Google Fiber Moves To Raleigh and Durham, Are You?

Need another reason to move to Raleigh or Durham, N.C.? How about Google Fiber? Google Fiber has set its sites on Raleigh and Durham, N.C. Google is just in the beginning stages of figuring out how to bring gigabit networks to the masses. Many details have to be worked out such as can Google use existing municipal fiber optic networks, where to park its Fiber huts and to make sure that that low income people are not the last to receive the service. Google says they are looking at a price of about $70 a month for cable speeds that are hundreds of times faster then typical cable and television for an extra $60 a month. Google feels they should be able to service about 160,000 residents in Raleigh alone. Don't want to miss out on Google Fiber, give me a call and lets get you moving into Raleigh.

Raleigh's Farmers Market Goes Vegan

Raleigh's Farmers Market in the 400 block of Fayetteville St now have a choice of Vegan products as well as gluten free products. The season starts this Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with barbecue pig picking, festivities for the whole family and a chance to connect with over 30 North Carolina growers and bakers. Don't forget your "Q" from the Pitt Barbecue.

Hammocks Beach State Park in North Carolina To Get Bigger

Hammocks Beach State Park in North Carolina is adding 290 acres thanks in part to the state, a land conservation group and the heirs. The sale was some 8 1/2 years in the making and resulted in a 10 million dollar deal to the two heirs. The land was once used as a retreat for black teachers and their families. Part of the land will be set aside for for a youth camp to be set up by one of the heirs and the rest will be largely left alone. The state is looking for input for best use of the land. The land was a bargain and one of the last large pieces of land on a tidal creek that joins with the intracoastal waterway.

Homeowners Insurance in NC Is Quite The Item In Raleigh

Homeowners Insurance in North Carolina is a big item in Raleigh this year. There are several bills being introduced that deal with homeowners insurance. The bills are there to try and help homeowners especially along the coast in flood zones. The problem is that if the legislation is too harsh on rates the insurance companies can choose to not write policies in those areas. Fewer companies is less competition which is higher prices. The state regulates insurance rates now but insurance companies can get by this by having a homeowner sign a waiver agreeing to the higher cost. The insurance company just sends a letter and hopes the homeowner signs it and sends it back. If he doesn't then the insurance company cancels his insurance and he has to find a new policy. It looks like at least 40% of the policies written in the last year were higher then the state allows because of the waiver. To me it looks like the rate is too low or the system is not working very well. Hopefully the legislature in Raleigh will pass a common sense bill for homeowners insurance.

Haiku coming to Chapel Hill

Haiku devotees will have a good time in Chapel Hill on April 26th. April is national poetry month and the NC Haiku Society is having its annual conference in Chapel Hill this Saturday. There will be a series of haiku and senryu workshops as well as a walk through nature. Lenard D. Moore will speaking and is a NC literature Award Winner. He says writing haiku is a great habit to have because it teaches awareness. For details go to nc-haiku.org or call 919-929-4884.

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Wake County Governing Board Changes Voting Districts

The North Carolina state legislature changed the way the Wake County Governing Board is elected. On the surface it seems like a good idea but drill down and it turns into a partisan issue. The county has 12 municipalities but nine do not have representation on the board. That is because of the at large voting districts. Raleigh and Cary account for about 60% of the population in the county and are overwhelmingly Democrat. The board is not "geographic diverse" so to speak as as seven of the members live in the same general area. The idea is get representation from all the municipalities which is good except the general assembly is using its new voting districts which is now being fought in the courts as being too "gerrymandered" but that's another issue. When you have all the power wielded by one area or by one party things tend to go wrong. In this case the smaller districts get lost in the shuffle. The board better get used to the idea because nothing can be changed until at least 2020.