What are they putting in the (salt) water down there in Wilmington? Whatever it is, it’s given their local daily a sourpuss when it comes to House Speaker Jim Black. You’d think the guy was taking money or something. After all, as the editorial itself points out, he remains unindicted.
Um, not to put too fine […]
The Wake Audubon Society will lead interpretive tours at Horseshoe Farm Park August 26 & September 2, starting at 9 am. Bring binoculars if you have them, wear sturdy foot gear, and don’t forget your imagination. Says Audubon’s John Connors: “I love spending time in the Horseshoe. You know you’re in the bend of a splendid […]
Excellent post-mortem on the travails of the TTA rail project by “ysf,” who is undoubtedly the author of this excellent website (from which the image at left was taken). He’s Yonah Freemark, a Yale College student from Durham. To summarize his take: No local leadership; no help from either Liddy Dole or Richard Burr; […]
Help With Katrina Benefit - Volunteers, sponsors asked to pitch in on the upcoming “Katrina: One Year Later” benefit (KOYL) to be held Thursday, September 14, 7 pm, at Exploris Museum in Raleigh. Support grassroots recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast. Info or to purchase tickets: www.koyl.org, sunny@koyl.org (Sunny McDaniel), 601-3720.
“Bring Them Home Now” takes on new meaning, in this note about a GI resister from Fort Bragg, written today by Chuck Fager of Quaker House in Fayetteville:
Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:54:53 EDT
Dear Friends–
I am rushing to send you this note about work with a GI resister that bore fruit today. You may see or […]
Anyone who knows me knows I don’t traffic in rumors. So I’m more than a little put out with my good friends at WakePol for reporting, under the heading “Rumor Patrol,” the idle talk about Charles Meeker running for higher office and maybe not for a 4th mayoral term. But since they did –
Let […]
Yeah, that last $400 million from the feds would’ve been nice, but we weren’t getting it from the Bush gang anytime soon, so this just in —
Triangle Regional Rail System
To Take New Direction
TTA Removes Planned Rail System from Federal New Starts Process
(Research Triangle Park, N.C. – August 18, 2006) The Board of Trustees of […]
Thank you for lifting my sour Friday, post-execution mood.
When this came in, it made me smile thinking about Rick Dove, who really is a hero, and Dean (that’s him over there), who’s filling Rick’s big shoes quite well.
From Dean:
HELP WANTED!
Please take 1 minute of your time to vote for Rick Dove, the first Neuse Riverkeeper® […]
Before I move to some other subject, I feel the need to write a final note about the execution in Raleigh last night. If you’re reading this, you know Sammy Flippen was put to death at 2 am this morning at Central Prison. What’s crazy to me is how little that fact registers in the […]
“Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Saturday, August 19 at the Galaxy Cinema in Cary. View the film (7 pm, panel discussion follows at 8:45) & check out the Electric & Alternative Fuel Expo, starting at 6 pm in the parking lot. It’s all about alternatives to your gas-guzzler, past, present & (hopefully) near-future. Info: Tobin Fried, […]