Freda Black? If she won the Rat primary, she’s in. Voting in the Republican primary here in Durham County is basically pointless; due to the racial makeup of the area, and having Duke right smack in the middle of town, the Democrats own this place.
I live here, and I do not exaggerate when I say that if Michael Nifong’s name was on that Democratic primary ballot last week, he would’ve gotten about 35% of the vote. He might have stood a chance at winning it. There is a LARGE number of people in this town who still believe Crazy Crystal (or at least that “something” happened at that party) and think the “Duke Boys” got away with crimes because they were white and privileged.
This can be a very toxic place sometimes, and it’s a shame, because Durham really has the potential to be a fantastic town. You’ve got some of the best universities in the country, a massive high-tech fountain of jobs right next door (Research Triangle Park, where I sit writing this), good weather, good people, pretty country...and despite all of it, the city of Durham proper is a drug-infested crime-riddled craphole. The folks who run the craphole bear a great deal of that responsibility.
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