TCB Nov. 8, 2018 — I shocked the sheriff

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I SHOCKED THE SHERIFF DANNY ROGERS UNSEATS BJ BARNES Self-gentrification PAGE 13

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Scooters for all PAGE 6

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

A flashback from Charlotte The news of Charlotte Creative Loafing’s demise came to me fast, relayed by a former staffer in a voice heavy with disappointment.

by Brian Clarey “He fired the whole staff,” he told me last week. “All of them.”

Minutes later a press release — long since scrubbed from Facebook — appeared on the Loaf’s page announcing the sale of the paper from owner Charles Womack to his eldest son Alex, who in pursuit of a new, digital strategy immediately ceased print publication, closed the offices and bid the staff a long goodnight.

Reaction on social media was… not positive. And speculation ran rampant as to why on earth anyone would take a decades-old brand in the state’s largest market and burn it to the ground in half a day.

I have some insight into this.

Longtime readers might remember that I worked for Womack from 2004 to 2013 as the editor of Yes Weekly, where my staff and I were subjected to whims like this all the time, culminating — for me, anyway — in my dismissal on Election Day

2013, exactly five years ago.

The timing was terrible. We had been planning to put together most of the issue before the results came in, and then quickly write news pieces for the next day’s publication. Instead I had my first Election Day off in a decade.

I remember, as I made my way for the door, a frazzled Jordan Green turning to his publisher and saying, “Charles, are you sure this is a good idea?”

I didn’t stick around long enough to hear his reply.

I’ve gotten a few calls from former Creative Loafing staffers and Charlotte reporters over the last few days, all of them looking for some explanation of what happened.

I told them the same thing I told Green months later, after he and our colleague Eric Ginsburg left Yes Weekly to start Triad City Beat, when they were trying to make sense of it all. It’s the same thing I told my staffers dozens of times under Womack’s leadership, the same thing I would tell my wife after describing yet another outrageous decision made at the executive level.

In the aftermath of decisions like this, I would say, one has to consider the possibility that not a lot of thought went into it.

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If Danny Rogers wins against BJ Barnes, that is a Guilford County referendum on Donald Trump.

— Adam Coker, in the News, page 10

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CITY LIFE Nov. 8-14, 2018

by Savi Ettinger

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Thursday

Art Salad @ SECCA (W-S), 6 p.m.

Not familiar with contemporary art? No worries. This informal series of conversations help introduce viewers into the world of modern art, taking away the barriers that often make it inaccessible. The first talk, in the Overlook Gallery, features Steve Mizel, a professor of medicine and artist. Find other events or more details at secca.org.

Friday

Bunker Dogs Improv Comedy @ the Ramkat (W-S), 7 p.m.

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Susan Harlan @ Weatherspoon Art Museum (GSO), 7 p.m.

Come out for a night of the unexpected and come prepared to laugh. This improv comedy group takes the stage, aiming to immerse the audience with skits thought up on the fly. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot or learn more on Facebook.

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Danish String Quartet @ Brendle Recital Hall (W-S), 6:40 p.m.

Step inside a selection of iconic fictional homes with humorist and author Susan Harlan for a reading of her new book, Decorating a Room of One’s Own. Harlan’s interviews with literary legends give a glimpse behind the doors of famous novels. Find the event on Facebook.

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Next to Normal: A Rock Musical @ UNCSA (W-S), 7:30 p.m.

Currently one of the most esteemed chamber ensembles, the Danish String Quartet performs. Known for creative and innovative interpretation, along with mastery of intonation, this group comes together for a breathtaking show. Learn more on Facebook.

NC Dance Festival @ Greensboro Project Space, 8 p.m.

Grab your boogie shoes. The Greensboro Project Space hosts the first event for this weekend’s Dance Festival. In this small space, ShaLeigh Dance Works performs a work titled “Dead Man’s Walk.”

A discussion with the performers and choreographers will follow.

Find the event on Facebook.

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Classic Journey Live @ High Point Theater, 8 p.m.

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The Tony award-winning musical runs through the next week, illustrating the stress on a family dynamic as each member grapples with mental illness and grief. The score subverts traditional Broadway sounds with powerful rock ballads. Purchase tickets and learn more at Facebook.

Fans of Journey will enjoy this performative tour of the story of the legendary band. The detailed show follows the band’s formation and rise to stardom. The tribute features video, live acting, and interviews, to fully display the tale. Find the event on Facebook.

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Garage Tavern Grand Opening Weekend @ Garage Tavern (GSO), 10 p.m.

Kick off the opening of Garage Tavern with a weekend of festivities. Wingz and Thyngz, a local food truck, supplies the grub while DJae Easy spins some tunes to keep the party going.

Check out the event on Facebook.

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Saturday

Autumn Botanical Tours @ Green Hill Cemetery (GSO), 1 p.m.

10 annual Extravaganza @ Elsewhere Museum (GSO), 8 p.m.

Once a thrift store, the Elsewhere Museum hosts a fundraising extravaganza. Three floors decked out with artwork, live music and performances keep the night lively. Grab a snack or a craft cocktail and explore the exhibits for this celebration. Check out the event on Facebook. th

Sunday

MADE 4 the Holidays Show @ Greensboro Farmers Curb Market, 11 a.m.

The first of two this season, the MADE 4 the Holidays Arts, Crafts, and Pottery Show begins.

The largest local juried holiday show features a multitude of artisans, selling items from body care products and jewelry to artisan food and wood art. Learn more on Facebook.

9pm Sunday November 11th TV Club: The Walking Dead Season 9 The word is out, Andrew Lincoln will be leaving The Walking Dead in Season 9. So the question remains, how is Rick Grimes going out of the show?!? Find out with an AUDIENCE OF FANS when TV CLUB Presents the newest season of The Walking Dead!

