Let’s be very clear. There is one and only one reason the council abolished CACs. They wanted to eliminate the independent voices of citizens involved in rezoning cases as payment to the developers who paid for their campaigns.
Delivering for Barnhill
Hillsborough-Wade CAC Chair Donna Bailey spoke at the July 7 Raleigh City Council meeting on Mayor Baldwin’s conflicts of interest.
Wanda Gilbert-Coker: We Are Sick and Tired of City Council’s White Privilege
The network of CACs benefited the Black community. It was an opportunity for Black people to voice their concerns on City issues. Also, it empowered the Black community to organize against gentrification. This is why it was dismantled.
Why did they kill our Citizen Advisory Councils? (the secret video!)
This just-unearthed video, produced by the city BEFORE Baldwin took office, shows the CACs for what they were really were. Take a look and if you like, share it before the secret is buried again!
The Carolinian on CACs
Excerpt from The Carolinian Newspaper, March 19, 2020 edition. Editorial by Danny K. Manning
Tonight: That “neighborhood meeting” on rezonings
The City Council's vote (6-2, Cox and Branch dissenting) to abolish the 18 Citizen Advisory Councils -- the CACs -- leaves a big void where community consideration of rezoning applications is concerned. A hastily prepared substitute was rushed through the Planning...
Open letter from Livable Raleigh to all CACs
At last night's Glenwood CAC meeting, copies of a resolution in support of CACs and an open letter from Livable Raleigh were handed out to all attendees. The resolution was passed overwhelmingly by the large crowd. After the vote, residents had an opportunity to...