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TIRED OF SCANDALOUS HEADLINES?
Join Democracy North Carolina in Durham for Either of Two Policy Discussions on Campaign and Election Reform:
Wed., Mar. 29
5:30 p.m.
Okun / Stern Loft
204 Rigsbee Ave. #201
Downtown Durham
OR
Thurs., Mar. 30
6:00 p.m.
Ideas Coffee House
Hwy. 54 at Hwy. 55
Behind Pizza Hut
Limited space / Please let us know you will join us
RSVP mollybeacham@democracy-nc.org or
Molly @ 967-9942 ext. 12
The idea of these meetings is that ALL Triangle residents, not just Durham County folks, should be concerned about what's happening in Raleigh and learn more about how they can support public financing. We just happen to be holding the meetings in Durham. It is a statewide issue but certainly impacts folks locally, particularly since Chapel Hill has explored local public financing options in the past and it was shot down in the legislature because of the huge influence of big-money donors from the homebuilders' & realtors' PACs.
Kent Kanoy has annouced plans to run against David Price here in North Carolina's 4th congresional district. Given that this district would vote for a dead, not just yellow, dog democrat (despite a sizable GOP minority) is this a positive way for progressives to get a voice, or a distraction when we can least afford it? I think the first.
He seems to view his primary challange as a referendum on what Price should be doing in 3 important areas: Iraq (sign on to the Murtha Resolution), Impeachment (sign on to the Conyers Resolution to investigate Bush), and a single payer national health system.
Kanoy is not taking campaign contributions and is not wealthy so this won't likely be a competetive race in the traditional sense. But if we can't hold an elected Democrat accountable here, where can we? Obviously it would be best to not burn bridges though...
· Kanoy's Official Campaign Website
· Price's Official Campaign Website
· Interview with Kanoy on BlueNC.com
The Orange County Commissioners will be discussing their new representation plan again tonight. Personally, I think making minor changes is a waste of time. The current plan is overly complicated and is not any more representative than the current at-large elections.
In February, the board chose a proposal for a referendum in November that would have created a five-member panel -- as it is now -- with the county divided into two districts. In a three-to-two vote, the board agreed candidates would live in the districts but be nominated and elected by voters.
Under the proposal, Chapel Hill Township would be its own district and have two board members. The rest of the county would be another district and have one board member. The other two board members would be elected at-large countywide.
- heraldsun.com: Officials may tweak district representation proposal, 3/21/06
My proposal would look something like this:
I know this is OrangePolitics.org, but your neighbor to the south wants to pollute your quality of life with more traffic, more pollution and big box goliaths sucking retail out of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Chatham County progressives need your help to oust the men who are selling off the county to any developer who dangles promises of tax revenue in front of their frothy mouths.
We barely survived the last four years under Bunkey Morgan, the car wash king and bag man for Briar Chapel. Now is our chance to show him and his ilk the curb.
The Chatham Coalition, a PAC that succeeded two years ago in electing candidates into office, is looking north for help in making a clean sweap of politicians who engage in back-room deals with wealthy landowners, believe Cary is the economic model of our future, and turn a blind eye to our streams and rivers turning brown with silt.
The Sierra Club is kicking off this spring's County Commissioner
forum season on Wednesday night from 7-8:30 at Carrboro Town Hall. You
can also tune in and watch it on channel 18. We'll try to get it
reshown throughout the campaign on the People's Channel as well.
Each candidate will have a two minute introduction and conclusion
and there will be about 20 minutes for audience questions (in addition
to 40 minutes of prewritten questions submitted by Executive and
Political Committee members.) If you'd like to submit one you can do it
right here and I'll put it in the stack (they should be strictly
focused on environmental issues.)
The forum along with candidate interviews and their prior record on
environmental issues will be used to evaluate the candidates for the
Sierra Club endorsement, which will be announced in early April.
Hope to see a lot of you out there on Wednesday night!
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