A view of the city

Oh, no -- not this again!

Another Wake County Task Force on Growth will convene on Thursday. 

This the 2008 Task Force.

We had one in 2005-2006, the "Blue Ribbon" task force on growth.

There was also a Wake Growth Management Strategies task force in 2000-2003.

It's a good thing we keep talking about doing something! 

We are friends with Charles Krauthammer now

So now we know: The price point is $4.

At $3 a gallon, Americans just grin and bear it, suck it up and, while complaining profusely, keep driving like crazy.

At $4, it is a world transformed.  (read more)

Raleigh in 1920

With apologies to other blogs -- here's Old Raleigh, way Before the Beltline:

Note the large institutional uses located at the edge of town -- penitentiary, "hospital" (Dix Asylum), St. Mary's School, and the Methodist Orphanage.  The early suburb, Cameron Park, is labeled "Park."

From the 1920 Automobile Blue Book.  The ABB guides provided early motoring maps and directions for most American states.