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The city made a promise to voters to fund the greenway system, and now some on City...

The city should fund needs before wants. Drainage is a need. Greenway trails are a want.

Some City Council members are balking at funding the greenway trail system with bond...

>> well, first of all, let me thank you again. this is now a national issue. texas is now setting the tone for republican legislatures across america to eliminate minority districts of african-americans and hispanics. that's what they're doing. because when the question was asked by me specifically, an inquiry, what was the purpose of this map, there was no explanation. what was the purpose of taking barbara jordan's map and literally imploing it, cutting off its legs and its arms. separating people who had been together for 50 years, and i can tell you, alex, the community is up in arms. and ...

And that has been my motto throughout my tenure in the north carolina general assembly. and i just want folks, whether it's the 9th congressional district or any district, to know i will be a representative of the people, and that's where our campaign is going to produce. i'm going to put ideas out there that i think are uniting our communities. for example, my opponent, if it's congressional district 9, did not support the -- legislation. one of the things that's important to my community and important to rural north carolina is broadband. he voted against that. so my message is going to be t...