Delay April & May Council meetings
Dear Mayor Baldwin and City Council Members, We are not living in “business as usual” times. On the City website, a notice has been posted to hold a “virtual” City Council meeting on April 7th where there will be “public comment” allowed so we can continue to...Letter to Raleigh’s City Manager
Dear City Manager Hall: I am writing on behalf of many Raleigh residents. First of all we want to thank you for your leadership during this time of unprecedented crisis. We appreciate the very big challenges you and other City staff are facing as you endeavor to run...Sports Stadia and Affordable Housing
Sports Stadia and Affordable Housing… … both share the feature of a taxpayer subsidy. Subsidies from public revenues are needed when a project is not feasible in a ‘free market,’ i.e. it will not generate income exceeding its costs —...If Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin tells you she wants to “brand” the city, WATCH OUT…. It’s gonna cost you…
In 2017 the city commissioned a new logo. It cost $226,000 City leaders say Raleigh’s new $226,000 logo was worth it https://abc11.com/2624736/ “The project, accomplishing part of the City’s strategic plan to find a way to effectively tell...The Carolinian on CACs
Excerpt from The Carolinian Newspaper, March 19, 2020 edition. Editorial by Danny K. Manning