Road Closure This Week in Downtown Cary
Cary, NC – This week, one of Downtown Cary’s key connecter roads will be closed to traffic during the day. Read more
Preventing and Avoiding Rabies This Season
Cary, NC – Cary had its first reported case of rabies this week. As a disease most people don’t think about regularly, here are some important pointers on avoiding rabies for you and your pets. Read more
Morrisville Gets NC’s First Best in Class Education Center
Morrisville, NC – Parents want their children to pursue education and now local parents have a new option as Morrisville is home to North Carolina’s first Best in Class Education Center, which looks to give students personalized help from early years to college preparation. Read more
North Carolina Courage Get Shutout Victory at Home Game
Cary, NC – The North Carolina Courage continue their reign as the most dominant team in the league this season with their thirteenth win of the season and their fourth consecutive win after a shutout victory at home. Read more
Weekend Events: Tom Petty, Live Comedy and More
Cary, NC – This weekend has a lot of fun events, from the North Carolina Symphony performing the music of Tom Petty at Koka Booth Amphitheatre to live music and comedy at the Cary Theater and more.
Cary’s Heritage: Cary General Stores
Cary, NC – Cary may never have had a Mast General Store, but there were several mom and pop stores that operated for years in or near downtown. Read more
Cary Avoids Summer Gas Price Spike
Cary, NC – July often sees some of the highest gasoline prices of the year but this driving season looks to have passed the local area by as prices have dropped since June in Cary and across the state. Read more
Education: Bill Fletcher 2018 July Newsletter
Wake County, NC – Thoughts for July 2018 from Bill Fletcher, Member of the Wake County Board of Education.
Has the Legislature Enacted a Statewide Property Tax and Didn’t Tell Us?
While legislative leaders hold press conferences extolling teacher raises, their back room decisions amount to an illegal statewide property tax that claims more than one billion dollars from North Carolina’s property taxpayers.
This year more than eight cents of Wake’s property tax rate has been “stolen” by the state legislature to pay for state-required costs. That’s $120 million dollars that could have been used for counselors, nurses, social workers or technology support in our schools.
Harold’s Blog: Independence Day, Craigslist Speakers and More
Cary, NC – This week was a holiday week so there were very few activities.
Monday – Craigslist Speakers
Monday I met with the town manager for my weekly one-on-one. We talked about several topics including a downtown business and an incident at the last council meeting where someone allegedly paid speakers to advocate for their project.
After talking with the town manager and others here is my understanding incident of the paid speakers. On the evening of the last council meeting someone posted on Craig’s list that they would pay $50 for speakers. During the council meeting this information was being passed around amongst council members but I was not informed.
There were three public hearings but only one had speakers. One can only speculate that the paid speakers were for the public hearing with speakers. That public hearing was a proposal for a hotel with twice the allowed height, no sidewalks, and reduction in streetscape and buffers. (The applicant and the applicant’s representative later both denied anything to do with paying speakers and said it was someone trying to sabotage the proposal.) I was made aware of the incident after the meeting. Read more