Disagreement brings an opportunity for engagement
Disagreement brings an opportunity for engagement. It’s a starting point to understand concerns and share information. You are entitled to your opinions but you are not entitled to dismiss the very people you are meant to represent.
Highlights from October 18 City Council Meetings
HIGHLIGHTS Council’s total Affordable Housing production, from all funding sources including the $80M Bond, is less than 600 units per year. Despite losing more than 4,100 affordable units each year, Council policies and rezoning votes overwhelmingly produce...
Flip the Ballot to Flip the Council
Remember – if you want to flip the council, you must flip your ballot!
We want more transparency and engagement from this Council
I rely on resources such a Livable Raleigh to help explain to me why you are doing what you are doing because you are not providing that transparency.
Mayor Baldwin’s property tax break – Mary-Ann Baldwin is channeling Leona Helmsley
In the mid-1990’s (more than 30 years ago) developers renovated the old cotton mill on Capital Blvd. A tax break was available at that time to incentivize the preservation of the cotton mill rather than demolishing it. In exchange for officially listing the cotton...
Tax Breaks for Developers and Tax Hikes for Homeowners
Mayor Baldwin and her City Council majority including Jonathan Melton, Stormie Forte, Corey Branch and David Knight, who are all running for re-election, implemented a tax break policy for developers known as a “Tax Increment Grant” or TIG. Despite Baldwin’s claim otherwise, it can cost the City of Raleigh 5 million dollars in tax rebates every year FOREVER.
David Knight is having a terrible, no good, very bad week.
At the Oct 4, 2022 City Council meeting, several speakers during the Public Comments portion of the meeting called out David Knight for LYING to the public. We are amazed his nose hasn't grown several sizes longer just like Pinocchio! Frank Hielema pointed out...
STOP LYING ABOUT CACs!
I want to clarify some misinformation that continues to be spread, from this council, about CACs and their role in Raleigh’s rezoning process.
David Knight must cease and desist immediately.
At a candidate forum last week, David Knight falsely accused Livable Raleigh of being a Super PAC (Political Action Committee). We’re NOT. We’re a registered 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. PACs are organizations like the “NC Property Rights Fund” and “Triangle Government Alliance” who together supported Knight’s 2019 campaign with spending of nearly $70,000 during an election where Knight got over 70% of his campaign financing from the development industry.
It’s David Knight causing the lack of civility at City Council.
It has been noted that there is a lack of civility at council in addressing Raleigh’s runaway growth. What is the root cause of that lack of civility? Could it start with the name-calling by the mayor and Councilor Knight who refer to their opposition in the pejorative use of Activist and Radical Activist? Could it be fueled by Councilor Knight who refers to citizens who dissent with giving a city staffer unlimited speaking time during the 1-minute public comments period as rude, entitled folks?