SATURDAY'S JOURNAL - JANUARY 17, 2009

Today's overview:

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: IF THIS HAPPENED ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET WITH THE CLOCKWORK FASHION OCCURING AT THE ENLOE HIGH SCHOOL AREA ...

YET ANOTHER VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTED AT ENLOE HIGH SCHOOL AREA

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: ATTEND - NC RIGHT TO LIFE RALLY AND MARCH IN RALEIGH SATURDAY!

IF THIS HAPPENED ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET WITH THE CLOCKWORK FASHION OCCURING AT THE ENLOE HIGH SCHOOL AREA ...

What would Charles "Livable Streets" Meeker do?

Yet another violent crime has been committed at/in the Enloe High School area.

Of course this area around Tarboro Road, Raleigh Boulevard, Glascock Street, etc. doesn't fall within Mayor Meeker or Mitch Silver's vision for livable streets.

They've dumped millions onto Fayetteville Street and in the process completely neglected areas of Raleigh desperately in need of true social services and more importantly police protection.

Police moral is low. The Raleigh Police Department is understaffed. Ask some of Raleigh's finest off the record and they'll tell you how disappointed they are in Meeker and City Manager Russell Allen.

Maybe you can tell folks at the MLK celebration tomorrow how much you've neglected their community in favor of pouring millions into upper crust "white-collar" restaurants on Fayetteville Steet.

Maybe an apology is more in order....

Or maybe you can just blame President Bush's "human rights" record for the problem as you did recently. After all you're just a Mayor and this is your city.

Anne McLaurin - could you please talk to your husband and ask him to fix the problem? He is the Mayor and you are on the school board.

ATTEND - NC RIGHT TO LIFE RALLY AND MARCH IN RALEIGH SATURDAY!

North Carolina Right to Life will hold their annual Rally and March for Life this Saturday, January 17, in downtown Raleigh.

It is important that we have a large crowd for this event.

The Rally will last no more than a couple of hours and is a great opportunity to show your support locally for the sanctity of life if you cannot make it to Washington DC.

Snacks and beverages will be provided following the March.

As the weather should be quite cool tomorrow, please dress warmly.

Here are the details:

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Nash Square – downtown Raleigh (corner of McDowell and Hargett Streets)
Google Maps: Nash Square

For Life,

Joey Stansbury
Wake Community Network
www.wakecommunity.blogspot.com

FRIDAY'S JOURNAL - JANUARY 16, 2009

Today's overview:

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: COMING SOON - OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO BETTY LOU

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: RALEIGH PUBLIC ART - THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: THE 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - RALEIGH'S NC BUDGET DOCUMENT

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: TERRORIST RALLY IN RALEIGH JANUARY 5, 2009 - PART TWO

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: MISS THE RALLY FOR TERRORISTS IN RALEIGH ON JANUARY 5? YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE.

COMING SOON - OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO BETTY LOU

Until Wake County Commissioner Betty Lou Ward moves forward with her recommendation that public records be put online, we're going to help with her personal records.

We'll post them for her.

Stay tuned .........

THE 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - RALEIGH'S NC BUDGET DOCUMENT

Anyone involved with politics of any persuasion in North Carolina knows how both sides utilize the NC budget as a political weapon.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle anxiously await the week before elections to know what type of mail attacking them will arrive in voter mailboxes.

Likewise, Raleigh's Comprehensive Plan has 460 pages of goodies.

Maybe Meeker, Koopman, Stephenson, Baldwin and McFarlane would like to explain this one to irate Raleigh parents.

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TERRORIST RALLY IN RALEIGH JANUARY 5, 2009 - PART TWO

If what these folks were supporting wasn't so inherently dangerous to the survival of a democratic Isreal and a world free from terror, they would be so

PATHETICALLY LAME.

These folks need to read Saul Alinsky's chapter on Tactics in Rules for Radicals.

It would not surprise me if somewhere some Z. Smith Reynolds money was involved with this.

MISS THE RALLY FOR TERRORISTS IN RALEIGH ON JANUARY 5? YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE.

Related Link:

http://wakecommunity.blogspot.com/2008/12/come-support-terrorists-in-raleigh-on.html

RALEIGH PUBLIC ART - THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

Cue the music.

In the immortal words of James Brown ......

