Elections News in Raleigh

Last Week’s Independent article by Bob Geary has some nice profiles that compliment our own city council candidate profiles. Geary gets black and white and it comes down to development.  While I think “pro-development” is a weighted term as it implies that the alternative is “anti-development.” I think the alternative is responsible development while the incumbents are supportive of any developer that pays them. But really that is my two cents and Geary does a better job of staying neutral. 

Bob Geary on the Council Race and Raleigh Development.

September 14th is the last day to register to vote for October 9th Wake County Elections. Included below is a downloadable registration form as well as other important voting information.

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The next installment of interviews with the at-Large City Council candidates is here.

I sat down with Helen Tart at the new Oakwood Dog Park, one of the many projects she has helped engineer in her active career of community involvement. Some of the other accomplishments include: using federal funding to get bike racks placed on all CAT buses, neighborhood organization to combat irresponsible development and crime reduction, and participation in the creation of the 2003 Five Year Transit Plan. Her past careers have included work at North Carolina State University’s Technician newspaper as well as the News and Observer as a proofreader.

Tart and her husband have lived in the Oakwood neighborhood since 1989, and have worked hard to preserve the character of their community.

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On October 9th, Raleigh residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on the two at-large City Council seats. There are currently six candidates in the race. Each believes they will best represent the needs of the fast-growing capital city. In the first of this series, I sat down with candidate Mary Ann Baldwin.