2011 Election
Race to Succeed Meeker Taking Shape
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The race for Raleigh mayor begins with two female business owners leading the charge. Councilor Nancy McFarlane and Billie Redmond are starting their campaigns.
Oak City Portraits
Crossing the Tracks
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Members of Raleigh’s Passenger Rail Task Force took a tour of a proposed downtown train station site Wednesday. State transportation officials say the station could be built in two years once funding is secure.
City Council
Raleigh Expands Recycling Program
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Raleigh residents can soon recycle more materials. Starting July 1, residents can toss phone books, colored paper, yogurt containers and more into the green bins.
City Council
CityofRaleigh@gmail.com?
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The city might nix Microsoft in favor of Google Apps for Government for its e-mail system. City officials say the move could save $480,000, but Microsoft says the proposal doesn’t include all the figures.
2011 Election
Wake Board of Elections Settles for Two Precincts — For Now
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After weeks of debate with County Commissioners, the Wake County Board of Elections Monday approved the creation of the two voting precincts Commissioners are willing to fund. The board agreed to use the given funding to halve two of its biggest precincts — 05-04 in the Cary/Morrisville area and 20-02 in the Cary/Apex area.
Oak City Portraits
File This Under “Green Humor”
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Regular gas vehicles park in spaces marked for “alternative fuel” cars at the Raleigh Transit Operations Center on Poole Road. Have a photo to share? Email it to editor@raleighpublicrecord.org.
City Council
Increases for City Manager, Attorney and Clerk
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Raleigh City Councilors cut supplemental retirement contributions for city employees, but at the same time, the city manager and city attorney will see a 1 percent increase.
News
Historic Home Competes for Coveted Funding
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Dr. Manassa Thomas Pope was the only known African-American man to run for mayor of a Southern state capital during Jim Crow segregation. The Pope House Museum Foundation has been working to restore his house on South Wilmington Street and has entered a community challenge for grant funding.
City Council
Raleigh’s Water Conundrum: Conservation v. Rates
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Raleigh is in a moderate drought, but a task force says: don’t push water conservation. Raleigh, like many other cities, faces tough choices when it comes to water. Water is paid by user fees. So when people conserve, the utility, which has its own budget, loses revenue.
City Council
Raleigh Could Reclassify Some Parks as Preserves
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Some of the city’s parks might soon be called “nature preserves,” under new city guidelines, but the name change won’t affect how residents can enjoy the area.
