Raleigh City Council should have extended the deadline for comments to be included in the public hearing draft of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan—but they didn’t. There was a strong case for extending the comment period, but Mayor Charles Meeker and Councilors Phil Isley, Mary-Ann Baldwin, and James West voted against it. Councilors Russ Stephenson, Nancy McFarlane, Rodger Koopman, and Thomas Crowder voted to allow additional public comment.