Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ARRESTS (ONE)

Friday, December 9, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011

DAILY JOURNAL - DECEMBER 8, 2011

LIGHT + TIME: SELL IT

SUSAN "CPA" EVANS' SINGING BUDDIES SEEK MEDIATION

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011

NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 2, 2011

Meeker and other critics of the Republican board members have on more than one occasion accused them of being outsiders and made fun of three of them having lived in New Jersey.

N&O - October 9, 2010

Wonder what Meeker thinks about all those "outsiders" from New Jersey spending millions at hockey games.

UNITY DAY 2011

Mayor Meeker's final "Unity" Day will take place tomorrow at the Raleigh Convention Center. Raleigh's Human Relations Commission will present and discuss the recommendations and responses resulting from the 2010 Community Dialogues Report - "Many Faces, One Community."

The report is based on suggestions from 100 people of whom only 61% say they always vote in municipal elections.

In Part III, Section F, of Recommendations, it states:

1. Develop diversity training for its employees, including officers of the Raleigh Police Department.

3. Embrace and accept the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Participants recommended that the City of Raleigh become more involved with LGBT issues and develop collaborative partnerships through the LGBT Center of Raleigh and the Center at N.C. State University. Adding gender identity and expression to the City’s nondiscrimination policy and providing domestic partner benefits to City of Raleigh employees would show a commitment to this community. Participants also voiced the hope that the City will formally recognize the contributions of its LGBT community by developing initiatives, offering statements of support, sponsoring events and making appointments to boards and commissions. The LGBT community adds to the economic vitality and culture of our city, and its members are active in every part of Raleigh’s economy.

DAILY JOURNAL - DECEMBER 2, 2011

TONY TATA SPEAKS TO CARY CHAMBER

ROCKY QUARRY EXPANSION UPSETS RESIDENTS

NEED A JOB? WAKE DEMS HIRING

ART POPE HATE SOCIETY DECEMBER 13 MEETING

Thursday, December 1, 2011

NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 1, 2011

NC Right to Life has their annual prayer breakfast and march January 14, 2012. We hope you will attend. For more information, click here.

OCCUPY RALEIGH AND FREE SPEECH

stores owned by national chains, owners called raleigh police to ban free spech

Occupy Raleigh General Assembly Minutes

He was interrupted by jeering protesters - a majority from the Occupy Raleigh movement - inside Nelson Hall.

WTVD

View the video here.

So it's bad when Raleigh police disperse Occupy Raleigh protestors who go on to private property but it's okay for them to disrupt others trying to speak?

A case of okay for me, not for thee.

We wonder - if 50 people crash their encampment at Edenton and Hillsborough to do a little free speech, what will they do? Would they call Raleigh police?

MCFARLANE THE ENABLER

ENABLER: one that enables another to achieve an end

Mayor-elect Nancy McFarlane said in an interview with The News & Observer that she’s in talks with a downtown property owner who is “interested” in hosting the group. McFarlane declined to elaborate but said she hopes to make progress in the next week.

“I can’t tell you the details because I haven’t worked anything out yet,” she said. “We’re talking through some of the possibilities.”

N&O - November 8, 2011

The group uses a de-escalation team to anticipate conflicts and serve as ambassadors to police. “Our actions thus far have been very peaceful,” said demonstrator Kurt Zehnder.

“Please let us continue to be responsible. If there are things that are a hazard to us, we’ll notice them.”

N&O - November 8, 2011

So we've witnessed Occupy Raleigh, in just a few short days, engage in activities that necessitated law enforcement involvement.

And McFarlane's busy at work helping to find them some space to camp out at in downtown Raleigh.

We also asked Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen about the violation of Raleigh's sign ordinace by Occupy Raleigh protestors and their encampment at the meeting of Hillsborough and Edenton Streets. We received this quick and gracious reply:

This is State owned property in the sidewalk and grassy area in front of the Capitol. I believe the State has allowed these signs as a part of the picketing by this group. The City does not allow signage within its rights of way.

The “encampment” at Hillsborough and Edenton is on private property. Camping is allowed as a general use in all zoning districts.

I hope this is helpful.

Sincerely,

J. Russell Allen
City Manager, Raleigh

If any of our astute readers have any observations about "camping" as a "general use in all zoning districts" send them our way at wakeactive@gmail.com. It is worth noting that Occupy Raleigh is renting this property to "camp" out.

The group is paying monthly rent of $400 for the spot. An anonymous donor offered to cover the cost.

N&O - November 29, 2011

"... anonymous donor ..." How transparent.

We also see Raleigh FIST's (a socialist organization) Dante Strobino, who lengthened his rap sheet by getting arrested at a Wake County Board of Education meeting, worked to organize the protest at NCSU also. Raleigh FIST is part of the 54.2% Coalition of "concerned parents and families" who complained about all the turmoil on the Wake County Board of Education.

I guess since they accomplished their political goal of wrestling the Wake County Board of Education from parents, students and families, they can get back to ignoring socio-econoomically disadvantaged children and move on to other socialist agitations.

AND SOON TO BE MAYOR NANCY MCFARLANE IS WORKING, WITHOUT PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, TO ENABLE THESE FOLKS.

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DAILY JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1, 2011

OCCUPY RALEIGH: NCSU VIDEO

RALEIGH SPENDS $1 MILLION TO TEAR DOWN EIGHT HOMES?

OCCUPY RALEIGH DISRUPTS FREE SPEECH

PATRICK O'NEILL: GETTING ARRESTED ON BLACK FRIDAY

FACEBOOK: OCCUPY RALEIGH

OCCUPY RALEIGH - NCSU

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

ATTEND: NC RIGHT TO LIFE PRAYER BREAKFAST AND MARCH - JANUARY 14, 2012

North Carolina Right to Life, Inc.

