Candidate
Dan Blue to Replace Rep. Bernard Allen
Submitted by WakeChair on Thu, 10/26/2006 - 12:42pm. News | CandidateBlue selected for Allen's seat in state House
RALEIGH - The executive committee of Wake County's Democratic Party on Wednesday picked former state House Speaker Dan Blue to replace Rep. Bernard Allen of Raleigh, who died 12 days ago, to represent District 33 in the legislature.
The vote was unanimous. By law, Gov. Mike Easley must follow the group's wish to appoint Blue, 57, a Raleigh lawyer raised on a Robeson County farm. Blue gave up his state legislative career in 2002 to run for U.S. Senate but lost in the primary election.
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/502920.html
Blue takes the seat for the remaining months of Allen's term, and he will get Allen's ballot votes Nov. 7. Because Allen was unopposed, Blue will have the job through 2008.
Bernard Allen Jr., seconded former Raleigh City Council member Brad Thompson's motion to pick Blue to succeed his father and gave a speech supporting him.
"We desperately need his leadership," Allen said.
"We need somebody who can hit the ground running," Thompson said. "Dan will serve well. It will give us the quality and continuity of service that we need for the people of this district."
Ty Harrell Named to Democracy For America DFA-List
Submitted by WakeChair on Sun, 01/29/2006 - 11:59am. News | CandidateDFA-List: Candidates for America
All over the country, Democracy for America members are stepping up and running for local office. It's what we're all about -- citizens taking action and making America better.
Win or lose, these rising stars are doing what too many in Washington fear to do - fighting for what they believe.
Ty Harrell is a DFA member in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ty's love of his community, and its need for change, has prompted him to run for the State House in the 41st District. He believes North Carolina needs a better education system and a stronger health care program in order to improve the lives of its citizens. He will promote fiscal responsibility by rewarding small businesses that create jobs in the state and close the tax loopholes on companies that move their business away from North Carolina. Help bring fiscal responsibility to the North Carolina State House.
Marc Scruggs May Run for NC Senate 15
Submitted by WakeChair on Sat, 12/31/2005 - 4:56pm. News | CandidateFormer Raleigh City Councillor Marc Scruggs is considering challenging Republican Neil Hunt for NC Senate District 15.
Marc believes that crucial decisions should be decided for all citizens and not a select few. While on the City Council, Marc was most noted for improvements in
fire and police safety, road improvements, park improvements, and keeping Raleigh an affordable place to raise and educate our children.
He has been married to his bride of 20 years Anne and has two successful students in the Wake County Public Schools.
Marc wants to improve upon the current representation and bring the same leadership skills displayed on Council in conjunction with our key legislative leaders.
Please come meet Marc at the annual Valentine Day Fundraiser.
Chairman of Wake Republican Men Becomes Democrat, Runs for NC House 41
Submitted by WakeChair on Mon, 12/05/2005 - 11:34am. News | CandidateRALEIGH, NC – Democrat Chris Mintz formally announced his candidacy for election to the North Carolina House, District 41 today. Mintz cited his ongoing commitment to common sense solutions and providing real results on real issues for the people of House District 41 as his reasons for seeking this office.
“As a husband, father, and small business owner, I know firsthand the challenges that face the people of House District 41,” said Mintz. “Rest assured, I will work tirelessly to make sure that all families in House District 41 remain in livable communities with access to good schools, quality healthcare and great jobs.”
Mintz proposes a detailed 4-point plan for the future of Wake County. In his plan, Mintz pledges to fight for common sense solutions that:
· Improve and expand quality healthcare coverage
· Improve our schools
· Improve the local economy and create a favorable business climate
· Assure smart and well planned growth
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Chris Mintz said he decided to leave the Republican Party because he thinks it is too focused on social issues rather than on economic issues. He also said the GOP is becoming less tolerant of different viewpoints. "The Republican Party appears to be going further and further to the right," Mintz said. "I think we are ignoring issues that are important - like education, economic development and health care," he said."
Lindy Brown Kick-off
Submitted by Anne Lowry on Sat, 11/12/2005 - 4:51pm. Candidate
For additional information, visit Lindy's website:
http://www.lindybrown.com/ or email her directly
at Lindy@LindyBrown.com.
Campaign Kickoff for Linda Coleman
Submitted by WakeChair on Wed, 11/09/2005 - 3:56pm. CandidateThe Honorable James Black, Speaker, NC House of Representatives, cordially invites you to attend a campaign kick-off reception for Representative Linda ColemanTuesday, November 22, 20055:30- 7:00 PMat the home of Al & Betty Adams, 1609 Park Drive, RaleighRSVP by Friday, November 18, 2005266-9037Friends $100 Tickets $50
Reception Honoring David Price with Representative John Lewis
Submitted by WakeChair on Tue, 11/08/2005 - 6:29pm. Candidate$2000 Host$1000 Sponsor$500 Patron$100 Per Person4-7 PM
News and Observer Endorses Lori Millberg and Eleanor Goettee
Submitted by WakeChair on Tue, 10/11/2005 - 8:00am. Candidatehttp://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/2829569p-9279416c.html
Test for Wake
Wake County's school system needs board members committed to balancing student populations in individual schools
Next Tuesday, voters in District 9 (Cary) and District 1 (northeast
Wake) will make choices that are critical to the schools' continued
success. Two candidates running for the Wake Board of Education, Eleanor Goettee and Lori Millberg,
have the knowledge and experience to help the board guide the system
through its phenomenal growth without putting the brakes on its
progress.