Part one begins at 9 p.m. Sundays, starting October 7th! FREE ADMISSION WITH DRINK PURCHASE!

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Holiday Angelo’s Artisan Market @ Wise Man Brewing (W-S), 12 p.m.

Forty-five vendors here for the holidays showcase their craft goods for an afternoon of festive shopping. Taste treats from food truck Big Mouff Cheesesteaks or enjoy live music from Big City Lights as you browse. Find the event on Facebook.

Note that while our event space will be ALL AGES for Family Board Game Night, the seating area in our bar becomes 21 & up after 9 p.m.

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Alluvon @ Monstercade (W-S), 9 p.m.

This show at Monstercade boasts a full line-up sure to fill the evening with great tunes.

Mortimer, Alluvon, 30 Year Sick, and Secret Shame all meet to give an exciting performance.

Come ready for a blend of rock genres. Find the event on Facebook.

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Red Panda Day @ Greensboro Science Center, 10 a.m.

This family-friendly adventure hopes to raise awareness and funds for the auburn-haired creatures, through a series of activities. Stop by stations representing habitats of the animals and earn stamps to get certified as a Red Panda Ranger, in the international Red Panda Network.

Find the event on Facebook.

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Listen to the stories of trees with more years than most people. Greensboro’s oldest active public cemetery provides the perfect backdrop as Botanist Doug Goldman uses expertise to spin tales for the tours. Find the event on Facebook.

Friday November 9th Family Board Game Nights @Battle Pub They say that the Families who Game together STAY TOGETHER! That’s why Battle Pub will be hosting Family Board Game Night in our Event Space FRIDAYS from 6 p.m. to Midnight.

So come out with your friends and families and enjoy hours of fun from our collection of more than 100 board and card games! Admission is simply a $5 Battle Bucks purchase, which can then be used to buy any food or beverages from our menu.

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Thursday November 8th Totally Rad Tacos & Trivia The Triad’s biggest, most entertaining pub trivia game RETURNS to Thursday nights at an ALL NEW TIME 7:30 p.m.! $3 buy in, up to six-playerteams! And like every Thursday, Battle Pub offers $1 off all domestic beers and half-off all tacos!

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Urban scootering

by Brian Clarey

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I took my first proper Bird scooter ride at the mall, of all places, this past weekend, just before the city of Greensboro began removing them from its downtown district — where, it should be mentioned, they are technically illegal.

No one asked for the Bird scooters, which appeared overnight in Greensboro and other cities around the country with nothing but some basic instructions and an app. The company itself seems to be from the forgiveness-is-easier-than-permission school of thought; they do not generally integrate city governments with the placement of their service, according to national newspaper reports, and they don’t even seem to announce their presence.

But like all good cultural movements, they need no marketing.

We didn’t ask for the Bird scooters because we didn’t know we needed them, but they sure come in handy when you need to get from one part of downtown to another, or you’ve got a few hours to kill on a beautiful day, or if you’re trying to figure out where you parked your car at the mall.

They’re dangerous, sure.

People are very definitely getting hurt on them. I suppose that doesn’t bother me as much as it should.

Because Bird scooters are useful. I see people using them all over the place to get to work, find their cars, tour a neighborhood, catch the bus.

They’re popular, even — or especially — downtown, but really anywhere in the city where sprawl makes walking difficult.

They’re disruptive, because they exist in a legal space — these scooters have been commercially available for years; nobody cared until there were a thousand of them out there.

And they’re subversive.

By putting scooters on the streets ahead of any legislation, or even discussion, about them, Bird is counting on the slow speed of government and the power of popularity to thwart any attempts at shutting down their business model.

You gotta respect that.

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Raise your hand if you were surprised to learn that Sen. Dan Bishop (R-Mecklenburg) was an investor in Gab, the white supremacist social-media platform where Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers telegraphed his plans to commit mass murder.

Previously, Bishop’s greatest claim to fame was sponsoring HB 2, the North Carolina law hatched in special session in early 2016 that jeopardized the safety of transgender people by forcing them to use the bathroom opposite their gender. It was Bishop who initially picked a fight with the Charlotte City Council, when the governing body began considering an ordinance to protect transgender people.

COURTESY Sen. Dan Bishop From one abomination to another.

PHOTO While Bishop didn’t have any problem dictating which bathroom North Carolinians used, he couldn’t abide by tech companies exercising discretion about the content they provide on their platform. An infringement on free speech and liberty!

It’s not as though Bishop was uninformed: The state lawmaker made his $500 investment in Gab soon after the Aug. 12, 2017 Unite the Right rally in reaction to learning about “a company refusing to host a neo-Nazi website, platforms like Paypal canceling accounts used to fund the Charlottesville rally, and Facebook banning organizers of the violent gathering, as well as a ‘Nazi-obsessed social media personality,’” according to a recent article by Billy Corriher for Facing South. After big players started suspending extremists’ accounts, Gab was happy to pick up the slack.

Bishop tweeted on Aug. 17, 2017: “So, I’m about done with SF thought police tech giants, and so… I just invested in a free-speech social network startup mentioned in a Washington Post article today, Gab.ai. Free markets are the answer to many kinds of tyranny.”

A day after the Pittsburgh massacre, Bishop was playing the victim rather than taking responsibility for the inevitable result of bankrolling hate.

“I made a $500 crowdfunding investment 14 months ago in a startup called Gab, which promoted itself as a new, unbiased social-media platform,” he wrote. “I don’t use Gab, but if its management allows its users to promote violence, anti-Semitism and racism on the platform, they certainly have misled investors and they will be gone quickly, and rightly so.”

Regretfully, after a weeklong suspension, Gab is back.