Please, Please, Please

Raleigh appears bent on moving forward with yet another taxpayer funded boondoggle to spend millions on public art.

In today's N&O, Raleigh City Clerk Gail Smith is quoted as saying:

"Yes, we like the concept, and yes, we want to move forward ...."

What a tasty election morsel. Maybe folks like Rodger "I phone in my votes" Koopman, Mary Ann Baldwin, Russell Stephenson or Nancy McFarlane in potential swing districts can tell their constituents how they raised their property taxes and water and sewer fees to put more Light + Time landmarks all over Raleigh.

Or better yet, Mayor Charles "unlivable streets" Meeker can explain to people on the brink of losing their homes how he needed to raise property taxes to pay for this.

And just think, each time a new Raleigh capital project goes up, the issue magically arises from the grave.

So,

Please, Please, Please .....

Vote for this.

Opposition candidates are salivating.

THURSDAY'S JOURNAL - JANUARY 15, 2009

Today's overview:

BARRY SAUNDERS OF THE N&O DEFENDS MILLIONS FOR PUBLIC ART - RALEIGH CITY CLERK SAYS THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE IDEA

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: IF YOU'RE BILL MCNEAL AND YOU'VE WRECKED A SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHAT DO YOU DO?

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: BETTY LOU WARD - THE EXPERIENCED TRAVELER

WAKE FOREST SETS BUDGET PRIORITIES, RALEIGH MOVES AHEAD WITH WASTEFUL CITY PLAZA PROJECT

ACORN "NUTS" TO HOLD RALLY IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH

SOUTHERN WAKE PARENTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST UNRESPONSIVE SCHOOL BOARD

DON FRANTZ SPEAKS ABOUT HIS MEETING WITH THE WAKE SCHOOL SYSTEM

IF YOU'RE BILL MCNEAL AND YOU'VE WRECKED A SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHAT DO YOU DO?

Lobby for changes in how school test results are recorded.

McNeal supports the State Board of Education's proposal to count retests for students who fail the initial tests. McNeal called the idea a "no-brainer."

Well thank goodness it was a "no brainer."

It's all part of Bill McNeal and Tom Oxholm's "School District's Journey to Excellence."

BETTY LOU WARD - THE EXPERIENCED TRAVELER

Monday afternoon's Wake Commissioners meeting proved to be pretty lively.

Beyond the fact that Harold Webb cut off Commissioner Tony Gurley from speaking against Webb's sacred cow of forced busing (yes - the great program that puts minority children on old buses for hours on end each week and somehow that makes them smarter), Paul Coble seemed to provoke a hyper-sensitive response from Betty Lou Ward.

Hmmm.

Commissioner Coble made an entirely reasonable suggestion. That being that the County Commissioners participate in budget cuts as they are asking all Wake County Departments to do.

Paul did not even suggest doing away with trips, which would have suited Wake Community just fine. He suggested that perhaps just one commissioner travel and report back.

Heck he even suggested that Betty Lou could attend "since she was so experienced at it."

Wonder why?

Because Paul Coble suggested taking away Betty's sacred cow.

Betty Lou Ward is legendary for never meeting a taxpayer funded trip she didn't like.

Watch the video here. Under the video screen go to the "Jump To" bar and scroll down to the consent agenda. It's the first video that will appear once you jump to the consent agenda.

And what does Betty Lou Ward have to say about Wake County taxpayer funded trips?

"Commissioner Betty Lou Ward said she supports putting the public records online ...... "

"You're held up to a lot more scrutiny when you use public money than if you're in a private sector job," Ward said.

"Ward said more oversight might be needed to ensure county money isn't wasted."

"I think there will definitely be changes. In the 20 years that I've been a commissioner, nothing like this has ever happened," she said.

You can probably gather that Betty Lou was not speaking about her personal trips.

We applaud Betty Lou Ward for wanting to put the public records online and hope that she'll hold herself to the same standard she wants of others.

Here's a great place where a link should be posted front and center.

Ask Betty Lou Ward why her travel records aren't posted online. You can email her at _____________ . Oh that's right, she's the only Wake Commissioner who does not list an email address.

