Posts Tagged ‘election 2007’
Election post-mortem
David Harris lost his bid for a city council seat to Farad Ali because Harris once had the gall to support a candidate who was not the choice of Durham Committee icon Lavonia Allison. As a local “insider” made a point of emphasizing to me some months back, [Read More]
Durham politics novice on Decision 2007
For many years, I was one of those Durham residents who drove past the array of election signs every fall and wondered what it all meant. Scratch that. I think I just wondered how effective it was, just sticking your name on sign, in garnering votes at the polls. (This goes [Read More]
Vote today
You have more power with your vote today than you will in virtually any other election–an off-year municipal primary (if you live in Durham or some other communities). So go vote! If you live in N.C., here’s where you find out where you’re supposed to vote [Read More]
Unwinding to Tony Bennett and Durham campaign fundraising reports
It’s fun scrolling through PDFs of campaign fundraising reports. See who in your town REALLY cares about local politics and a particular candidate. 35 Day (prior to primary) Reports for City Council 35 Day (prior to general election) Reports for Mayoral candidates BCR [Read More]
David Harris for Durham City Council
My first-ever city council endorsement. While I haven’t been active in Durham long enough to know David Harris personally, those whom I trust to speak to who is best for Durham have wonderful things to say about David Harris. I’ll defer to The Independent to [Read More]
Tracking the Republicans
I don’t know why I bother blogging about the Republicans. I think I just want Ron Paul to get some love. Those Republicans, who represent all the colors of the rainbow, “from eggshell to ivory” (Stephen Colbert), will be debating in South Carolina tonight, [Read More]