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NEWS

Guilford and Forsyth counties elect first black sheriffs

by Sayaka Matsuoka After 24 years, there’s a new sheriff in Guilford County.

Danny Rogers unseated six-term Republican incumbent BJ Barnes, who was first elected in 1994. Rogers becomes the first black sheriff of the county.

“You got a chance to get to know who I am, where I come from, and to see sincereness of my heart and what we can do with Guilford County,” said Rogers during his victory speech at the Terrace at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.

Surrounded by other Democrat candidates and over the cheers from the crowd, Rogers acknowledged Barnes in his speech.

“I want to give him the recognition for the things that he’s done here in the last several years in Guilford County,” Rogers said. “But we’re gonna take it from here, and we’re gonna bring a positive change to Guilford County.”

Someone yelled from the crowd, “There’s a new sheriff in town.”

In a Facebook post shared just past midnight, Barnes wrote, “Guilford County, thank you for your support, it appears we did not make it, but I want to thank each of you who voted for me. I’m just sorry you have to live with what you are left with. If he has any sense he will listen to the best officers in law enforcement, but I’m afraid history shows that probably will not be the case.

Thanks again for the honor of serving you these 24 years.”

Just 23 miles west, another upset was taking place in the Forsyth County sheriff’s race. By 9 p.m., Jeff Marshall, candidate Bobby Kimbrough’s data manager, felt confident calling the race in Kimbrough’s favor over Republican incumbent Bill Schatzman, who has held the seat since 2002.

“Currently, Bobby has a 15,000 vote lead and according to our projections only 140,000 ballots were cast,” Marshall said at Kimbrough’s election night watch party at the Carolina Ale House next to Hanes Mall. “Schatzman would have to win 81 percent of the ballots left to win.”

Less than half an hour later, Kimbrough began taking pictures with his campaign manager and staff to kick off celebrations. Both Kimbrough and Rogers are the first black sheriffs to be elected in Guilford and Forsyth county.

Cindy Hagie Fraser, Kimbrough’s campaign manager said that she knew

Democrat Bobby Kimbrough celebrates his election as Forsyth County sheriff with his campaign manager, Cindy Hagie Fraser at Carolina Ale House on Tuesday.

as soon as she met Kimbrough that he could win the seat.

“I’ve voted for Schatzman in the past but his refusal to do anything about the opioid epidemic made it clear that we needed a new sheriff,” Fraser said.

Claudia Marini, who sat next to Garland Apperson at a table during the watch party, said she supported Kimbrough precisely because of his background as a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent.

“I lost my daughter to an overdose in 2016,” Marini said. “The drugs were bought in Forsyth County and it needs a change. [Schatzman] isn’t doing anything about the drugs.”

Apperson, who worked under Schatzman in the sheriff’s department for 11 years, said that he’s excited to see him get voted out.

“He got rid of our narcotics unit, sold our boat and motorcycles and took deputies out of our schools,” Apperson said. “I just want Schatzman out.”

In Forsyth County’s board of education race, both Democrat and Republican women won seats.

All three Democrat women who were running for at-large seats against three Republican male candidates — Deanna Kaplan, Elisabeth Motsinger and Andrea Pace Bramer — won, while Republicans Lida Calvert Hayes, Leah H. Crowley, Lori Goins Clark and Dana Caudill Jones won all four seats in District 2.

In Guilford’s board of education at-large race, incumbent Democrat Winston McGregor won handily against opponent Marc Ridgill to remain in the seat vacated by Democrat Alan Duncan, who was appointed to the State Board of Education by Gov. Roy Cooper in June.

Democrat incumbent Ted Kaplan also won a breezy race for the at-large seat on the Forsyth County board of commissioners against Republican Buddy Collins and Green Party candidate Keenen Altic.

In Guilford County, incumbent county commissioner Justin Conrad eked out a close win against Democrat Tracy Lamothe by just 288 votes. The Libby Hill Seafood restauranteur has served in the seat since 2014, when he ran unopposed.

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After winning again in 2016, he was elected vice chair of the county commission in 2017.

“It was a very, very close race and luckily I ended up coming out on top,” Conrad said. “I appreciate the support from everyone who came out and voted and look forward to serving another four years.”

Several of the Guilford County board of education races were also close with Republicans Anita Sharpe and Linda Welborn winning seats in District 2 and 4 respectively. In District 6, Khem Denise Irby, who ran for the seat in 2016, won by a narrow one point-margin against incumbent Republican Wes Cashwell.

“It’s just an honor,” Irby said after the results came in just before 12:30 am.

“It’s gonna be a great honor to serve the families and the children and I plan to represent them well.”

November 8-14, 2018 Up Front

STIP PROJECT NO. U-2579 D, E, AND F The N.C. Department of Transportation is proposing to construct the Eastern Section of the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway (Future I-74), Projects U-2579 Sections D, E, and F.

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Project U-2579D would be constructed between U.S. 311 and I-40 Project U-2579E would be constructed between I-40 and I-40 Business/U.S. 421.

Project U-2579F would be constructed between I-40 and I-40 Business/U.S. 421.

The public meeting will be held at Bethany Baptist Church located at 600 Old Hollow Road, in Winston-Salem, on Tuesday, November 13 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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The purpose of this meeting is to provide interested citizens with updated information on the project and gather public input.

Interested citizens may attend at any time between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Please note that there will not be a formal presentation. Representatives of NCDOT and the design-build team of Flatiron Constructors, Inc – Blythe Development Company will display maps and be available to answer questions and receive comments. Comments and information received will be taken into consideration as work on the project develops. Written comments or questions can also be submitted at the meeting or later by November 27, 2018.

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Information on the project can be viewed or downloaded online at: https://www.ncdot.gov/projects/wsnb/Pages/default.aspx For additional information contact Michael Shumsky, NCDOT Design-Build Project Manager, by phone at (919)707-6341 or by email at mshumsky@ncdot.gov.