WEDNESDAY'S JOURNAL - JANUARY 14, 2009

Today's overview:

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: RALEIGH ARTS COMMISSION WANTS TO SPEND AT LEAST $1.13 MILLION FOR PUBLIC ART AT NEW CLARENCE LIGHTNER PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER ..... FOR STARTERS

WAKE COMMUNITY NETWORK: WHEN RALEIGH GETS A NEW MAYOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF TARBORO ROAD AND BRAGG STREET RESIDENTS SHOULD START IMPROVING

WAKE COMMISSIONERS SPEND $40,000 FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY

MAYOR MEEKER STANDS UP AGAINST HOMEOWNERS, STANDS UP FOR VAGRANTS

NC DOT TO STOP REIMBURSING RALEIGH FOR REPAIRS THE CITY MAKES ON STATE ROADS

ENLOE STUDENTS URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST MAYOR MEEKER'S "UNLIVABLE STREETS"

VIOLENT CRIME DROPS IN CARY, SKYROCKETS IN RALEIGH

TARBORO ROAD SEES IMPROVEMENTS DESPITE NEGLECT OF MAYOR MEEKER

WAKE SCHOOLS MAKES COSTLY PURCHASE IN WATERSHED, SHUNS SEEKING INPUT FROM RALEIGH

WAKE HOMEBUILDERS TRAVEL TO DC TO SEEK INCENTIVES

DEMOCRATS LINE UP FOR LINDA COLEMAN'S SEAT

THE ONGOING SAGA - WAKE PARENTS UPSET AT REASSIGNMENT CHANGES

RALEIGH COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST DOG PARK FOR STRICKLAND ROAD SITE

RALEIGH CHARTER SCHOOL GETS VARIANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL - CAN BUILD ON SIX FORKS ROAD

WHEN RALEIGH GETS A NEW MAYOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF TARBORO ROAD AND BRAGG STREET RESIDENTS SHOULD START IMPROVING

"A mention of human rights led Mayor Charles Meeker to say America's human rights record should start improving now that Obama is replacing Bush."

(N&O 12/6/08)

Maybe when somebody replaces Meeker the human rights and public safety of residents around Tarboro Road and Bragg Street will start improving.

Pot meet kettle Mr. Meeker.

RALEIGH ARTS COMMISSION WANTS TO SPEND AT LEAST $1.13 MILLION FOR PUBLIC ART AT NEW CLARENCE LIGHTNER PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER ..... FOR STARTERS

The economy's in the tank. Raleigh has just significantly raised taxes and fees on Raleigh residents with Mayor Meeker seeking further increases, crime is soaring and basic police protection services remain underfunded.

So what do you do?

Well of course, blow more money on sprucing up downtown Raleigh.

Raleigh's Arts Commission has proposed that "half of one percent of expenditures of capital improvement municipal projects (involving public buildings, parks and streetscapes) to the creation and development of public art.

The additional millions required to meet this proposal is staggering.

Just think how many more Light + Time Towers could "grace" Raleigh under this proposal.

For the new (not voted on) Clarence Lightner Public Safety Center new art would run $1.13 million under this proposal.

Maybe if their lucky, the residents on Bragg Street and Tarboro Road can get the nets changed on their basketball courts.

Raleigh's Budget and Economic Development Committee was scheduled to meet this morning to discuss this proposal. Let's hope this idea was properly flushed.

Of course I would not be surprised if they don't find a way to blame the homebuilders for lacking the funds to put more beautiful art like Light + Time around Raleigh.

TUESDAY'S JOURNAL - JANUARY 13, 2009

Today's overview:

RALEIGH VIOLENT CRIME RATE BUCKS TREND AND INCREASES DRAMATICALLY, YET "UNLIVABLE STREETS" MEEKER STILL PUMPS MILLIONS INTO FAYETTEVILLE STREET RATHER THAN POLICE PROTECTION

WAKE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE WAKE SCHOOL BOARD (PART ....): LIFT RULE REQUIRING SIMPLE BUDGET DISCIPLINE

