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December 7, 2021 Council Meeting
HIGHLIGHTS Text change to reduce the distance between fuel sales and neighborhoods passed 6 to 2 with Councilors Cox and Forte dissenting. Self-proclaimed environmentalist Councilors Stewart and Knight voted to promote more fossil fuel sales. Rezoning Z-68-20 -...
Adding Density without Infrastructure Planning Makes No Sense; So Why Are We Doing It?
Midtown Raleigh resident Larry Helfant shares his insights and concerns about deficiencies in Raleigh’s planning for growth. The recently announced phase of the North Hills expansion (Z-67-21) will result in a further degradation of neighborhood quality to the people...
Stop Signs, Stop Lights, and the Environment
Janis Ramquist submitted this blog to Livable Raleigh. She has been a Wake County resident since 1981. Janis says “I want my grandchildren to enjoy a clean environment, especially with simple choices that are safe and less costly.” Have you noticed the explosion of...
Finally, you get to tell City Council what YOU THINK!
Recently the Study Group appointed by City Council to review the makeup of the Council, its term lengths and its compensation presented their recommendations. The Study Group did NOT ask for public input during their discussions. Now the council is allowing you to...
How can you help protect Raleigh’s trees?
Raleigh residents regularly contact Livable Raleigh to express their concerns about loss of tree canopy and clear-cutting during development. They want to know more about tree protection, tree planting, and tree preservation. We all know that, beyond their aesthetic...
Delivering Thanksgiving meals to those in need
Livable Raleigh partnered with the Wake County Housing Justice Coalition and MAB GOT to GO to deliver Thanksgiving meals to those in need.Members of Livable Raleigh, the Wake County Housing Justice Coalition and MAB GOT to GO met at a local Harris Teeter to pick up...
Give Raleigh Back to the Voters: Take the Survey and Make Your Voice Count
How far will this Council go to serve special interests and suppress Raleigh voters? After the flood of special interest money in their 2019 election* and their secret vote to manipulate their own re-election**, now Council wants to gerrymander Raleigh's voting pie to...
Buffkin says Raleigh’s rezoning process is broken
On Nov 2, 2021, in a 5-3 vote, Raleigh's City Council approved a contentious zoning case, Z-53-20, located on Lead Mine Road. In a statement, remarkable for its total lack of self awareness, Councilor Partick Buffkin, District A, who represents the affected area, told...
City Council Meeting – November 16, 2021
HIGHLIGHTS Proposed changes to relax Food Trucks regulations referred to Economic Development & Innovation Committee on a unanimous vote. Rezoning Z-40-21 scheduled for December 7 public hearing. Approved $12M from General Capital Reserves toward Dix Park Phase 1...
Charlotte puts the LIE to Mayor Baldwin’s nonsense about census data making a March election impossible
What Democracy NC founder Bob Hall said about Raleigh’s attack on democracy: “Charlotte isn’t delaying their election. They’re having a March election. Greensboro too. It was just a con job to say that they had to postpone the election in the manner they did.” Read...
Highlights from City Council Work Session – November 9, 2021
Proposed Parks Bond Presentation $180M for Scenario 1 $212.5M for Scenarios 1 & 2 $266.5M for Scenarios 1, 2, & 3 $86M for Scenarios 2 & 3 Councilor Cox shared statistics illustrating how District B is being shortchanged on park expenditures, but gets no...
Support One Wake’s Property Tax Assistance Proposal – Do the Right Thing NOW!
Livable Raleigh Chair Susan Maruyama delivered the following remarks at the November 2, 2021 Raleigh City Council meeting. Mayor and City Council: 12 days ago, One Wake gathered 600 people online and in-person to make an excellent, well-considered proposal to provide...
November 2 City Council Meeting Highlights
November 2 City Council Meeting Afternoon Session Recognition of Special Awards Consent Agenda Process Appearance Commission - Membership Categories - Rules of Procedure - ReappointmentsAnnexation Petition-AX-19-21-Deferral- Contiguous Inside ETJ - 5420 Ebenezer...
The case for Recalling Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin
The event that pushed Livable Raleigh over the edge and forced us to initiate this Recall was the Mayor's Power Grab to add an extra 8 months to her term in office by moving the next City Council election from Oct 2021 to Nov 2022 to handle the census delay while the...
Notice to Renters: Make Way for Expensive Homes.
While Raleigh is booming, more and more folks are finding it harder to afford living in our City. Rents and real estate prices keep going up and up, while naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) is disappearing. The affordable apartments in these photos will be...
City Council Highlights – October 19, 2021
Work Session Missing Middle 2.0 https://go.boarddocs.com/nc/raleigh/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7GTG6717AA2&fbclid=IwAR2oy0vkXCYaWGhDRJ3fYB1DjORSNq79x3nvyQ_6NHE4tlIzaSBiqraNhZs Lots of changes discussed, including allowing multiple ADUs on a lot, weakening...
Successful event at Falling for Local at DIX Park
We met a lot of supporters (and their dogs) and collected a lot of signatures for our petition drive at Falling for Local at DIX Park before the rains came and brought an early end to the event.Click on images to expand
Bob Hall Comments on Raleigh City Council’s Abuse of Democracy
For more than 50 years, Bob Hall has been North Carolina's foremost advocate for the idea that government should be for the people, ALL the people and not for the corporations and the wealthy. Below are excerpts of what Bob had to say when he spoke at Livable...
Falling for Local at DIX Park
Join us Saturday, Oct 16th at the BIG Field at Dix Park for Falling for Local Find our booth. We will be there collecting Recall Petition signatures and verifying voter registrations. Stop by and pick up a Yard Sign, a T-Shirt and Car Clings. Show your support for...
OCTOBER 5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
Afternoon session Raleigh proclaimed October to be Bullying Prevention Month. Consent Agenda approved. Councilor Cox raised concerns about item #C5 – Human Resources Policies – compensation and especially vacation policy as it applies to First Responders. Mayor and...