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NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact Diane Wilson, NCDOT Senior Public Involvement Officer by phone at (919) 707-6073 or by email at pdwilson1@ncdot. gov as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Las personas que no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes e la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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NCDOT TO HOST A PUBLIC MEETING IN NOVEMBER FOR THE PROPOSED WINSTON-SALEM NORTHERN BELTWAY EASTERN SECTION (FUTURE 1-74) PROJECT U-2579 SECTIONS D, E, AND F BETWEEN UNIVERSITY PARKWAY AND NEW WALKERTOWN ROAD FORSYTH COUNTY

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Democrats fall short in NC, while retaking US House

by Jordan Green The floodwall erected by Republican gerrymandering proved capable of withstanding the blue wave in North Carolina’s congressional races, with Democrat Kathy Manning falling short in the 13th District.

Despite robust fundraising, vigorous campaigning and assists from national groups ranging from the Democratic House caucus to California billionaire Tom Steyers, Manning ended the night about 5 points behind Republican incumbent Ted Budd, who is serving his first term. Manning halved the previous gap from two years ago, while fellow Democrat Linda Coleman narrowed the margin with Republican incumbent George Holding to 5.4 points, from 13.4 points in 2016 in the 2nd District near Raleigh. But Democrats struck closest to gold in the 9th District outside of Charlotte, where Democrat Dan McCready, an entrepreneur and Marine veteran, trailed Republican Mark Harris, an evangelical pastor, by 1,860 votes, or 0.66 percent, in unofficial final results.

Despite falling short in at least two out of three of the congressional races in play, North Carolina wasn’t needed to allow Democrats to flip the 23 seats needed to re-take the US House.

Manning was the marquee figure at a Democrat gathering at a banquet hall at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex on Tuesday night, and despite her apparent loss the crowd was still energized.

“There are a lot of votes left to be counted, and we always knew this would be a tough race, and no matter what tomorrow brings we should not be discouraged,” Manning said. “This is the beginning, not the end of our effort to correct the path this country has taken.”

Democrats were already looking towards 2020 as the results came in on Tuesday. Ashton Clemmons, an assistant school superintendent who prevailed in a Guilford County state House race that was flipped into the Democratic column thanks to new district lines, said she and other Democrats decided to run because they saw a need for justice, compassion and tolerance.

“The forces that we’re fighting against still exist tomorrow, no matter what happens in this election,” Clemmons said. “We still have work to do. So we all get to take a little bit of a break because we’re tired. But the work continues. We need to start looking at 2020, and continue to fight for who we know we should be as a country.”

Democrat Kathy Manning, who fell short in her bid to unseat Republican Ted Budd in the 13th Congressional District, concedes defeat as her husband, Randall Kaplan stands behind her.

The two congressional races — the 13th in the Triad and the 9th in the Charlotte area — drew President Trump into the fray. Trump visited Charlotte twice to campaign on behalf of Budd and Harris during his barnstorming tour to promote Republican House and Senate candidates.

“My opponent is not for making America great again,” Budd said, standing by the president’s side at Ovens Arena on Oct. 26. “She’s against the tax cuts. And — this is important — she’s given big money to [Democrat Minority Leader Nancy] Pelosi and all her friends.

So, Mr. President, I’m going to stand with you on cutting taxes, on building the wall, and draining the swamp.”

While Trump’s scorched-earth rhetoric on the campaign trail raised fears about a so-called migrant “invasion” and Democratic “mobs,” his offensive against Manning was relatively mild, coming

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after a week of bombing threats against of her.” prominent Democrats, CNN and liberal Despite donating to Pelosi’s campaign, figures.

Manning had pledged to vote against “Kathy Manning pretends to be a her for House speaker. And Manning moderate, but she will always do the campaigned as a moderate, pledging to bidding for “work across Pelosi and the the aisle to get far-left donors things done” Contrary to Trump’s claim that who are backing and “put her campaign,” country over Manning is in favor of ‘massive Trump said. party and work giving of amnesty,’ Democrat “She’s a lefty, for the people Kathy Manning advocated for and she’s always of North going to be Carolina.” only limited immigration reforms voting on the Contrary to such as ‘a pathway for Dreamers.’ left. And I know Trump’s claim your state very that Manning well. We won it is in favor of handily. And I “massive giving will tell you: You don’t love the left too of amnesty,” the Democratic candidate much, especially the far left. She wants said she supported “a pathway for the to raise your taxes. And she is for masDreamers, especially those who serve sive giving of amnesty. So that’s the end as first responders or in the military”

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Project information and materials can be viewed as they become available online at https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings.

Las personas que no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes e la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

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For additional information, contact Jennifer Evans, P.E., NCDOT Division Project Delivery at, P.O. Box 14996, Greensboro, NC 27415-4996, 336-487-0075, or jenniferevans@ncdot.gov.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting.

Anyone requiring special services should contact Samantha Borges, Environmental Analysis Unit at smborges@ncdot.gov or 919-707-6115 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

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The public may drop-in at any time during the meeting hours. NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. The opportunity to submit comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail by December 7, 2018. Comments received wil be taken into consideration as the project develops. Please note that no formal presentation will be made.

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The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed project to widen U.S. 220 to six lanes with a median from north of Westridge Road to the future eas tbound I-840 ramps in Greensboro. Sidewalks are proposed on both sides of U.S. 220. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 13 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall located at 2005 New Garden Road in Greensboro.

The purposes of the project are to address congestion now and through the design year of 2040, and to improve safety along Battleground Avenue.

Widening the road will improve mobility along the corridor, and is consistent with previous City transportation plans.