WITH TIGHT ECONOMY WAKE COMMISSIONERS STILL FUND $300,000 FOR A TRACK FIELD AND $1.9 MILLION FOR A MUSEUM

.... YET WAKE COUNTY SEES NEEDS INCREASE FOR BASIC SERVICES FROM COUNTY GOVERNMENT

WAKE SCHOOLS PLAY DIVERSITY SHELL GAME WITH MILLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL

WAKE SCHOOL BOARD STRESSES UNEQUAL SCHOOLS TO ACHIEVE DIVERSITY RESULTS

DO MINORITIES SUPPORT FORCED BUSING - APPARENTLY NOT

MINT CHANGING MENU - MEEKER AND MITCH TRIED TO CREATE A DOWNTOWN RALEIGH THAT THE ECONOMY DOESN'T WANT

WILL RALEIGH'S NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CREATE MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAMS

SANERA OF JOHN LOCKE WEIGHS IN ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

YOUR LOCAL LEFTIST CALENDAR FOR JANUARY

See also:

NC Peace Action

UUFR Social Action Committee

Ongoing weekly vigils for justice and peace: Chapel Hill: 4:30 – 5:30pm, Fridays, corner of Elliott Road and East Franklin Street (942-2535).
Durham: Saturdays, Noon-1:00 PM, Gregson and Main Streets, opposite Brightleaf Square (402-0424).

MON 1/12. Robert F. Kennedy visits New Bern for Pure Farms-Pure Water Summit BBQ dinner at New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, with entertainment by Cold Biscuit For more information please visit http://www.neuseriver.org/

TUE 1/13. 6:30pm. UNA-Wake dinner program.
Bonnie Dixon, founder and executive director of JourneyPartners, will discuss "Zimbabwe ? Looking Back, Looking Forward." The program will begin with a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Oak Room at Meredith College. Cost: $8 students, $12 UNA members, $15 non-members To register, contact Wayne Bare, 772-5165 or wayneb@nc.rr.com . Make checks payable to UNA-Wake and mail to: H. Wayne Bare, Treasurer, 1307 Sycamore Dr. Garner, NC 27529

TUE 1/13. 7pm. Durham People's Alliance Event - PA Membership Meeting Community room of the Herald-Sun Building, 2828 Pickett Rd., Durham Please join us at our next PA membership meeting to hear Tom Bonfield, Durham City Manager, discuss his goals and plans for Durham in 2009. Mr. Bonfield will make a short presentation, and then answer questions. The membership meeting will also include the election of the People's Alliance Coordinating Committee (CC), and PA officers. If you are interested in serving on the PA CC, and/or serving as a PA officer, please email durhampa@mindspring.com or call Dabney Hopkins at 286-9268. http://www.durhampa.org/

THUR 1/15. 6:30pm. Dinner & a Documentary: " Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church, 100 S. Judd Pky SW, Fuquay-Varina This week we will be viewing "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective". This film offers a one-of-a-kind examination of Dr. King's extraordinary life, using rare and largely unseen film footage and photographs. To study Dr. King's compelling and magnificent life is to understand that social change and enlightenment are brought about only by the overwhelming force of the human spirit. Questions? email Jeff or Anne at dinnerdoc@healthprotector.com


THUR 1/15. 7 – 9pm. Understanding Gaza, UNC Teach-In Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center, UNC, Chapel Hill. (located at McCauley and Pittsboro Streets)
Panelists: Dr. Sarah Shields: Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History at UNC-CH; Marty Rosenbluth: Formerly the Country Specialist for Israel, the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian Authority for Amnesty International-USA; Laila El-Haddad: A freelance journalist from Gaza; Rann Bar-On: A graduate student at Duke University. Presented by:
UNC –CH for Justice in Gaza

FRI 1/16. 7:30pm. Obama Meetup event - Pre-Inaugural Party to honor Dr.
King's "Dream Realized": President-Elect Barack Obama.
Metro Cafe' and Lounge 309 Blake St. in Historic City Market Downtown Raleigh, NC 27601 919-926-8796. Admission - $2.00. In the spirit of our President-Elect's call to service, please donate canned goods and/or other non-perishable items (cereal, dried beans, rice, etc.) upon entry.
Your gifts will benefit Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC. Official charity boxes will be on-site. http://barackobama.meetup.com/173/


SAT 1/17. 10am. Wake County "Yes We CANS!" Food Drive, part of
President-Elect Obama's National Service Day.
On SAT 1/10, volunteers distributed 450 bags to homes in the area, and now we need to collect the food donations. I f you are able to come and help pick up the food items from our neighborhood that would be awesome!
We are meeting at Gray and Michael McKay's home at 10am to start our pick up. Their address is 2932 Dahlgreen Rd. 27615 and their phone number is 844-5832. If you have some small boxes you could donate for the pick up that would be great! Also, if you have a larger vehicle (or a pick up
truck) to help with the pick up let us know. Please contact Vickie for more information, Vickie 848-3952 or 609-3834 or QVTakei@yahoo.com. for additional info see http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gptc54

