We reported in the Indy this week about the Raleigh business leadership’s pushback against the STAC’s apparent consensus in favor of an ambitious “2020 plan” for regional transit service in the Triangle. (STAC, of course, stands for Special Transit Advisory Commission.) Fearing the Raleigh-Wake oppo would sink their efforts, the STAC’s chairs and co-chairs had […]

As they say about the weather, everybody talks about this drought, but they don’t do anything about it … or to be fair, they do a little, but they/we/I need to do a helluva lot more — because it’s a crisis, and if we run out of water, it’ll be a disaster. So in that […]

The Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC) went all in today, agreeing in principle to recommend construction of a regional rail transit system connecting every corner of the Triangle from Chapel Hill to Durham to Raleigh to Northeast Raleigh. That’s a total of almost 60 linear miles of track.
It was a decision, as member Mike […]

Some final thoughts. First is, too bad about Iowa. Edwards did well there in ‘04. He needed to win it in ‘08 to have any chance against his two very strong, very well-financed opponents. But Iowa borders Illinois. Most of Iowa’s population is within easy driving distance of Chicago, Obama’s hometown. Barack Obama’s young supporters […]