<div dir="auto">Well, I for one am not interested in seeing a person get appointed who dropped out of the race after ballots were printed, leaving a more serious candidate who would have properly stayed in the race and competed against other stronger candidates for the will of the voters directly - and polled a millimeter less than the dropout's own minimal number of votes to squeak in - while openly declaring that she wasn't serious about continuing to make the full effort and compete for the position relative to the other candidates and just expected that she would get appointed instead because she had an in with a literal single handful of people in the city who made the decision instead of the voters... And apparently will continue to do so, whatever any of us may write to them between now and the decision.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That is a person I will actively campaign against both now and in the future alongside advocating for the reintroduction at the state leg. for the reintroduction of municipal ranked choice voting so that we don't have to endure this kind of lack of will of the voter on our city council ever again, and everyone who sits and serves there will be elected by a true majority of all the people who choose to cast a vote - which will probably end up being a larger percentage of those eligible when they see that their vote really matters, and which will eliminate the need for costly primaries that led up to this disenfranchisement of voters in the first place - so that all that taxpayer money could be directed towards affordable housing and transit needs instead.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="http://www.batterballotnc.org">www.batterballotnc.org</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Over and out,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">DAH</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 8, 2024, 6:38 PM Mary Molina via INC-list <<a href="mailto:inc-list@lists.deltaforce.net">inc-list@lists.deltaforce.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
<h3 style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px;border:0px;font-family:Montserrat;color:rgb(0,70,127);font-size:1.11em;font-variant-ligatures:normal;padding:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">How to Watch Meetings and Work Sessions </h3><p style="box-sizing:content-box;margin:0px 0px 1.4em;border:0px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14.4px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;padding:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The January 8 and January 10 Special Meetings will be livestreamed on City’s <a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network" style="box-sizing:content-box;color:rgb(0,71,127);text-decoration:underline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14.4px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">website</a>; on the City's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/CityofDurhamNC" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="YouTube Opens in new window" style="box-sizing:content-box;color:rgb(0,71,127);text-decoration:underline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14.4px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Facebook Opens in new window" style="box-sizing:content-box;color:rgb(0,71,127);text-decoration:underline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14.4px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/CityofDurhamNC" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Twitter Opens in new window" style="box-sizing:content-box;color:rgb(0,71,127);text-decoration:underline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14.4px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Twitter</a> channels; on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV through the free Boxcast app; and televised live on <a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network" style="box-sizing:content-box;color:rgb(0,71,127);text-decoration:underline;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14.4px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Durham Television Network</a> (Frontier channel 70 and AT&T U-verse channel 99). </p><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div><br><p style="font-size:15px;color:#715ffa;padding-top:15px;margin-top:0">On Monday, January 8, 2024, 4:40 PM, R Z <<a href="mailto:richard.ziglar@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">richard.ziglar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="m_2405642523304594134yiv0144792214"><div><div dir="ltr">"Of the four finalists, only one received more than the four votes required to clear the bar to be a finalist"<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"></div><div>So... the other three became finalists only because they needed three more finalists?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Richard</div></div><br clear="none"><div><div id="m_2405642523304594134yiv0144792214yqt45412"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 4:31 PM Mary Molina via INC-list <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:inc-list@lists.deltaforce.net" target="_blank">inc-list@lists.deltaforce.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
Of the four finalists, only one received more than the four votes required to clear the bar to be a finalist...Sheila Huggins received five of the Council's six votes, nearly unanimous!<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Could one of the other finalists overcome Huggins' apparent favor with Council? Maybe...but likely, not, IMO.<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer noreferrer" shape="rect" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><p style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(113,95,250);padding-top:15px;margin-top:0px">On Monday, January 8, 2024, 4:21 PM, Elizabeth Conroy <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:conroyliz@gmail.com" target="_blank">conroyliz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="m_2405642523304594134yiv0144792214m_-3909850054815336749yiv9209196125">Hi All,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Happy New Year! Is anyone planning to listen to City Council Ward 3 candidates tonight (1/8) and give feedback to City Council afterwards? I am in Ward 3 and am interested if you see strong points of candidates. I know the City Council makes the decision and INC doesn’t endorse, but I will write an email to CC members if I can determine a strong candidate.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thank you, Liz Conroy, Colony Park</div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><div>Liz Conroy, Ed.D.<br clear="none">919-493-1238 (H) 919-564-6179 (C)</div><div><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:conroyliz@gmail.com" target="_blank">conroyliz@gmail.com</a><br clear="none">2811 Welcome Dr.<br clear="none">Durham, NC 27705</div></div><br clear="none">
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