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Public commenters tell Raleigh council Moore Square move is a civil‑rights issue, press for transparency on Dix/SHaw projects
Summary
Several speakers at the public-comment session urged the Raleigh City Council to treat the proposed Moore Square bus-station relocation as a civil-rights matter, not a crime issue, and raised transparency questions about the Dix Trail and coordination with Shaw University and related federal funds.
Octavia Rainey, who said she has been a civil‑rights activist for 50 years, told the council that the proposed Moore Square bus-station move is "a civil rights issue" and urged members to stop framing the matter as a crime problem. "Don't wrap this in a bow like it's a great present when it's poison," Rainey said, adding she is organizing meetings across Raleigh and will meet with the News & Observer and Raleigh Magazine to press the point.
Eugene Myrick asked the council for public answers about the Dix…
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