SAT 1/17. 2 – 3:30pm. NC Stop Torture Now vigil.
Governor's Mansion, 201 N. Blount St., Raleigh We will be sending a message to our newly inaugurated Governor, Beverly Perdue. PLEASE COME! Bring signs and banners, friends and family, and your own conviction that NC has a responsibility to make sure no more torture flights originate in our state. For more info, contact Joan Walsh walshj@email.unc.edu

SUN 1/18. 9:15 – 10:15am. Community United Church of Christ Adult
Forum - "Conversation on Race": Viewing and Discussing President-elect Barack Obama’s Philadelphia Speech on Race.
Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Vaughan Fellowship
Hall, Raleigh http://www.communityucc.org/ For more information, email
Cynthia Ball, 919.387.9479 or cball@BallMediation.com You can also view information about FORUM on the CUCC News and Chat blog - http://cuccinfo.blogspot.com/

January 20, 2009, Inauguration Day. For info about the Inauguration, tickets, events, etc, please see the following website -
http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm

TUE 1/20. 11am. Inaugural event at Galaxy Theater.
770 Cary Towne Blvd, Cary. (919) 463-9989 Galaxy's wondrous concession stand will be open, offering fresh-popped corn and standard concession fare, as well as specialty espresso drinks featuring Mr. Toad's espresso beans, yummy cookies from Sweet Jane's Bakery as well as wide selection of other beverages. $3 per person.
http://www.mygalaxycinema.com/

WED 1/21. 7 – 9pm. The Steering Committee. of the Human Rights Coalition of NC meets Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh
Guests are welcomed , we need your support Please send me your
questions/comments/suggestions/agenda items on or before noon this Thursday, January 15 - Patricia Newman slaterpat@mindspring.com

THUR 1/22. 12noon – 1pm. Stand Up for CHOICE on the Capitol Steps!
North Carolina State Capitol Morgan and Fayetteville For more information, and to RSVP to the events, please contact Lindsay Siler at Lindsay.siler@pphsinc.org or Shannon Heintz at Shannon.heintz@pphsinc.org

THUR 1/22. 7 – 9pm. 2009 Annual Meeting Triangle Interfaith Alliance Contact William L. Bingham, TIA Board Present (Voice:
919.614.1534;bingham@ncsu.edu for additional info.
Please consider setting aside the evening of January 22, 2209 on your calendar so that you may join us as we look back at 2008 in review and offer the programs and interfaith work for 2009. This year our guest speaker is F. Nelson Stover. Mr. Stover is President of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Cultural Affairs International (ICA; http://www.ica-international.org/ ). ICA's mission is to advocate for and actualize the fundamental right of all peoples to define and shape their own futures, toward the goal of realizing sustainable, just solutions to human challenges. http://www.interfaithalliance-nc.org

SAT 1/24. 9a – 6p Sustainability NOW! symposium Unity Church of the Triangle, Longview Center 118 S. Person Street, Raleigh For additional info, please see the church website in the calendar section - http://www.unitytriangle.org/ Cost: $20 in advance; $25 at the door; $10 student price A local symposium featuring NC speakers talking about positive steps toward becoming sustainable NOW! Topics and
speakers: Simple Living: Achieving and Honoring Simple, Just, and
Sustainable Ways of Life ~ Wanda Urbanska Change How You Garden ~ Pam Beck Living in a Local Economy ~ Lyle Estill Renovating Your Home to Be Carbon-Free ~ Stephen Hren Thomas Berry's Sense of Sacred ~ Carolyn Toben Motivating to Action: Education and Activism in the Legislative Process ~ Andy Wood. Program and registration form at http://www.unitytriangle.org/ or contact Karen at chickadeebirders@earthlink.net or 844-9050.

