McCrory, Bell win mayoral elections fixed on growth

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11/07/2007
Associated Press

Republican Mayor Pat McCrory cruised to a record seventh term as mayor of the state's largest city ... In Durham, incumbent Mayor Bill Bell turned back a fierce challenge from Republican Thomas Stith III ...

http://www.wcnc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8SOI54O1.html

[supernova]

1. Charlotte is so stupid

Pat McCrory again. *sigh*

[struggle4progress]

2. But in Durham we kicked the pachyderms' butts!

NOVEMBER 7, 2007
Bell cleans up after Stith's dirty campaign; Ali prevails over Harris
Nastiness doesn't fly in Durham
BY MOSI SECRET

... Incumbents Diane Catotti and Eugene Brown secured two of the three open seats on the council early on, but challengers Farad Ali and David Harris fought for the third and final seat much of the night. Ali eventually prevailed, winning about 1,000 more votes than Harris, with 13,652 votes, or nearly 17 percent of the vote. Harris, who finished fifth in the primary, won 15 percent of the vote, with 12,609 ballots cast in his favor ...

City and county bonds passed with overwhelming support. More than 75 percent of voters supported $194 million for public schools and $8.6 million for Durham Technical Community College. Almost 70 percent voted yes for a $4.1 million bond to fund renovations at the Museum of Life and Science. Almost 75 percent of voters supported the $20 million bond issue to repair the city's streets and sidewalks ...

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A163647

[Triana]

3. I didn't think Stith was fooling very many people with his out-of-town...

...developer-funded sh&t-flinging.

All he did was drive people to the polls to vote for Bell, instead.

Heheheheee! Bad Elephant.

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4. I hoped not.

:woohoo: