So, Ms. City Manager, members of Council, Convention Bureau crew- love ya, I know you mean well. But please don’t forget us, your voting and taxpaying dates. We brought you to this party to begin with, and it is just not polite to be behind the curtains carrying on without us.
Since late 2022, the Wake County Animal Center has been operating at or above capacity. This means more animals are housed in the shelter than it was designed for. This crisis is not unique to Wake Co. It’s national. Despite these challenges, we are working multiple angles so that no animal should face euthanasia simply because of space limitations.
OK. I have ranted. But my rant is serious. Show up, have fun and tell the part of the truth at this “COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT” event, because to get something you have to give something up in this particular area. We have already given up a lot. Make sure that we get something back.
Closing street food vendors at 1:15 is akin to making a lunch counter close at noon. It has killed our businesses. The whole business endeavor is now almost unsustainable. The measures you have taken are an out and out attack on small business. And it’s all based on a false narrative.
The logical solution to a developer’s zoning “problem” is to work on a property already thus zoned, not just any old property in town.