Another Test of Council’s Anti-Environmental Agenda
A resident asks for Open and Fair Rezoning Governance. Tom Kwak is a Raleigh resident concerned with the future environmental health of our City and especially the potential to disregard environmental impacts as Raleigh navigates through its growing pains. He...
TIGs Feeding Off Raleigh Taxpayers
Tax Increment Grants — TIGs for developers — are about to be turned into a perpetual slush fund, with Baldwin’s Council handing out the goodies and Raleigh taxpayers saddled with long-term debt.
Racing toward a TIG
Livable Raleigh Chair Susan Maruyama sent the following email to Councilor Melton, chair of the Economic Development & Innovation Committee. The EDI Committee met on April 27 to further discuss the Tax Increment Grant (TIG) Policy. Hello Councilor Melton, I just...
At-Large Councilor Melton doesn’t think Citizen Engagement needs to be delivered in a year.
At Raleigh City Council’s retreat, March 12-13, At-Large Councilor Jonathan Melton had this to say when categorizing priorities into two sets: “I think community engagement can move into the bottom set. I don’t know that we need a one year...