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after securing the border and increasing “penalties for companies that break the law.”

The 2018 saw turnout among college students that looked more like a presidential election than a typical mid-term. Turnout across the state reached 52.0 percent, compared to 44.4 percent in the last mid-term election in 2014.

The blue wave made the most impact in local races in Guilford County, with Democrat Danny Rogers upsetting Republican BJ Barnes, ending a 24-year run that began with the 1994 Republican wave election.

Rogers prevailed to become the first black sheriff of Guilford County, and won against a Republican incumbent who campaigned alongside Trump two years ago.

If Trump wanted to make the 2018 mid-terms about himself, many Democrats were happy to take him up on the offer. Adam Coker, a progressive Democrat who lost to Kathy Manning in the 13th District primary, was looking at the sheriff’s race as a good omen for 2020.

“If Danny Rogers wins against BJ Barnes, that is a Guilford County referendum on Donald Trump,” Coker said.

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Blue wave gives Dems’ two new state legislative seats in Guilford

by Lauren Barber Despite few changes in state Senate and House representatives in Forsyth and Guilford Counties, Democrats broke Republican supermajorities in both chambers of the North Carolina legislature Tuesday night, shielding Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes from conservative overrides.

In the most high-profile statewide race this year, North Carolinians elected Democrat Anita Earls to the NC Supreme Court, shifting the court to a 5-2 Democratic majority. Earls founded the Southern Coalition for Social Justice and is best known for leading a successful challenge to unconstitutional state legislative redistricting plans and for her work filing voting-rights lawsuits. Her election to the state’s highest court is particularly notable as North Carolinians simultaneously voted in favor of a voter ID amendment to the state constitution, one of six vaguely-written proposals on the 2018 ballot. Earls’ election to the court and voter’s defeat of two amendments represent a significant check on Republican power in Raleigh.

Sen. Trudy Wade is among several Republicans to lose seats in the state’s capitol this cycle. The incumbent from Guilford County lost a tight race to Democrat Michael Garrett who nearly unseated her in 2016. Garrett won the seat by 763 votes — an 0.8 percent margin. Losing candidates can request a recount in statewide races when the margin of victory is 1 percent or less of all votes cast; it remains to be seen whether Wade will opt to do so. Forsyth and Guilford county voters chose to send five state senators back to Raleigh for the new session: Democrats Paul Lowe, Jr. and Senate Deputy Minority Leader Gladys Robinson, alongside Republicans Joyce Krawiec, Rick Gunn and Jerry Tillman.

In the House, Democrats picked up one seat in Guilford County thanks to a court-ordered redistricting plan that made the map more favorable for the party. Ashton Clemmons, a former assistant superintendent, picked up the newly drawn House District 57 seat. Clemmons’ win on Tuesday helped secure one of four conversions needed to break the Republican supermajority in the House.

“We are here with Democratic candidates from across the state who dared to run because we thought our city, county, state and country can do better than we

were,” Clemmons said at a banquet hall at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, while celebrating with other Democrats. “Many of us had never thought of running but knew now is the time to stand up for justice, compassion, tolerance and to be the state that we are meant to be.”

Terri LeGrand, a Democratic candidate who had been favored as a good bet to oust a Republican incumbent in Forsyth County, fell 9.3 points short in her contest with Debra Conrad.

“These are unconstitutional districts,” LeGrand said at her at her election night watch party at Fearless in downtown Winston-Salem. “There is no question that I ran the absolute best House race in Forsyth County and I may be the only [Democrat] that loses. I raised more money, every single precinct was staffed, we ran a stellar campaign and I’m a better candidate. When the vast majority of people in your county vote for one party and you still can’t win, then there’s a problem and that’s not democracy and that’s pretty scary.”

LeGrand was not alone in losing a challenge to an incumbent. Democrat Dan Besse, a longtime Winston-Salem city council member, lost his contest with Republican incumbent Donny Lambeth in District 75. Besse’s 46.9 percent vote share marked a sea change from the last Democrat challenger, who garnered only 27.2 percent of the vote in 2014.

“Our district was considered a reach [for a Democrat] from the start and we came very close to flipping the seat,” Besse said in an interview following final precinct results. “I believe we would have if not for the late surge of politics of fear coming down from Washington, DC. They built their closing argument of the campaign around the falsehood of a caravan of dark-complexioned people coming up from Central America full of hardened criminals and terrorists threatening the security of the United States; that was pure, dark fantasy generated by the prevaricator-in-chief.”

Besse, a member of Winston-Salem City Council since 2005, drafted a symbolic “welcoming city” resolution that the Democratic majority on city council later withdrew support for after conservative lawmakers led by Rep. Debra Conrad and Sen. Joyce Krawiec

Ashton Clemmons’ victory flipped a Guilford County House district seat into the Democrats’ column.

threatened to withhold state funding.

Voters returned Democrat incumbents, including Evelyn Terry in District 71 and Derwin Montgomery — who ran as an appointee incumbent to replace Ed Hanes — in District 72.

With the exception of Clemmons’ race, Guilford County voters returned all incumbents, including House Majority Whip Jon Hardister and fellow Republican John Faircloth, along with Democrats Amos Quick, Pricey Harrison and Cecil Brockman.

That Democrats broke GOP supermajorities in both legislative chambers, that Anita Earls earned a seat on the state supreme court and that voters defeated the two state constitutional amendments that would have dramatically shifted power from the state executive to the legislature indicates that North Carolinians were ready to check Republican power in Raleigh.

“The amendments seem rather sneaky to me,” Kathleen Kron, 62, of Winston-Salem said after casting her ballot at Miller Park Recreation Center. “The one regarding judicial appointments… and then the ethics board is a blatant attempt to keep the governor from having any kinds of rights and really shift the

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balance of power to the legislature. It’s ridiculous…. I definitely circled in [my choices] with a lot of energy.”

