Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

THANK GOODNESS IT WASN'T DOWNTOWN

Or this might actually be a problem.

RALEIGH WIDE OPEN:

RALEIGH -- One person is dead after a shooting near the intersection of Capital and Crabtree Boulevards. It happened Monday around 9 p.m.


Police say the victim has been identified as 18-year-old Francisco Aurelio Kelly of Rocky Mount. Three other juveniles, including a 15-year-old male, a 15-year-old female and a 14-year-old female, were transported to WakeMed with gunshot wounds that are not life-threatening. If you have information into this shooting, you are asked to call Raleigh police at (919) 996-3555.

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

CHUCK'S CHAIN OF TOOLS


With apologies to one of Atlantic Records' best.

For nine long years Chuck, I thought you had the plan.
But I've found out now, I'm just a link in your chain.
You bused me where you want me, I ain't nothin' but your tool.
Treating me as a 54.2 statistic in your diversity school.
Chain, chain, chain, .... chain, chain, chain.....
Chuck's chain of tools.

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DEFENDERS OF DE FACTO ECONOMIC SEGREGATION AWARDS

Buy your tickets now to congratulate the 54.2 Coalition for defending de facto economic segregation through a system that relegated African American children to future low wage jobs.

Of course, I guess that keeps Fitzsimon and Schofield in work so they can tell people how much they care about them.

The NC Justice Center's
2010 Defenders of Justice Honorees

RECEPTION AND AWARDS DINNER
Thursday, September 30, 6 pm - 9 pm
American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7, Durham, NC


State Senator Joe Sam Queen of Waynesville for his commitment to increasing the availability of affordable housing and providing assistance to working families

State Representative Garland E. Pierce of Scotland County for his continuing efforts to ensure the needs and interests of North Carolina’s poor families are represented in the state legislature

Kay Zwan of Wilmington for her passionate advocacy for increased access to health care and her efforts to increase public support for national health reform

Jane Wettach of Duke University’s Children’s Education Law Clinic for her work to ensure students at risk of failing or being excluded from school get the quality education to which they have a right

Great Schools in Wake for being a strong voice in opposition to the resegregation of Wake County schools and for quality education for all Wake students

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE.
Join us in honoring the work of these great individuals
by becoming a sponsor of the awards night.