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David Cox is a computer scientist at ABB who volunteers with the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. He has long been an advocate for his neighborhood, and was at the forefront of a two-year struggle against a developer who wished to build a shopping center near his home. He is running as the challenger in District B.
Eugene Weeks is a retired member of the United States Air Force who went on to work as an educator at Broughton High School from 1981-2000. Prior to joining the city council in 2010, Weeks was the Chairman of the City of Raleigh Human Relations Commission and chair of the city’s Recreation, Parks and Greenways Commission. He is seeking re-election in District C.
Of the 1,047 times a vote has come before city council since January 2014, there were only 95 instances in which the vote was not unanimous.
Sitting councilors recused themselves due to conflict of interest less than 10 percent of the time since January 2014, an analysis of meeting minute archives shows.
Kay Crowder is a lifelong resident of District D in Raleigh who has worked in sales, marketing and finance, including time spent as the General Sales Manager WTPF-TV and a marketer for Edward Jones. She is also a founding member of the Avent West Neighborhood Association and volunteers each year with the Special Olympics. She is running as the incumbent for District D.
DeAntony Collins is the general president at the consulting and training firm Association of the Aces, and prior to that worked as a teacher and marketing ambassador for Bright Horizons. and was a nominee for Raleigh’s 2015 Human Relations Award. Collins is running as a challenger in District E.
The Hillsborough Citizens Advisory Council on September 17 received clarification on the Wake County Transit Plan and the Raleigh Arts Plan.
The tenth annual SPARKcon festival was held this weekend in downtown Raleigh, drawing crowds in excess of 50,000 people.
Today on the Development Beat, we look at some recently issued renovation permits!
Attendees at last week’s South Citizens Advisory Council meeting continued to try to find consensus about the best way to slow traffic on Cross Link Road between Garner Road and Dandridge Drive.