One would have stripped sitting governor’s authority to appoint replacement judges in the event of a judicial vacancy, allowing the legislature to offer two candidates who would then serve up to four years before voters could elect or replace them. The other would have overturned a 2017 law the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional for stripping the governor’s executive authority to appoint the ninth member of the Board of Ethics and Elections meant to represent unaffiliated voters. In addition to the voter ID law, North Carolinians vote in favor of capping personal and corporate income tax rate at 7 percent (down from 10 percent currently), changes to the current victims’ rights amendment and enshrining the right to hunt and fish.

During her victory speech in Raleigh, Earls set the tone for days ahead.

“Tonight, we celebrate, but in the coming days we must continue to work for equal justice under law,” she said. “In the words of Nelson Mandela, ‘after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.’”

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approach is by no means an easy call. If you revitalize a high-poverty community by building up talent and commerce but don’t replenish the supply of affordable housing, displacement would seem to be a predictable outcome.

And Carter herself acknowledged a dark side to the Bronx renaissance, citing a statistic that the number of blackowned businesses in New York City is down 30 percent while the number of small businesses as a whole is on the rise in the city.

Carter’s desire to break up concentrations of poverty and her support for diversifying income levels aligns with the philosophy of Housing Authority of Winston-Salem CEO Larry Woods. Alongside the burgeoning growth of downtown Winston-Salem, gentrification is on a faster track in Greensboro’s neighboring city to the west. And with plans underway demolish the Cleveland Avenue Homes publichousing community and efforts to sell off Crystal Towers and scatter the residents, anxiety about displacement is palpable.

The comment threads on Greater Greensboro Politics and other Facebook pages provide ample testimony that many Greensboro residents don’t think the city is doing enough to build affordable housing, but Carter’s reception on Monday night ranges from enthusiasm to lowkey agreement.

“Are you willing to work here?” one man asks her.

Yes is the short answer. Without going into detail, Carter alludes to some frustration with the city of New York, intimating that the business climate is more favorable in the South.

“I can’t tell you how many people have come down to North Carolina or Atlanta,” she says. “It’s nice here.”

A professor who teaches a class on environmental racism at UNCG tells Carter she’s interested in leading a project in the area around Smith Senior Center. Using Carter’s terminology — “third space” and “hinge space” — she talks about her desire to enhance the sense of community and catalyze transformation. Notably, the senior center isn’t far from Revolution Mill and Proximity Mill, two mixed-use projects that area already transforming northeast Greensboro.

“What do people spend money on outside of the community?” Carter asks, adding that those would be obvious components for project. She mentions coffee shops, arcades and recording studios as candidates.

“If you can couple enterprise with social space, that’s always the better route,” she says.

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by Jordan Green people during a gathering hosted by the Greensboro Planning Department at the history museum on Monday, she shares that she swiped the term “self-gentrification” from the president of Johnson & Wales University, who wanted to improve the campus so students didn’t feel compelled to leave.

An environmental justice activist, MacArthur genius, broadcaster and now developer, Carter makes no secret of the fact that her approach to urban revitalization — a focus on creating attractive public spaces and commerce to retain talent over affordable housing — has attracted critics in her native South Bronx.

Advancing her PowerPoint presentation, she acknowledges an admiration for the design even if the message on the poster isn’t flattering. It includes a quote from her — “We like to see the work that we do as self-gentrification” — coupled with an attribution to “local sellout Majora Carter,” hash-tagged #ColumbusSyndrome.

Later, about 10 people would show up for a protest against her, unfurling a banner that took a dig at Boogie Down Grind, the coffeeshop she opened in the South Bronx. It read, “Majora Carter sells out the South Bronx 1 cup of coffee at a time.”

Among the 52-year-old social entrepreneur’s accomplishments in her two decades of work in the South Bronx are the development of a park along the Bronx River, the aforementioned coffee shop, and a tech hub that employs locals to do software testing. She proposed that a shuttered juvenile detention facility in the Bronx be refashioned into a mixed-use complex with housing, manufacturing and education, public space and commercial retail. Another developer won the contract, and Carter says she’s taking her concept to Indianapolis.

There’s no question about her qualifications as a guest speaker for the community presentation on Monday, part of a series of public conversations the planning department is hosting through the end of November as part of its effort to update the 15-year-old Comprehensive Plan.

But in an era when real affordable housing is becoming an ever scarcer commodity in American cities, Carter’s

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from each of the competing parties to claim victory is a good time to sift through the data.

Trumpers will point to a Republican gain in the Senate of two seats as proof of their prowess. But the blue wave gave Democrats 26 more seats in the House, enough for a majority, with scores of women, minorities and first-time candidates headed to Washington DC in January. Democrats picked up seven more governorships around the country as well, flipping Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, New Mexico and Kansas, and Democrat Ned Lamont predicted to turn Connecticut.

But in gerrymandered North Carolina, the blue wave crashed on rocky shores with mixed results.

No US House seats were flipped here, and our senators were not up for re-election. But on the state level, Democrats were able to eliminate Republican veto-proof supermajorities in both the House and Senate. We elected a new NC Supreme Court justice, too — Anita Earls, expanding the Democrat majority on the court..

Ironically, Earls was one of the loudest voices against In gerrymanvoter ID efforts in the state, dered NC, the but the same electorate that gave her a place on the blue wave Supreme Court also chose crashed. to add voter ID to the state constitution.

These things don’t always make sense.

The sheriff’s races were a different story. Both of our counties ousted longtime Republican sheriffs by healthy margins: BJ Barnes, who was first elected in Guilford on the red midterm wave of 1994, lost by 5 points; Bill Schatzman, who was elected in Forsyth in 2002, lost by almost 7 points.

