Triangle Cricket League Super Champtionship

I ended a long day at Shiloh Cricket Fields, to watch the end of the Triangle Cricket League, super championship, wacthing the two conference champtionship teams battle it out for the title. It was humid, and many folks were in attendance for the game. At the end of the game, I spoke to the Cricket […]

Dancing in the Park

Yesterday, evening, I attended the Dancing in the Park, event, hosted by the South East Raleigh Assembly. This program offers Aerobic Dancing classes, to citizens for free, to offer exercise to residents of South East Raleigh.  I Danced in the Park, when I ran for Wake County Commissioner in 2010! SERA also provides youth entreprenuership […]

Senior Citizens meeting at Bond Park

Yesterday, I met with the Senior Citizen  Group in Indian community at Bond Park to address a number of issues and there were over 60 residents from Morrisville there. The main area of concern was infrastructure/road congestion  and the need for better bus service from Morrisville to other municipalities in Wake County. I explained our […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]