Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #wakepol
Most recents (3)
#wcpss #ncpol #nced #wakepol (Long thread incoming) Wake County school board member Karen Carter says her critics are unfairly smearing her new employer in their efforts to get back at her politically.
Carter announced earlier this month on her personal Facebook account that
Carter announced earlier this month on her personal Facebook account that
after she leaves office she’ll start a new job in the social work field for the ARC of North Carolina. Soon afterward, her critics went on social media to try to link Carter’s new job to a $518,700 contract the school board had approved in Aug. 2021 with the ARC of the Triangle.
Carter says there’s no connection between he new job and the contract, pointing to how it’s 2 different ARC groups with separate 501Cs & separate boards. The contract to provide former Wake students with transitional adult skills expired at the end of last school year.
#wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol #ralpol Long Twitter thread incoming about Wake County school board campaign finance reports. SBOE still hasn't posted the 3rd quarter reports yet for Doug Hammack & Chris Heagarty. The biggest donors by far are Dean Debnam, the owner of Public Policy
Polling, & his wife, Sesha. They each gave max $5,600 donation to the 7 Democratic backed candidates whose 3rd quarter reports are on file, for a total of $78,400. If they also gave max to Hammack & Heagarty, then it would reach $100K. The Debnams provided most of the money for
Monika Johnson-Hostler & Tara Waters. There's no one person or couple who has given nearly as much to the GOP backed candidates. For instance, reports show Bob Luddy gave money to only some of the GOP candidates. Here's how much each candidate has raised as of the 3rd quarter. If
#wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol Several last-minute filings today mean there will be 29 candidates running for 9 Wake County school board seats. Only four incumbents are running so there will significant turnover regardless of what happens at the ballot box. newsobserver.com/news/local/edu…
#wcpss In District 1, Cheryl Caulfield will run against Ben Clapsaddle for the Wake County school board set being vacated by Heather Scott. In District 2, school board member Monika Johnson-Hostler will run against Dorian Hamilton & Monica Ruiz.
#wcpss In District 3, Doug Hammack, Brooks Lowe & Wing Ng will run for the Wake County school board seat being vacated by Roxie Cash. In District 4, appointed school board member Tara Waters will run against Daniel L. Grant-King, Becky Lew-Hobbs & Michael T. Williams.
