On Tuesday evening, 09/17/2019, the candidates for Raleigh City Mayor and the at-large city council members met at a forum at the Universalist Unitarian Church in Raleigh. The forum was hosted by the league of women voters, Phi-Psi-Delta, and Wake Up Wake County. All of the mayoral candidates showed up, though Charles Francis was late, and all but James Bledsoe, who was on military service, and Carlie Spencer (who knows where she was) showed for the city council race.…

Raleigh city councilmember candidates from districts A-E met Tuesday evening at the Universalist Unitarian Church on Wade Avenue in Raleigh. All candidates attended, with the exception of April Parker from District D–more evidence supporting my guess in my last post that she’s not really serious about running. About 150 people attended the forum, most were older with at least some white or gray on their top. There were a few smatterings of younger people there but most of them appeared to be campaign helpers of Saige Martin, the 28-year-old NC-State graduate student candidate for District D.…

I live in Raleigh NC and we have a city council and mayoral election coming up on October 8th, 2019. The next three or four posts I’m writing will center on these elections, the candidates running, their platforms, and who I think should be elected. The first of these examines the candidates for city council in District D, my district. District D has four declared candidates: Kay Crowder (the incumbent), Saige Martin, Brittany Bryan and April Parker.…