The Beltline Divide
2009-10-07 - by
Inside the Beltline may be the place to live.
But it wasn’t the place to be in Tuesday’s elections.
One new school board member summed it up after Charles Meeker, Jim Goodmon and other prominent people spoke out for the diversity policy:
“Do you know who cares about those people? People inside the Beltline.”
This political divide has been brewing for some time. It’s muted in City Council elections because Raleigh is heavily Democratic.
But that changes outside the Beltline.
Witness John Odom’s victory over Roger Koopman.
And watch for a repeat in next year’s county commissioners’ races.
The Beltline Divide
2009-10-07/
Inside the Beltline may be the place to live.
But it wasn’t the place to be in Tuesday’s elections.
One new school board member summed it up after Charles Meeker, Jim Goodmon and other prominent people spoke out for the diversity policy:
“Do you know who cares about those people? People inside the Beltline.”
This political divide has been brewing for some time. It’s muted in City Council elections because Raleigh is heavily Democratic.
But that changes outside the Beltline.
Witness John Odom’s victory over Roger Koopman.
And watch for a repeat in next year’s county commissioners’ races.