Down here in Columbus, the village of Sandyfield is voting on a beer and wine referendum. What's interesting is that there are no businesses in the town of about 400 people. They are in the "fatal funnel" development zone on the Brunswick County line.
Some raging partisan debates are also focusing on flooding in Whiteville. It's fun time to be a newspaperman, even a digital one.
Off year elections are important. Local councils, school boards, and referendums have a direct impact on our lives where we live. I wish we had more interest in this election.
Thank you for your overview of the elections locally. I will vote tomorrow here in Charlotte.
I appreciate the event card for Election Day. I'll add Cary's town council race between incumbent Jennifer Robinson, a moderate Republican, and Brittany Richards, a Democrat. Will Cary finally tip all the way blue or continue to give a nod to Republicans that are too tied in to the national GOP messaging? Wake Forest also has a similar mayoral race dynamic that I'll be watching. I'm also following the Virginia off-year statewide elections and the NYC mayoral race, and the national implications it has for both political parties.
As a Mecklenburg resident, I will be watching Krista's and Edwin's races. Also, I will be watching the sales tax vote. The tax is good for big business and North Meck and bad for less affluent and South Meck. The Democrats still control Meck County so I believe Vi will win again.
Yeah I have some thoughts. Anyway, not to be too Wake centric, but Morrisville Mayor, Holly Springs, Wake Forest, all interesting. Fuquay is a stretch but could be telling. Cary probably a foregone conclusion.
I was going to mention Concord’s mayoral race too- but in addition to the growth conversation, there’s also a debate among candidates about turning municipal races into partisan contests. The Cabarrus GOP censured a candidate for voting for Josh Stein and Diamond Staton Williams in ‘24, and they’d like for primaries to keep that type of republican away from contention.
Concord has a mayoral race to watch. Record early voting turnout and a fairly nasty attack approach on social media is making this one hard to gauge as far as outcome. The local races are all going to have a growth component of some sort as NC grapples with being too popular.
Jefferson Weaver here from Columbuscountynews.com.
Down here in Columbus, the village of Sandyfield is voting on a beer and wine referendum. What's interesting is that there are no businesses in the town of about 400 people. They are in the "fatal funnel" development zone on the Brunswick County line.
Some raging partisan debates are also focusing on flooding in Whiteville. It's fun time to be a newspaperman, even a digital one.
Off year elections are important. Local councils, school boards, and referendums have a direct impact on our lives where we live. I wish we had more interest in this election.
Thank you for your overview of the elections locally. I will vote tomorrow here in Charlotte.
I appreciate the event card for Election Day. I'll add Cary's town council race between incumbent Jennifer Robinson, a moderate Republican, and Brittany Richards, a Democrat. Will Cary finally tip all the way blue or continue to give a nod to Republicans that are too tied in to the national GOP messaging? Wake Forest also has a similar mayoral race dynamic that I'll be watching. I'm also following the Virginia off-year statewide elections and the NYC mayoral race, and the national implications it has for both political parties.
As a Mecklenburg resident, I will be watching Krista's and Edwin's races. Also, I will be watching the sales tax vote. The tax is good for big business and North Meck and bad for less affluent and South Meck. The Democrats still control Meck County so I believe Vi will win again.
Yeah I have some thoughts. Anyway, not to be too Wake centric, but Morrisville Mayor, Holly Springs, Wake Forest, all interesting. Fuquay is a stretch but could be telling. Cary probably a foregone conclusion.
I was going to mention Concord’s mayoral race too- but in addition to the growth conversation, there’s also a debate among candidates about turning municipal races into partisan contests. The Cabarrus GOP censured a candidate for voting for Josh Stein and Diamond Staton Williams in ‘24, and they’d like for primaries to keep that type of republican away from contention.
Concord has a mayoral race to watch. Record early voting turnout and a fairly nasty attack approach on social media is making this one hard to gauge as far as outcome. The local races are all going to have a growth component of some sort as NC grapples with being too popular.