INDY Daily BLASTS City Council’s UNDEMOCRATIC behavior

INDY Daily BLASTS City Council’s UNDEMOCRATIC behavior

Jane Porter, Editor-In-Chief of INDYWeek, writes a daily email newsletter, INDY Daily. The March 4, 2022 edition takes on Raleigh’s City Council for their most recent undemocratic decision. She asks that we share the newsletter with our friends. So, we reprint...
Revolutionary Engagement

Revolutionary Engagement

Tim Niles, a founding member of Livable Raleigh, delivered the following remarks to City Council during Public Comments on March 1, 2022: When this council defunded the CACs, you promised a new, REVOLUTIONARY, engagement system. Last Friday’s Planning Commission...
A Convenient Excuse to Silence the Public Again

A Convenient Excuse to Silence the Public Again

The Raleigh City Council decided at its last meeting on February 15th to return to in-person meetings, beginning in March. At this same meeting, a couple of Raleigh residents spoke before the Council urging them to continue offering residents the option of...
Buffkin Pushes Alternative Facts

Buffkin Pushes Alternative Facts

Councilor Buffkin says Raleigh’s new district maps were created in public view and with public input. Nothing could be further from the truth. Councilor Buffkin sent out a newsletter making this claim: “the Council’s decision marked a momentous...