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More than that, it was a stunning loss for conservative Republican leaders like state Reps. Russell Capps and Nelson Dollar, who backed [Tillie Turlington] and [Curt Stangler]. It also displayed the weakness of Assignment By Choice (ABC), the Cary-based group that advocates "neighborhood schools" instead of diversity, and Called2Action, the new evangelical Christian organization. ABC's thin ranks have failed to grow in the four-plus years they've been at it Called2Action's political efforts - via a political action committee, Called2Elect - also fell flat, with chairman Steve Noble bemoaning its failure to organize congregation - based "Christian Impact Committees" in time for '05. "If we had 30 CICs up and running, we could have won both school board seats today," Noble said in an e-mail to his group when the results were in.
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Diversity Wins On Wake Board
Lori Millberg and Eleanor Goettee head off a conservative push for control of the school board
Victories by Lori Millberg (District 1) and Eleanor Goettee (District 9) in the Wake County Board of Educatio...See the full content of this document
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