13th Annual Prayer Breakfast for Life

January 14, 2012

North Raleigh Hilton

3415 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, NC

(Breakfast begins at 9:30 a.m. - Program 10:00 a.m.)

The cost for the breakfast is $25/person, $40/married couple, $20/students, clergy, and seniors.
Payment can be made using MC/VISA/DISCOVER/Check.
Call 800-392-6275 to register by phone using MC, VISA or Discover.
Mail checks to NCRTL, PO Box 9282, Greensboro, N. C. 27429-0282.
After January 11, 2011, the price WILL go up $5. Sponsorships are available.

2012 Annual Rally and March for Life

begins at 1:00 pm

Nash Square (corner of Hargett and McDowell Streets, Raleigh, NC)

Join other pro-lifers to stand up for life and to display proudly yourchurch or school banner in support of life.

The Most Rev. Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh, will give remarks and the Invocation.
Christina Geradts, a student at UNC-CH and a graduate of the NRL Academy, and Teresa Pincus, a student at NCSU, will speak.

Randall K. O’ Bannon, Ph. D., the Director of Education and Research at National Right to Life will be the featured speaker at the Prayer Breakfast. Dr. O’ Bannon is an expert on the funding and activities of Planned Parenthood, having tracked the organization for over 20 years. Additionally, Dr. O’ Bannon has written dozens of stories and blog entries and produced numerous fact sheets about Planned Parenthood to highlight its being the country’s largest abortion provider, aborting 332,278 babies in 2009. He is also an expert on the chemical abortion RU-486. In addition to having been interviewed by the national press. Dr. O’ Bannon has worked on such notable projects as the award winning video, Infinite Possibilities.

Carol Tobias, the featured speaker at the Rally, became the 9th president of the National Right to Life Committee in April 2011. A native of North Dakota, she has served on the National Right to Life board of directors since 1987. From 1983 to 1991, she was executive director of North Dakota Right to Life and in 1991 was hired as National Right to Life Political Director, a position she held until 2005. During her tenure as political director, pro-life majorities were elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. In both 2000 and 2004, she oversaw the efforts of National Right to Life’s political action committee on behalf of George W. Bush. She has appeared on ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC’s Today Show, CNN, The News Hour on PBS, C-SPAN, and Fox News Channel, as well as numerous television and radio programs throughout the country. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today.

For More Information, call: NCRTL at 1-800-392-6275 or email ncrtl73@aol.com.

DAILY JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 30, 2011

DID BURNING COAL BURN THROUGH RALEIGH TAXPAYER WALLETS TO THANK MEEKER?

AND FROM DATA DRIVEN KEVIN HILL

UNITY DAY DOCUMENT FORMULATED BY GROUP WHERE ONLY 61% VOTE IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

DAILY JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 29, 2011

OCCUPY RALEIGH'S NEW DIGS

Monday, November 28, 2011

DAILY JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 28, 2011

POLITICIANS TO TAKE QUESTIONS IN KNIGHTDALE

MORRISVILLE TOWN MANAGER GETS 5% RAISE

LYONS KEEPS COUNCIL SEAT?

RALEIGH FIST RAISING MONEY FOR LEGAL DEFENSE

Friday, November 18, 2011

DAILY JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 18, 2011

RALEIGH IN HOUSING BUSINESS

DOES RALEIGH'S NEW FOOD OPTIONS AT PULLEN PARK INCLUDE FOOD TRUCKS?

N&O BEGINS PUSH FOR WAKE COUNTY TRANSIT TAX

Monday, November 14, 2011

DAILY JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 14, 2011

WAKE UP WAKE COUNTY PUSHES FOR NEW TAXES

MEETINGS ON BIPARTISAN SCHOOL CHOICE PLAN START

NON-WAKE COMMUNITY EFFORTS BROUGHT CHANGE

Friday, November 11, 2011

NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 11, 2011

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK

Today is Veterans Day. Maybe the deadheads should walk across the Capitol grounds and thank them. Don't hold your breath.

Billed as their largest fundraiser of the year, the Hargett Street YWCA this past Wednesday held their Academy of Women Awards Ceremony.

(Note - Another big fundraiser for them is picking up their annual check from the City of Raleigh - increased this year by 25% to $12,500. See page 80 of Raleigh's budget document here.)

And lo and behold who are they honoring? None other than Yevonne Brannon, chaos creation queen, for "government".

Let's review her past and present.

In a 2009 N&O letter to the editor Brannon stated about the Wake BOE:

"We never experienced such lack of decorum ..."

"We all obeyed .... the unwritten rules of courtesy and integrity...."

"We are not serving our county when our excellent reputation is smeared weekly with political shenanigans that show little concern for our quality of life in Wake."

(News & Observer - December 10, 2009)

Let's review that "courtesy, integrity and decorum" from Brannon's service in "government" as a Wake County Commissioner.

At a 1999 planning retreat, Brannon pushed for a property tax increase of 13 cents - the largest increase among various proposals being considered by Wake Commissioners.

As the News and Observer reported, Republican County Commissioner Herb Council finally agreed to the highest property tax increase proposal on the table - 13 cents.

From the News and Observer:

The more the commissioners talked, the higher the proposed increase got. The figure reached 13 cents when Commissioner Betty Lou Ward was told that was roughly what corresponds to a $200 average tax-bill increase.

"Sold!" Brannon yelled as she leapt from her seat in a meeting room of Wake Forest University's Graylyn Conference Center. "Hey, you guys - the bar is open!"

(News and Observer - February 20, 1999)

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