July 11 Office Hours

My Thursday Office Hours were productive and interesting as always. First, I met with Carlos Sanchez, Government Relations Specialist for AT &T, who assembled a team from his company to brief me on the League of Municipalities Cell Phone Ordinance, which provided guidelines to municipalities on Telecommunications Plans, affecting Cell phone coverage, and  the installation […]

Extreme Networks Ribbon Cutting

I attended the Extreme Networks Ribbon Cutting on Thursday at the RDU Center. Their state of the art offices will enable the technology company to grow and I was impressed with their visionary CEO, Chris Berger, whom we were trying to convince to move to Morrisville from the Bay Area. Mayor Holcombe, Councilmember Lori Bush, […]

July 9 Council Briefing Session

I enjoyed a very productive Council meeting last evening. Congratulations to Chief Todd Wright, who has received Chief Fire Operator Status, a job well done, and we are proud of him and his entire Department. Interesting discussion on the Public Comment policy, which I favor having each individual, speaking for three minutes, even if there […]

Letter to the Voters

Dear fellow citizen, It has been an honor to serve you these past two years on the Morrisville Town Council. Yesterday I was excited to file for re-election on with my father, Dr. PM Rao. Check out and share with your friends and neighbors this new video, Moving Morrisville Forward,  It celebrates our achievements during […]

Meeting with Sushil Koirala, Nepalese Prime Minister Candidiate

Yesterday, I had the honor of meeting Sushil Koirala, the Nepalese Prime Minister Candidiate, with the Nepalese community leaders, at the home of Arun Dhittal, in Breckenridge. This is a very informative meeting, where I learned about the instability of the Democracy in Nepal, and how the Maoist party, has prevented the formation of a […]

July 4th Fireworks and Pancake Breakfast

Attended the Fireworks and  Annual July 4th Pancake Breakfast at Firestation 1 with my family and enjoyed the company of staff, citizens, and also Council members in attendance, Stohlman (fireworks), Johnson, Broadwell, Holcombe, and Diehl. I want to thank the Parks and Rec Department for once again, a wonderful job on both of these events. […]

July 3 Council Office Hours

I had a productive office hours yesterday and met with Sheyenne Kramer, who has had some challenges getting the Youth Entrepreneurship Camps filled up but is working on getting more of the programs started in two weeks. Economic Development:   Carlotta and I caught up on Economic Development and reviewed some of the new things […]