Goettee
and Millberg were the top vote-getters in their districts in the
October general election, but to claim those seats on the nine-member
board, they must repeat that performance in Tuesday's runoff. Here's
how those two races shape up:
District 9
Eleanor Goettee's first North Carolina teaching job was at Carnage
Junior High School in Raleigh back in the days when it had 900 black
students and no whites. Teachers working with bedraggled social studies
textbooks containing outdated information are stuck in her memory.
Her experience tracks what researchers have learned about schools with
a majority of students hampered by poverty, a characteristic that
unfortunately still correlates with race. Without middle-class families
making demands, such schools receive few extras in terms of equipment
and programs, and it becomes difficult to retain the best teachers.
Wake has bucked those trends, despite patterns of segregation in
housing. For two decades, school board members have sought to
decentralize the work of teaching poor, mostly black students. The
board's policy is to keep populations of disadvantaged students between
25 percent and 40 percent in each school. It's a policy that has led to
a dramatic narrowing of the racial achievement gap.
Goettee, 57, now is executive director of the N.C. Professional
Teaching Standards Commission. She is superbly qualified to serve on
the school board and well understands the benefits of the district's
diversity policy at a time of record enrollment growth.
. . .
Goettee is unequivocally the candidate better prepared to help Wake's
schools maintain their steady progress toward excellence.
District 1
The N&O also gave its editorial endorsement to active school
volunteer Lori Millberg of Wendell in the general election. Millberg, a
lawyer by training and a former prosecutor in Houston, now faces a
runoff with Tillie Turlington of Wendell, director of children's
ministry at a Baptist church.
Turlington rightly points to parental involvement as a key factor in
student achievement. But she dodges the hard choices before school
board members on growth and diverse schools, gaining support from the
taxpayers' group and ABC.
Turlington says she counts on overcrowding to resolve itself. That's a
prescription for decline in this county. Without enough new seats,
classes will grow too large for teachers to give enough attention where
it's needed. Without a school board pressing for adequate operating
funds, Wake stands to lose good teachers to counties more willing to
supplement state salaries.
Millberg has chaired the District 1 advisory committee to the school
board and served on the district's Healthy Schools Task Force. She
offers her support for the diversity policy as willingly as she has
given her time in a host of volunteer roles in the schools.
Millberg's common-sense approach to growth is to increase the number of
year-round schools and step up the building program. She remains The
N&O's choice for the District 1 school board seat.
Candidate Recruitment and Support Meeting
Submitted by WCDP on Thu, 10/06/2005 - 11:06am. CandidateGet Ready to start the 2006 election cycle, recruiting good Democratic Candidates and planning candidate support activities.
Lindy Brown Campaign Meeting
Submitted by Anne Lowry on Wed, 10/05/2005 - 5:16pm. CandidateThe organizational meeting of the campaign to elect Lindy Brown as Wake County Commissioner, District 2 will be at the Golden Corral on Hwy 70 in Garner. The meeting will begin at 9 am. Please come and show your support! For further information, please contact Lindy Brown at 779-2296 or electLindy@aol.com
John Baker for Sheriff Barbecue
Submitted by Anne Lowry on Wed, 10/05/2005 - 5:09pm. CandidatePlease join us at a barbecue and show your support for John Baker, candidate for Sheriff (again) of Wake County. We will be serving good food from 11 am until 7 pm: Fish, chicken, 2 vegetables and cornbread - all for $ 10.00!We'll be at Billy's Place (formerly Disco World) at 5836 Old Smithfield Road, Apex.For further information, please contact:Parrish Womble at 552-6534 or 422-8652
Ruth Sheehan Supports Lori Millberg and Eleanor Goettee
Submitted by WakeChair on Sat, 10/01/2005 - 7:34am. CandidateRead Ruth Sheehan's column of 10/31/05:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/columnist/story/2828614p-9278543c.html
"Election acute for schools
A week from tomorrow a very small group of people will decide the future of Wake County's school system.
That's what scares me.
If past runoffs are a predictor, only a few hundred people will
determine which two candidates will serve on the Wake County school
board, representing Districts 1 and 9.
What frightens me is that a) there is so much at stake; and b) the
people who are most likely to vote in a local runoff are oftentimes
motivated in the negative. Think, "It's time to change the school
system now," rather than, "Gee, things are going well in our nationally
recognized schools."
Two
of the candidates -- Lori Millberg in District 1 and Eleanor Goettee in
District 9 -- support maintaining Wake's current policy of trying to
keep our schools as diverse as possible so that every child, from every
neighborhood, has an equal shot at learning."
It's A Rock 'N Roll Concert with Charles - and The Connells
Submitted by WakeChair on Fri, 09/30/2005 - 9:29am. Support | CandidateDoors open at 7:30.Tickets: $15Purchase your tickets online at www.the-pour-house.com.Or call 821-4948 to RSVP.
Meet Mayor Charles Meeker
Submitted by WakeChair on Wed, 09/28/2005 - 2:06pm. Support | Candidate5-6:30 PM