SAT 1/24. 10a – 5pm. “Building Solutions” Workshop The Sierra Club will host its first Cool Cities Phase II workshop, which will focus on offering energy solutions for the built environment, including real-world solutions that have used energy efficient building design or lighting optimization. Sierra Club members will leave equipped with tools to identify and redefine their town and their own energy use and generation. The general public and all Sierra Club members are invited. Please pre-register online as there is limited seating available
- http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageNavigator/cool_cities_workshop

SAT 1/24. 10a – 12noon. League of Woman Voters of
Orange-Durham-Chatham: National Popular Vote: Information Meeting.
Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd., Chapel Hill.
Delegates at LWV Convention 2008 adopted a study of the feasibility of using the National Popular Vote (NPV) Compact among the states as a method for electing the president. This meeting will be in preparation for consensus on this subject at a March meeting. Two speakers, Rep.
Paul Luebke and Professor Mike Munger, will present the pros and cons of this method of electing the President.
http://www.odc.nc.lwvnet.org/Calendar.html

SUN 1/25. 9:15 – 10:15am. Community United Church of Christ Adult
Forum - Major Issues before the NC General Assembly 2009 session, convening on Jan. 28 Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Vaughan Fellowship Hall, Raleigh http://www.communityucc.org/ Speaker will be Rep.
Deborah Ross, D-38. For more information, email Cynthia Ball, 919.387.9479 or cball@BallMediation.com You can also view information about FORUM on the CUCC News and Chat blog - http://cuccinfo.blogspot.com/

MON 1/26. 10:30am. The Millennium Seminar/Harrelson Lecture featuring President Bill Clinton Reynolds Coliseum - NC State University, Raleigh, NC.
Doors open at 9:00 a.m. The seminar is free and open to the public.
However, tickets will be needed to get into the event. NC State faculty, staff, and administrators may request tickets starting Wednesday, Dec.
17th by going online to http://www.ncsu.edu/millenniumseminars Members of the public may request tickets beginning TUE 1/6. Tickets are limited! Faculty/staff/administrators and members of the general public may request a maximum of 2 tickets; students may request 1 ticket.
Because tickets are limited, when requesting tickets, we respectfully ask that you confirm the attendance of your potential guest prior to
requesting a guest-ticket.

WED 1/28 7:30pm. Town Meeting - Health Care Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Ave., Raleigh. (919) 828-7912 Our town hall meetings are always lively discussions with a wide range of opinions. More details to come on moderators and experts attending.
http://quailridgebooks.booksense.com/Fuseaction=EventDetail&e_id=48457&userid=474369

MONDAY'S JOURNAL - JANUARY 12, 2009

Today's overview:

RALEIGH CHAMBER DEFENDS FAILED WAKE SCHOOLS DIVERSITY POLICY

RON MARGIOTTA STANDS UP FOR STUDENTS, NOT FAILED SOCIO-ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS

MINT GETS NEW OWNERS - NEW MENU ON THE MENU

GARLAND JONES BUILDING COMING DOWN - $215 MILLION JUSTICE CENTER GOING UP IN ITS PLACE

APPEAL YOUR CAR TAX BILL

COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN DEFINES HEALTHY SCHOOLS BY THE PROPER DIVERSITY MIX, NOT ACADEMIC RESULTS

MINORITIES QUIET ON SCHOOL PLAN

WEEKLY CALENDAR, JANUARY 12 - 18 (2009)

Please find below a list of relevant grassroots, public policy and political meetings for the week. Have an item you want considered for inclusion? Email wakecommunity@bellsouth.net with the group name, nature of meeting, speaker (if applicable) and time, date and location. Please put “event” in the subject line.

Thanks.

Wake Community Network

North Carolina Right to Life Prayer Breakfast for Life
January 17, 2009
9:30 am
Holiday Inn Brownestone Hotel and Conference Center – 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh

North Carolina Right to Life Annual Rally and March for Life
January 17, 2009
1:00 pm
Nash Square – Corner of Hargett and McDowell Streets, Raleigh

Return America Marriage Rally 2009
March 3, 2009
11:00 am
Halifax Mall (behind the General Assembly building) – 46 E. Lane Street, Raleigh

January 12 – 18

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR

Monday:

John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society Meeting with Michael Lowrey
12:00 pm
John Locke Foundation – 200 West Morgan Street, Raleigh

Raleigh Board of Adjustment Meeting
1:00 pm
Raleigh City Hall, Council Chambers – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Wake County Board of Commissioners Meeting
2:00 pm
Wake County Courthouse – 7th Floor, Room 700 – 316 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh

