Comments for Taking Responsibility: Matt Drew for City Council

Comment on Win-Win by Sam

Sam — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:40:23 +0000

Thanks Matt for keeping water issues on the public mind. With everything else going on nationally and internationally, it is not good to forget that just a few months ago we didn’t really have a ‘Plan B’ for drinking water.

Comment on Railroaded, Part 2: Throwing Numbers Under the Bus by Louise F. Freeman

Louise F. Freeman — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:35:14 +0000

You go Fella, we need some young blood. I will vote for you and be in your box. No way does North carolina need someone like that crooked dog Matthew Ridenhour from Florida. He was a lier there, he will be a lier here.

He keeps saying that Steele Creek Community needs representaqtion. Yes, but we are being represented and I will be at the poles to politic against him. We need represntion in the local, City & State Government but not by him. Help Keep Riddehour out of the picture. L. Freeman/lifetime resident of Steele Creek & Charlotte, N.C.

Comment on Winners and Losers by Ray

Ray — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:34:19 +0000

Not to mention doesn’t the NC Constitution mandate public funds be spent only for public purposes? Subsidizing a private enterprise is a private purpose. Also the pro-corporate-welfare side seems to be admitting the failure of public education, since their approach is that companies need to be bribed to hire slugs like us.

Comment on Experience Matters by Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:25:23 +0000

Yes, I’ll be in the general election versus Howard Clement in November.

Comment on Experience Matters by Sam

Sam — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:22:11 +0000

Do tonights results mean you continue on to the general election for Ward II?

Comment on I Guess Half Right is Better Than Nothing, Maybe by I Guess We’re Still Muggles « Taking Responsibility: Matt Drew for City Council

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:30:43 +0000

[...] City Council | Tags: bull city rising, durham city council, durham public schools, new math A few weeks ago I discussed the Durham Public School’s use of a statistical change to boost their AYP numbers. Well, [...]

Comment on Triangle Community Coalition tonight by Barrett

Barrett — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:23:23 +0000

Wish I could be there! (The pig part, especially!) :-)

Comment on How Math is Done in Durham by No Charge « Taking Responsibility: Matt Drew for City Council

No Charge « Taking Responsibility: Matt Drew for City Council — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:51:53 +0000

[...] the statistical tomfoolery from the DPS I pointed out last week, these kinds of statements make having an accurate [...]

Comment on Water Ways by Jeremy T

Jeremy T — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:49:32 +0000

I hear you! We’re on permanent rationing, even as our reservoirs are completely full. As near as I can tell, it’s mostly for show at this point: “conservation” is a great buzz word amongst many circles in Durham, but it’s not solving our actual infrastructure problems.

I personally think that we need tiered water pricing that not only completely recuperates the cost of delivery, but also finances the inevitable real solution to the mess: building our own intake on Jordan. Even if the existing infrastructure was adequate now (which it’s not), the Jordan intake would [i]still[/i] eventually be required to support our massive growth rate.

Of course, this has largely disappeared from the discourse now that we’re past the immediate crisis. The Jordan intake is a difficult financial pill to swallow, and nobody in office is going to voluntarily take on that baggage when times are lean – especially not when they can keep pushing it off into the murky future and throw out visible (but not very effective) stopgaps like Teer Quarry and mandatory rationing instead.