One of the Livable Raleigh folks, Donna Bailey showed up at the Green Monkey tonight and they let them pass around promote the petition during trivia, they picked up about 15 signatures and she did not disclose that Livable Raleigh was backing this, she just made it seem like this “single issue” petition.
Does anyone know if Livable Raleigh is free to utilize the contact information they are collecting for their own propaganda distribution?
A friend of mine was able to provide context to those around us and keep a few signatures off, but unfortunately many people just signed because they were asked.
their personal Councilor and of course, their attempt to overturn Mayor MAB’s election through recall, which failed miserably. They are consumed and it’s all negative energy.
Raleigh Forward makes a good case for the 4-year Term change. Sadly, they don’t have the wide reach of followers online that Liveable Raleigh does. So if you like it, be sure to share it.
Mental age, maybe. But the “meme” also tells me that their team is comprised of exclusively geriatric cretins because they’re using a “meme” format from like… early internet-meme days. A legitimate organization would have at least a single person with some basic graphic design skills, no?
You can see the status of board of election petitions on this website: Petition Search
This obviously doesn’t take into account signatures that haven’t been submitted yet but the deadline is soon. I’m not entirely sure what “in progress” means like if it means they have signatures but haven’t verified them or something else.
Why would they be opposed to the 3 new council district seats… MORE representation in gov’t = objectively good, no? Unless their ENTIRE GOAL is literally to make the gov’t as dysfunctional and do-nothing as possible hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Hard to control more seats. More possible devils (YIMBYs) to fight.
Thanks for the source/info @annamjohnson! My assessment is they need to step up their meme game if they want a chance. Between this and the attempt to out MAB, I’m almost embarrassed for them.
Livable Raleigh is petitioning to put the idea of adding three district seats before voters in addition to the topic of moving to four-year, staggered terms.
Ok, thanks for the clarification. I’d vote YES to both, and I’m willing to bet there’s a lot more informed voters out there who also would vote yes to both if they get their wish. But regardless, neither of these decisions need to be given to voters because we ALREADY VOTED for representatives to make these kinds of decisions. Literally the entire point of voting for your District’s council seat. They’re just salty they still don’t have enough idiot cronies on the council to do their bidding.
It’s looking like they’re not going to be able to hit the 5000 signatures they need if that site is up-to-date. Just more evidence that, while influential, they’re an incredibly vocal and incredibly small minority when it comes to the (wrong) opinions they spew.
It’s always possible that the site is not up-to-date. I actually thought they would hit the 5000 they needed considering the media storm that came up from it. But, seems like they’re more bark than bite.
Yeah, they’re carnival barkers ginning up feelings around change that’s already happening without any understanding of the reality of negotiation to find common ground requiring that everyone give a little bit, meaning everyone loses a little something, because the status quo will not solve for the issues at hand.
Take for example the recent missive about the scourge of a ‘gasp’ infill development off Powell Drive - never mind that if this tree loss was to achieve the vision for a 6500sq foot genteel home with pastoral lawns crafted around multiple outdoor lounging areas adjacent to a luxurious private pool, they’d have nothing to say about the character lost
Also, they are especially crafty in the way they shoot shots at ‘genuine threats’ to the downtown adjacent single family neighborhoods (that would never dare slum in the actual suburbs…) idyllic way of life -
FWIW, the resulting cottages were sold at $550K. One block over, a conventional subdivision at Grove and Carolina approved just before the text change sold its houses for $650K. What’s $100,000 to a household budget, anyhow?
Another few blocks over, the MMH2 text change has made it possible to sell duplex units for $550K in 2024… while the conventional subdivision houses are now up to $750K. Again, who cares about $200,000, anyhow?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