Counties themselves cannot be gerrymandered or split, however: A countywide election by definition includes everybody and there is nowhere to hide for a sheriff who must get votes in every precinct, both urban and rural.

The new sheriffs, Danny Rogers in Guilford and Bobby Kimbrough in Forsyth, seemed to benefit from another undercurrent in this election. It was a night of firsts: Two Muslim women became the first to be elected to Congress. Colorado elected the country’s first openly-gay governor. We have two Native American women in Congress for the first time. Young people, women and people of color broke barriers across our nation.

Kimbrough and Rogers are both black, and each will be the first black sheriff in his county. In Guilford particularly, where not too many people can remember life before BJ Barnes, the shift is seismic.

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poster of a muscly man in a black leather cap and jockstrap hangs on the wall while magazines featuring leather-clad dominatrices clutter a table.

The mementos are part of Leather History Preservation Weekend, an event by the Leather History Preservation Foundation that brings the leather community together to share stories. The event, which is in its second year, drew visitors from across the country — as far as Alaska — and was held at the Red Lion Hotel in High Point on November 2-4. Panels of historians, play rooms, a library, vendors and a bootblack area (kind of like a shoeshine but for all things leather) made up the event.

None of the sources cited in this story speak for the association.

Sir Michael Malcavian brought these items to the conference. Malcavian is not his real name; like most people in this story, he preferred to be identified by his scene name. The objects are part of an annex of the Carter Johnson Leather Library which is dedicated to preserving leather mementos. His is one of 11 annexes the library has. He points to a large, wooden chair in the corner, one he refuses to sit in.

The throne, which is made of solid plywood and painted black, towers almost as tall as Malcavian himself as he stands next to it, dressed in a black shirt, jeans, black leather cap, leather vest and black boots.

“It belonged to Master Doug Harris at the Sanctuary of a Dark Angel,” Malcavian says. “He sat in it. I don’t sit it in out of respect.”

The Sanctuary of a Dark Angel, which closed in 2003, was a semi-public BDSM dungeon in Atlanta operated by Harris, a gay man, and his family, and was one of the largest in the Southeast. It was a place to explore one’s sexual fantasies and a haven for those in the leather community.

Now, the Leather History Preservation Foundation hopes to create that same sort of welcoming atmosphere while preserving decades of leather history.

The foundation, which is based out of Georgia, puts on the annual event in North Carolina each year, recording oral histories of attendees and collecting and displaying artifacts from the leather community.

It’s widely thought that the leather subculture grew out of post-World

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War II biker culture, which thrived when soldiers came home “People didn’t care how screwed up I was,” she says. “They and joined gangs for a sense of community as well as danger. just accepted me.”

When the 1953 film The Wild One starring Marlon Brando Jones’ husband, Geoff Wingard, is the treasurer and webfurther aligned the hypermasculine, “bad boy” persona with master of the foundation. Although straight, he says he also leather attire, it presented gay men with a different form of discovered a home within the leather community decades ago. expression than the mainstream stereotypes of the time.

“I connected with a group on Yahoo chat called ‘Bondage A At the conference however, men and women and genderGogo,’” he says. “And I found that these people were doing the fluid attendees of all different sexual stuff I fantasized about for real.” orientations came clad in leather to Wingard, who uses his real name, commune. says that many in the community still Learn more at lhpfoundation.org Lily Mia Lilith (also not her real aren’t “out” for fear of discrimination. name) joined the community in 2012 “Americans are so damn uptight when she was in her mid-twenties. about sex it’s not funny,” he says.

“I had been sexually abused grow“There are some people who are out ing up,” she says. “I spent my whole life feeling alone or like I as gay, lesbian and trans but aren’t out as part of leather. For a didn’t belong.” lot of people it’s riskier.”

Lilith, who identifies as genderfluid, was introduced to Back in the room with the artifacts, Vi Johnson, the founder leather culture by her mom, Tori Jones (also not her real of the Carter Johnson Leather Library, sits surrounded by name), the executive director of the foundation. people she calls family. She’s been involved in leather for over

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The words “Never again landfill” and “Never again flames” are printed on the poster above her. They symbolize why she started the library 25 years ago.

Johnson had been mentoring “young kinklings,” as she calls them, and was collecting educational materials online when a realization changed her life.

She remembers winning a book on Ebay but later found out that the man she was bidding against had been buying books just to burn them.

“I thought, ‘You don’t get to destroy my family’s history,’” she says. “I started telling more stories about who we were and where we came from. To help us understand that our sexuality is normal. It’s just another way to love.”

She says that sometimes when leather members pass away, their mementos are thrown away or burned by family members out of shame. The library, and the foundation, is a way to combat that.

“The next generation needs to know where we come from,” she says.

Outside the room, Tim Smith, an attendee, wears a shirt that reads, “I am the penis whisperer” along with a black leather vest with yellow stripes and a neatly trimmed goatee. Smith says as a gay man growing up in rural North Carolina, finding the leather community meant finding a family.

“It’s like a family reunion,” he says. “Our last name is ‘leather.’”

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himmering cloth covers a long table as King Oberon and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, emerge from behind a towering, chain-link fence. Red garments hang from wires overhead, and regal music sounds as they take their places. The meal dissolves into an argument — an Athenian father urging his daughter to wed the man he approves, not the man she loves. So begins Shakespeare’s mystical comedy.

Triad Stage performs A Midsummer Night’s Dream against the rules set by what Director Preston Lane refers to as the “cult built up around Shakespeare in this country.” Lane, along with the cast and crew, rehearsed and rehashed the traditions surrounding the Bard’s scenes to give them an updated feel. Bringing the Elizabethan era play to 21st Century audiences requires a balancing act and a re-examination of the canon.

