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  • ct on "Lightner: It’s a loser. Plan B?": It's called "not throwing good money after bad". The mayor's jostling notwithstanding, most people came to the realization that Plan A was stupid. I wish Crowder et al had come to that realization sooner, but I'm glad that the came to it. And not all the $20M was wasted. If Plan B includes some version
  • ITBRAL on "Lightner: It’s a loser. Plan B?": How can Crowder and Stephenson change their minds after they allowed $20,000,000 our tax money to be spent on the project? How many times over the past 5 years did they vote yes to keep spending money? This is plain dumb, move on and vote yes for the project as you continually have
  • Matt on "Wake school board: the usual 5-4 for “community assignment zones”": It's not an "unintended" effect. This is by design. Concentrations of poor students result in bad classrooms. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves. It's not a matter of "black people can't learn" High teacher turnover, discipline issues, lack of high peer standards sink these places. Kids shouldn't be
  • Chuck on "Wake school board: the usual 5-4 for “community assignment zones”": Bull Mr. Barber. Segregated schools is where a school board passes a resolution saying "Only black children can attend this school, only white children can attend that one." That's not what's being done here. They're saying that schools will be assigned based on where you live. Now, whatever the secondary effects
  • Bob Geary on "Wake school board: the usual 5-4 for “community assignment zones”": It's a good question. I expected them to move faster, frankly. But after the debacle of their first meeting in December, with the eight surprise resolutions and tremendously negative public reaction, I think they were at pains to look, at least, like they were being careful, deliberative ... But actually being careful and deliberative takes time.
  • JeffS on "Wake school board: the usual 5-4 for “community assignment zones”": Why did it take them so long to do what they fully intended to do from day 1? They certainly didn't fool anyone into believing this was a thoughtful and planned decision.
  • JeffS on "Wake elections: Democrat Jack Nichols to challenge Paul Coble, GOP threats": Tell me Jack... how does your strong transportation infrastructure, which in this area means more highways help the environment? In my mind, it creates sprawl, encourages driving, and in general destroys the environment. What am I missing? Can we for once talk about improving things for existing residents instead of the constant pandering to the outsiders? And
  • David Millsaps on "Lightner: The 7 good questions that haven’t been answered": The alternate plan is just an expensive stopgap that doesn't address most of the different department's pain points; the result is going to be more spending in the long run. The rise in cost came along with an expansion of scope. This project will prove to be the most cost efficient solution in the
  • JD on "School board to Burns: You think you can quit on us? You’re –": Where Nat? We now have a situation with a board that has wasted no time signaling its intent to be reactionary, a staff heading towards mutiny and a polarized electorate, not to mention a situation where established order has been replaced by ill considered reversals and a mandate from the board simply to "make it
  • Joe on "School board to Burns: You think you can quit on us? You’re –": It will be difficult to find another superintendent who can drive down test scores and graduation rates for five more years, and help grow the achievement gap. Del's are big shoes to fill.

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  • HK on J postponed to 2/27 on 'count of the weather
  • HK on J is coming Feb. 13 -- it's not a march, it's a movement worth joining
  • Bett Padgett's house concerts ruled a business; the limit is three a year.
  • City's crime crackdown: Step a-w-a-y from the house concerts, Bett Padgett.
  • Cast a vote for Doc Hendley: A "candidate" everyone can love

• Capital Politics

  • HK on J is coming Feb. 13 -- it's not a march, it's a movement worth joining
  • Elaine Marshall for U.S. Senate? Well, that's a tough question ...
  • A p.s. in the Easley investigation: Ruffin Poole asserts his 5th Amendment rights
  • Elections board makes criminal referral in the Easley case, fines his campaign $100k
  • Elections board weighs criminal referral against Mike Easley

• Downtown Raleigh

  • Live, from New York, it's -- well, see for yourself ...
  • Lightner: It's a loser. Plan B?
  • Council trio: Two pegs (one is round) a bad fit for tall, square Lightner building
  • Hillsborough Street bike lanes are looking good. (!)
  • There it is: Wake GOP wants public vote on 17-story Raleigh police tower

• Raleigh City Council

  • Lightner: It's a loser. Plan B?
  • Lightner: Council trio says it's not smart, secure or affordable
  • Lightner: The 7 good questions that haven't been answered
  • Council trio: Two pegs (one is round) a bad fit for tall, square Lightner building
  • Hillsborough Street bike lanes are looking good. (!)

• Transit

  • Del Burns resigns as Wake schools leader -- in protest
  • Triangle Transit breaks the million mark
  • Sic transit sales tax? Stein remains "optimistic" about the 1/2-cent transit tax
  • Time for some zip (cars) in Raleigh?
  • Luebke, Weiss, House Finance: Yes on 1/2-cent sales tax for transit bill

• Wake County

  • Wake Commissioners vote 4-3 to restore abortion coverage to employee insurance
  • Wake school board: the usual 5-4 for "community assignment zones"
  • School board on the brink; Debra Goldman has the comm
  • Wake elections: Democrat Jack Nichols to challenge Paul Coble, GOP threats
  • No. 1 issue for HK on J rally Saturday: School re-segregation

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