of student assignment, but instead use 2011-12 student assignment maps to decide where children will attend school […]
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Former workers say Wake schools superintendent Tata led by intimidation
Some school board members and former administrators allege that former Wake superintendent Tony Tata created a “culture of fear” in the central office. His generous public persona, which earned him wide popularity, contrasted with his threatening private demeanor in the workplace, they say. In September, the Wake County school board fired Tata in a vote […]
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Conservative opposition comes alive at Wake school board
As Democratic school board members might have guessed, community activists, who were once the voice for neighborhood schools, are in an uproar over the firing of Superintendent Tony Tata. At Tuesday’s school board meeting, members of the Democratic majority elaborated little on their reasons for firing Tata, Republicans pounded them for it, and public commenters […]
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Apex Councilor Scott Lassiter agrees to guilty verdict for DWI
Apex Town Councilor Scott Lassiter has decided not to blame his recent driving while impaired conviction on indigestion. He had planned to argue before a jury in Wake County Superior Court that Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)—the common cause of indigestion and heartburn—contaminated his breathalyzer reading. Instead, he accepted the guilty verdict at an appeal hearing […]
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Citing acid reflux, Apex Councilor appeals DWI conviction
Blame indigestion. That’s the defense of Apex Town Councilor Scott Lassiter, who is appealing his misdemeanor conviction of driving while impaired. Lassiter, 24, was convicted in Januarya month after he took officefor driving with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.11. The legal limit to drive is 0.08. He’ll now go to Wake County Superior […]
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Giving N.C.’s small breweries a boost
“Twenty years ago if you didn’t like Miller or Bud, you probably didn’t like beer,” says Brad Wynn as he sizes up the history of the American brewing industry. Wynn is the co-owner of Big Boss Brewing, one of many microbreweries across North Carolina that have changed the way North Carolinians look at beer. A […]
