The Raleigh Wake Citizens Association is the city’s oldest (75th anniversary coming up) and most influential political group representing black communities, including the Southeast Raleigh neighborhoods. Its endorsement is highly prized by Democratic candidates, and in this year’s at-large City Council race — and I base this on what I heard at last week’s RWCA […]
I know Southeast Raleigh just well enough to know that I don’t know very much about it at all. So take what follows with a grain of salt. Every time I do go there, I’m struck by what seems to be its huge potential for economic development of the modern, best kind. I’m also struck […]
Uh, is there a problem inside the Raleigh Beltline with smaller, older homes being torn down and replaced by bigger — usually mega-bigger — new homes? Neighborhood leaders have been saying so since, in my experience anyway, at least five years ago. (For some background, here’s our May 9 story. Or visit the blog entitled […]
So did you listen to the Prezident last night? Did it look to you — as it did me — like he’s on the verge of missing his strawberries? As weird as it all was, however, I didn’t spit out my martini until he thanked the other 36 countries with troops in Iraq. 36 countries? […]
Special Showing
Hosted by the Wake Progressive Democrats, this Saturday, September 15, 11 am, at the Colony Theater, 438 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh. It’s Al Gore’s friend Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary about the deep trouble our planet is in — consider it the sequel to Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth.” We have the means to do something […]
In the October 9 elections, the Sierra Club’s Capital Group has made its endorsements, and the only surprise is that it’s backing just one candidate in the at-large race, not two. There are a pair of at-large seats on the ballot (and six at-large candidates), which means that every voter can cast two votes … […]
Oh, this is my blogging nightmare! They’re dragging me in again.
But you’ve got to watch this — especially if you’re a fan of Bush not getting fooled again.
Last October, I stopped blogging while Pam and I took a vacation. When we got back, the thrill was gone; in its place was the realization that blogging is a time-eater (as is blog-reading). In theory, a blog just lets you toss off — publish, I mean — the good stuff you come by as […]