“In a play that starts with war-prize marriages and women condemned to death if they won’t marry the man their father demands, it is hard not to question the romance,” he says.

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Theatergoers realize early on that this does not begin as a cast delivers them with ease and colloquial tones. Hoodies love story, but by the end are cheering for two sets of lovers to and jumpsuit rompers replace corsets and stockings. Timelesstie the knot. ness is a characteristic of many of Shakespeare’s plays, with Transformation echoes throughout the performance in acthumor and messages that transcend trends, but rejecting the ing, costuming and set design. The once ornate dining table unrelatable traits of many performances grants the audience a unfolds into a wooden platform with a hidden door, from more intimate connection to the story. which the mischievous Puck pops out.

Lane clarifies that the rejection of hisThe two pairs of young lovers exchange torical tradition was intentional, to revitheir jackets or layer aprons and belts to talize the show. By approaching the play take the roles of Nick Bottom’s craftsas if it were new, original twists become A Midsummer Night’s man entourage. King Oberon and Queen possible. Turning set changes, usually Dream runs through Hippolyta don glitter and feathers hidden, into rock-and-roll interludes, Nov. 18 at Triad Stage. to masquerade as the Fairy King and or having props zip-lined directly to the Queen. cast, break from theatrical structures to Visit triadstage.org or And as scripted, Nick Bottom bethe delight of the audience. call 336.272.0160 for more comes a donkey, and an unknowing Even with all the alterations made, information. pawn in an otherworldly game. jokes from the 1500s garner hysterics The most obvious transformation from the crowd. The royal court comis that of the audience member, from mands, and the fairy world mystifies, as spectator to participant. if unfamiliar to theatergoers.

“The relationship between actor and The couples find their way back to the audience is personal and immediate,” Lane explains. land of mortals and a wedding night and play-within-a-play Shakespeare often employed fourth-wall breaks into his wrap up the tale. The garments rise back up and the theater works; Triad Stage manages to engross the audience further, glows with dim lights. All exit, one by one, except for the planting character entrances behind seats and having lines trickster. Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, addresses the viewers. spoken as characters walk to the main stage.

“Gentles, do not reprehend,” the rogue requests. “If you Not even time acts as a barrier between fiction and reality. pardon, we will mend.”

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another topical reference appears, rendering the novel unreadable to A wallpaper-like illustration of a vast proportion of American over ukulele-strumming jackalopes the age of 50. That’s okay, though; — a portmanteau of “jackrabbit” so much discourse already revolves and “antelope,” a mythical animal of around their perspective. So, who is North American folklore — lines the inAmongst the Liberal Elite for? ner covers of their cross-country advenAs of Wednesday, the graphic ture, an early indicator that the couple’s novel’s Amazon.com page features journey in Amongst the Liberal Elite: The 25 five-star reviews (and none below Road Trip Exploring Societal Inequities that rating) most of which were Solidified by Trump (RESIST) is laced with written by white women expressplayful absurdism. The fresh-off-theing appreciation. It’s significant press illustrated work from Greensboro for women to see themselves born-and-raised writer Elly Lonon and represented and for all of us to illustrator Joan Reilly follows Alex and find solace in fiction. Humor is a Michael on a cross-country road trip as powerful medicine and because the they attempt to comprehend President onslaught of distressing news cycles Trump’s election and get “woke.” serves the purpose of exhausting us.

There is a reason why fascist regimes It’s an extension of her McSweeney’s intimidate and eliminate the literati, column, Amongst the Liberal Elite, artists and other cultural leaders expanding the ethos and adding illustraearly. What is concerning — and tion to make it a graphic novel of sorts, what Lonon appears to allude to though this is a true story. through her self-involved anti-heThe couple uses their tax refund to roes — is that so many whose social explore the sites positions offer of the world’s relative power (several) largest — yet who feel See Elly Lonon at Scuppernong frying pans; they disempowBooks (GSO) on Nov. 9 and also explore the ered themlearn more at tension between selves — are their own moral amongsttheliberalelite.com, ill-equipped to superiority, their ellylonon.com and recognize the relationship to limits of their joanreilly.com. consumerism understanding and a tendency and of their toward selfempathy no flagellation rooted in white guilt, all matter striving and good intent. in the neat grids of black-and-white Amongst the Liberal Elite is at times illustration. Lonon is undeniably clever as exhausting as the news cycle — her writing has been featured in the itself, a distressing satirical mirror New York Times, McSweeney’s, Scary Greensboro native Emily Lonon turned her McSweeney’s column into a COURTESY PHOTO to the ongoing identity crisis white graphic novel.

Mommy and O Magazine — with a Americans are grappling with, the penchant for searing cultural commenfrustration of waiting, hoping for danger lies then in the opportunity to distance oneself from tary and political satire. She knows her male romantic partners to unlearn misogyny rather than these characters who, though capable of sensing their semicharacters are inadequate and frustratmemorize what is and isn’t “okay” to say. fraudulent commitments to equity, persist less in the dogged ing, that it’s important to consider how Though Alex and Michael’s road trip through America’s pursuit of justice than into the comfort of their highly curated else this tormented hipster couple have “heartland” is no heroes’ journey, it’s not intended to be universe rife with exceptionalism and cheap hashtags. spent their tax return. But she also one. They are more invested in projecting moralistic narrabegs us to consider what it means for tives onto others with whom they’re never shown interactrelatively privileged Gen X-ers to enjoy ing rather than examine themselves soberly enough to make enough wealth to donate to cherished meaningful change. Most readers will catch that we are not causes from time to time but not feel meant to empathize with Alex and Michael in a straightforprepared to financially survive a health ward sense, and their recognizability is key to the buy-in. The emergency. Not three panels pass before

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