Follow the Money 2022
After the 2019 election, we reported to you how much money the development industry poured into the candidates’ campaigns. Those developers found out how easy it was to buy council seats for their preferred candidates. It appears they plan to run the same playbook again in 2022. When you ask yourself, why do councilors vote the way they do? You will always find the answer when you FOLLOW THE MONEY.
Public safety employees are leaving Raleigh in huge numbers. What is City Council doing about it?
IS THIS ANY WAY TO RUN A CITY? Raleigh can’t hire enough lifeguards to fully open the City’s pools. Raleigh has shortages of Public Safety personnel in firefighting, policing and the 911 call center. Mostly due to resignations. Raleigh can’t hire...
Baldwin “Reconsiders” Giving Money to Other Democrats?
Mary-Ann Baldwin, the mayor of Raleigh, has some $500,000 banked for her election campaign. It’s a tribute to how completely she’s owned by Raleigh’s developers – led by mega-spender John Kane, a right-wing Republican known for backing, among other crazies, our very own GOP Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson. (And, of course, Trump.)
