You may have noticed that, when it comes to politics, people tend to be a lot more engaged with national topics of debate than they are with the, arguably more pressing, local political challenges facing their community. You might be wondering, even as you read this, if you fit the profile yourself? Probably. Whether it...
A split three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected Fayetteville’s request to keep a referendum off the local election ballot. The referendum will allow city residents to decide whether to change the way they elect their city council.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has blocked a trial judge’s decision to place a referendum on the election ballot in Fayetteville. The referendum would allow voters to decide whether to change the way Fayetteville elects its city council. The Appeals Court has asked parties in the dispute to submit more information by 4 p.m. Thursday.
The city of Fayetteville has filed emergency paperwork with the N.C. Court of Appeals to block printing of local election ballots. Officials are raising concerns about a referendum that would change the way the city elects its governing board.
A slate of young urban Republicans are running as a slate for the July 26 municipal elections in an effort to end a decade-long Democrat supermajority in Charlotte.
The debate over short-term rentals in Raleigh has continued for a couple of years without a clear solution. Brent Woodcox is special counsel to the General Assembly and former co-chair of the city’s short-term rental task force. He created Share Raleigh, a political action committee focusing on the debate over short-term rentals. Woodcox sat down...
A debate about the difference between picnic tables and “communal seating” dominated two hours of discussion at Wednesday’s meeting of the Outdoor Seating Design Review Committee, a part of the Raleigh City Appearance Commission. The committee, which has been assigned by the Raleigh City Council to look at design rules for restaurants and bars with...
Dr. Carl Mumpower, recently re-elected to his second term on the Asheville City Council, faces a tough road ahead. Incoming council members, all liberal, progressives with high hopes of reform, will surely square off against the council's only republican in Mumpower. Mumpower has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Saint Leo College, a master's in couseling from Western Carolina University, Master's degree in clinical social work from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D in clinical psychology from Union Institute.
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