Environment

Rainy summer closes Raleigh lakes

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Public beach access closings in the Raleigh area are up five fold this year. City officials closed the beach area at Lake Wheeler again last week. High bacteria levels at Sandling and Beaverdam beaches and the YMCA’s Camp Kanata have also closed those beaches this summer. High levels of Enterococci bacteria have caused concern for public safety. The City of Raleigh, in conjunction with the Wake County Public Utilities department, will continue to test the waters daily until the bacteria swells recede.

2009 Election

Update: disqualified District D candidate sues election board

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The Raleigh City Council candidate disqualified by the Wake County Board of Elections earlier this week sued the county board and the state Board of Elections Friday challenging the action. Jerome Goldberg, who until earlier this week had been running for District D, says in a lawsuit that the residency requirement for candidates violates the state constitution. The county elections board held a hearing Wednesday after Robert Updegrave of Chaney Road filed a challenge against Goldberg. The board decided that since Goldberg moved to the district on the day he filed for the election and then moved again within the district, he had not established permanent residency on the day he filed. To further complicate matters, during the hearing Goldberg told the board that his wife still lived at his old address in an unincorporated area of Wake County.

2009 Election

Wake elections board says District D candidate moved too late

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Members of the Wake County Board of Election upheld a challenge against a Raleigh City Council candidate Wednesday. The challenge, filed with the board at the end of July, accused District D candidate Jerome Goldberg of moving to the district too late to run for the seat. Goldberg’s attorney Jerry Meek said they will appeal the ruling in Wake County Superior Court. Goldberg told the three-member panel that he filed for the office on July 17 and moved into an Avent Ferry Road rental property that he owned that night and slept on an inflatable mattress. The county’s Board of Elections panel decided the challenge based on the rule that a candidate in a non-partisan election has to reside permanently in the district when they file.

2009 Election

City election candidate profiles

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Yard signs have started to go up in anticipation of Raleigh’s October 6 city election. The mayoral and all city council seats are up for grabs this year. Raleigh Public Record contributor Chrystal Bartlett sat down with each of the candidates and asked them the same set of questions.

Election Profiles

Nancy McFarlane

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Nancy Louise McFarlane
District A incumbent
Age: 52
Address: 8016 Selfridge Court
Hometown: Born in Washington DC, grew up in Falls Church and in Arlington, Virginia. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Twenty-five years

What brought you to Raleigh? A job change. Actually, my husband was changing jobs.

Election Profiles

Charles Meeker

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Charles Carpenter Meeker
Mayoral incumbent
Age: 59
Address: 324 South Boylan Avenue
Hometown: I was born in Washington DC in 1950. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? I’ve lived here full-time since the summer of 1975, after I finished law school. I was here with summer jobs in 1970, 1972 and 1974. I didn’t live here full time until the end of May, 1975

What brought you to Raleigh?