Apex Planning Board Meeting
4:30 pm
Apex Town Hall, Board Room – 73 Hunter Street, Apex

Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Greenway Advisory Board Meeting
5:30 pm
2405 Wade Avenue, Raleigh

Wake County Young Republicans Meeting
6:30 pm
Hi5 – 510 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh

Wake Schools Public Hearing (Address Student Reassignment)
6:30 pm
Millbrook High School – 2201 Spring Forest Road, Raleigh

Wendell Board of Commissioners Meeting
7:00 pm
Wendell Town Hall, Courtroom – 15 East Fourth Street,Wendell

Cary Planning and Zoning Board Work Session Meeting
7:00 pm
Cary Town Hall, Conference Room #10035 – 316 N. Academy Street, Cary

Raleigh South Citizen Advisory Council Meeting
7:00 pm
Biltmore Hills Community Center – 2615 Fitzgerald Drive, Raleigh

Raleigh Southwest Citizen Advisory Council Meeting
7:00 pm
Carolina Pines Park – 2305 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh

Swift Creek Fire Department Board of Directors Meeting
7:00 pm
5825 Tryon Road, Cary

Garner Planning Commission Meeting
7:30 pm
Garner Town Hall – 900 7th Avenue, Garner

Tuesday:

Holly Springs Board of Adjustment Meeting
Town Hall, Council Chambers – 128 S. Main Street, Holly Springs

Wake County Republican Men’s Club Meeting
7:30 am
Clarion Hotel – 320 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh

Raleigh Planning Commission Meeting
9:00 am
Raleigh City Hall, Council Chambers – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Wake Schools Facilities and Operations Committee Meeting
9:00 am
Schools Administration Building, Board Conference Room – 3600 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh

Wake County Board of Adjustment Meeting
9:00 am
Wake County Courthouse – 7th Floor, Room 700 – 316 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh

Wake County Transportation Advisory Board Meeting
10:30 am
Human Services, Room 2132 – 220 Swinburne Street, Raleigh

Raleigh Budget and Economic Development Meeting
11:00 am
Raleigh City Hall, Room 305 – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Wake Schools Student Achievement Committee Meeting
11:30 am
Schools Administration Building, Board Conference Room – 3600 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh

Wake Schools Policy Committee Meeting
2:00 pm
Schools Administration Building, Board Conference Room – 3600 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh

Wake County Historic Preservation Commission Designation Committee Meeting
2:30 pm
Wake County Courthouse – 7th Floor, Room 700 – 316 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh

Raleigh Law and Public Safety Committee Meeting
4:30 pm
Raleigh City Hall, Council Chambers – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Cary Town Initiated Annexation Public Information Meeting
5:00 pm
Cary Senior Center – 120 Maury O’Dell Place, Cary

Cary Environmental Advisory Board Meeting
5:30 pm
Cary Town Hall, Conference Room #10035 – 316 N. Academy Street, Cary

Wake Schools District 7 Board Advisory Council Meeting
5:30 pm
Jeffreys Grove Elementary – 6119 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh

Raleigh Comprehensive Plan Citywide Public Workshops
6:00 pm
Providence Baptist Church – 6339 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh

Morrisville Town Council Briefing Session
6:30 pm
Town Hall, Council Chambers – 100 Town Hall Drive, Morrisville

Raleigh Arts Commission Meeting
7:00 pm
Raleigh City Hall, Room 305 – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Garner Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors Meeting
7:00 pm
Station #1 – 503 W. Main Street, Garner

Raleigh Northwest Citizen Advisory Council Meeting
7:00 pm
Police District 21 Building – 8016 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh

Raleigh North Central Citizen Advisory Council Meeting
7:00 pm
Tarboro Road Park – 121 Tarboro Road, Raleigh

Raleigh Mordecai Citizen Advisory Council Meeting
7:30 pm
Trinity United Methodist Church – 824 Bloodworth Street, Raleigh

Wednesday:

Wake Schools Human Resources Committee Meeting
9:00 am
Schools Administration Building, Board Conference Room – 3600 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh

Wake Schools Finance Committee Meeting
11:00 am
Schools Administration Building, Board Conference Room – 3600 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh

