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From Mary Ann Baldwin’s website:

“It’s important to have someone on Council who supports growth, but also understands that we have to guide growth, preserve the character of our neighborhoods and conserve our natural resources.”

Just a reminder for anyone that missed the last day to register to vote: you can register to vote at a One-Stop Site during the One-Stop Absentee Voting period up to 3 days before the election. The North Carolina State Board of Elections has guidelines available on registering and voting at a One-Stop Absentee Site.  Below are the hours and locations to vote early. More…

With five days until the election, information is flowing and the candidates are pushing their campaigns hard.  The last Public Policy Poll was showing the numbers close but there are other sets of numbers that the public is most interested in.  The tension is around growth and the candidates that are most funded by big real estate have drawn the most scrutiny. 

Well being the concerned citizens we are, New Raleigh has been down at the campaign finance Offices also.  You see, that’s the funny thing about local elections.  The Campaign finance office just has big notebooks of photocopies of finance records. They either don’t have or refuse to share digital databases of the Wake County Campaign Finance Reports, to find out who has received what, you have to go down and check for yourself. 

81% of you said you wouldn’t vote for someone receiving large developer based donations, well avoid these 4.

In addition to election new candidates to the city council, Raleigh voters will have the opportunity on October 9th to approve a $88.6 million bond for the expansion of city parks and greenways.

UPDATED WITH VIDEO BELOW THE FOLD

Thanks to the League of Women Voters and WakeUp who put on the candidate forum last night. About 100 people showed up at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, mostly an audience of senior citizens but with sprinklings of other age groups.  Thomas Craven, Nancy McFarlane, Questions were asked in turn to each district with the at-large candidates being split into two groups.  Paul Anderson, Will Best, and Russ Stephenson were in one group and Helen Tart, David Williams and Mary Ann Baldwin were in another. 

The first set of moderator questions as well as the candidate’s initial introductions focused around Impact fees.  Most of the candidates said they did support them while Craven, Menendez, and Williams did not.  Taliaferro, an incumbent who claimed to have whole heartedly supported them is largely considered to only support them in a capacity enough to pacify her constituents. As our reader Ann describes below the fold.