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Indyweek on Citizen Engagement, Raleigh-style: Out With the Old, In With … a Plan to Have a Plan? (Maybe With CACs! Just Like the Old Plan!)

by B G | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog

In his 18-page report to the city council last week, Mickey Fearn—the consultant the city hired to study and make recommendations on how the city can best engage its residents with government processes and initiatives—all but suggests resurrecting CACs, or “community...

Kane’s Stadium: The “Benefit” Is All His. Whereas Affordable Housing Would Benefit the Community — With No TIG needed.

by B G | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog

Q: What’s our take on Kane Realty’s plan for a soccer stadium/”entertainment venue” in his Downtown South project? A: It’s a bad idea, especially when you remember that South Wilmington Street is supposed to be a corridor for Bus Rapid...
Feb. 4: One Year Today Since the CACs Were Gutted by Mayor Baldwin’s Council, and Still No Replacement In Sight

Feb. 4: One Year Today Since the CACs Were Gutted by Mayor Baldwin’s Council, and Still No Replacement In Sight

by B G | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog

Today, February 4, is exactly one year since Mayor Baldwin and her City Council mates voted to gut the 18 Citizens Advisory Councils, leaving Raleigh without any functioning system for bringing citizens into city government.   You may recall that Baldwin launched...
Warning: Kane Realty’s tax “ask” for “Downtown South” project could cost us mere taxpayers $450 million — or more

Warning: Kane Realty’s tax “ask” for “Downtown South” project could cost us mere taxpayers $450 million — or more

by B G | Jan 24, 2021 | Blog

For all the attention it’s getting in the press — which is none — you might think that Kane Realty has given up trying to avoid paying property taxes on the so-called Downtown South Project. In fact, however, Kane’s man Bonner Gaylord, the...
“Let’s Be Clear: Downtown South does not have any affordable housing”

“Let’s Be Clear: Downtown South does not have any affordable housing”

by B G | Jan 6, 2021 | Blog

At City Council last night, Bob Geary, 202 East Park Drive, made the following comments about the Downtown South project. He is a former columnist for the Independent Weekly and a former member of the Raleigh Planning Commission. Good evening, and Happy New Year! Just...
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2021 Elections (12) 2022 Elections (45) Affordable Housing (94) Affordable Housing Bond (8) Azalea Falls (10) Baldwin (60) Budget (11) Buffkin (23) CACs (57) City Council (81) City Election (69) Community Engagement (141) Community Voices (150) Comprehensive Plan (10) Conflict of Interest (19) Coronavirus (7) Council meeting (25) Councilors (10) Density (16) Discrimination (13) Dislocation (8) Downtown South (40) Environment (44) Equality (10) Equity (37) Gentrification (45) Gerrymander (7) Hypocrisy (14) INDYweek (9) John Kane (12) Knight (27) LGBTQ (7) Melton (29) Missing Middle Housing (20) Money in Politics (38) Redistricting (9) Rezoning (20) Shelley Lake (9) Stewart (19) sustainability (11) Text Change (9) TIG (13) Transit (22) UpZoning (23) Voting (18)
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