Raleigh Substance Abuse Advisory Commission Meeting
12:00 pm
Raleigh City Hall, Room 305 – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Wake County Housing Authority Meeting
12:30 pm
Wake County Office Park, Commons Building – 4011 Carya Drive, Raleigh

Garner Revitalization Association Board Meeting
4:00 pm
Garner

Raleigh Appearance Commission Meeting
5:00 pm
Raleigh City Hall, Room 303 – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Cary Town Initiated Annexation Public Information Meeting
5:00 pm
Herbert C. Young Community Center – 101 Wilkinson Avenue, Cary

Raleigh Comprehensive Plan Citywide Public Workshops
6:00 pm
Moore Square Museum Magnet Middle School – 301 S. Person Street, Raleigh

Cary Public Art Advisory Board Meeting
6:15 pm
Cary Town Hall, Conference Room #11130 – 316 N. Academy Street, Cary

Wake Schools Public Hearing (Address Student Reassignment)
6:30 pm
Fuquay-Varina High School – 201 Bengal Boulevard, Fuquay-Varina

Thursday:

Raleigh Public Works Committee Meeting
8:00 am
Raleigh City Hall, Council Chambers – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Wake County Human Services Board Budget and Retreat Planning Meeting
8:00 am
Human Services, Room 5032 – 220 Swinburne Street, Raleigh

Wake County Information Technology Advisory Committee Meeting
9:00 am
Mezzanine WCOB, Information Services Conference Room – 337 S. Salisbury Street, Raleigh

Wake County Committee to Review Tax Appeals Meeting
9:00 am
Bank of America Building – Suite 200, Revenue Department Conference Room – 421 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh

Raleigh Civil Service Commission Meeting
9:30 am
One Exchange Plaza, Room 809 - Raleigh

Wake County Human Services Regional Networks Committee Meeting
10:00 am
Human Services, Room 5040 – 220 Swinburne Street, Raleigh

Wake County Republican Women’s Meeting
11:15 am
NCSU University Club – 4200 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh

Raleigh Mayor’s Committee for Persons with Disabilities Meeting
12:00 pm
Raleigh City Hall, Room 305 – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Wake County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting
12:00 pm
Human Services Sunnybrook, Room 344 – 10 Sunnybrook Road, Raleigh

Wake County Child Fatality Prevention Team Meeting
12:00 pm
Human Services, Board Room – 220 Swinburne Street, Raleigh

Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District Board Meeting
1:30 pm
Wake County Office Park – Agricultural Services Building, Room 107 – 4001 Carya Drive, Raleigh

Raleigh Appearance Commission Meeting
5:30 pm
Raleigh City Hall, Room 305 – 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh

Raleigh Comprehensive Plan Citywide Public Workshops
6:00 pm
Church of God of Prophesy – 1200 S. Slate Street, Raleigh

Wake County Friends of Black Children Adoption Council Meeting
6:00 pm
Tupper Memorial Baptist Church – 501 S. Blount Street, Raleigh

Cary Town Council Meeting
6:30 pm
Cary Town Hall, Council Chambers – 316 N. Academy Street, Cary

Wake Schools Public Hearing (Address Student Reassignment)
6:30 pm
East Wake High School – 5101 Rolesville Road, Wendell

Raleigh Hillsborough Citizen Advisory Council Meeting
7:00 pm
Pullen Arts Center – 105 Pullen Road, Raleigh

Wake County Fire Commission Meeting
7:00 pm
Wake County Office Park – Commons Building, EMS Training Center – 4011 Carya Drive, Raleigh

Apex EMS Board of Directors Meeting
7:30 pm
315 West Williams Street, Apex

Friday:

Cary Town Council/Staff Retreat
8:30 am
Embassy Suites Hotel – 201 Harrison Oaks Boulevard, Cary

Garner Senior Center Advisory Committee Meeting
9:00 am
Garner Senior Center – 205 E. Garner Road, Garner

Wake County Human Services Community and Public Health Committee Meeting
12:00 pm
Rex Family Birth Center, Room 100A – 4420 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh

Saturday:

Raleigh Mayor’s Unity Day Meeting
8:00 am
Raleigh Convention Center

Cary Town Council/Staff Retreat
8:30 am
Embassy Suites Hotel – 201 Harrison Oaks Boulevard, Cary