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TRIANGLE TRIBUNE RALEIGH - the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Is Fielding More Calls About Wake County’S School System from Companies Looking to Locate SPORTS St. Aug’s fights for first place this weekend against Fayetteville State VOLUME 12 NO. 42 WEEKF OOF OCT OBER3,2010OBER3,2010 ONE DOLLAR THE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE GIVING STARTS AT HOME Chamber hires schools consultant Goal is to develop plan for Wake County By Sommer Brokaw THE TRIANGLE TRIBUNE RALEIGH - The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is fielding more calls about Wake County’s school system from companies looking to locate. Drew Moretz, Chamber vice presi- dent of government affairs, said the relation between the calls and the con- troversy over the Wake school board majority’s ruling to abandon the diver- PHOTO/FLE sity policy is “anecdotal at best.” On Sept. 16, the Chamber joined Half of wealthy African-Americans say they provide financial support to their children. Wake Education Partnership in announcing a different plan for stu- dent assignment. The school board’s Study: Affluent blacks more charitable plan divides the district into 16 assign- ment zones, which opponents say will Survey also finds too few have wills, estate or wealth-transfer plans create more high poverty schools because it does not take into account BUSINESS WIRE “Over the past few years, one’s legacy and transfer Fifty-two percent of black diversity. respondents give to educa- Affluent black Americans the number of affluent resources to one’s family.” Moretz said their plan will not clash tional institutions compared are more likely to give to blacks has increased, and Northern Trust’s unique with the school board’s by factoring in to 39 percent for non- charitable causes and feel we can expect this group to survey, the second since socioeconomic diversity; instead, it blacks, while 47 percent of responsible for providing continue having a major 2008, provides insights into will look at student achievement. The blacks give to human-servic- financial support to adult positive influence on their the financial attitudes and Chamber is paying Michael Alves, an es organizations vs. 38 per- family members than afflu- families and communities,” preferences of wealthy black education consultant from cent for non-blacks. ent non-blacks, according to said Marguerite Griffin, Americans with household Massachusetts who visited Wake and Blacks were found to be a Northern Trust survey of national director of incomes of at least $250,000 studied its assignment system earlier less likely to donate to envi- “Wealth in Black America.” Philanthropic Services at or a minimum of $1 million this year, to craft the plan. ronmental or animal organi- The survey also found that Northern Trust. in investable assets. “We wanted to make sure that we zations than non-blacks (36 four out of 10 affluent “At the same time, like The study covered 361 percent vs. 29 percent.) See CHAMBER/2A blacks do not have a will, many Americans, too many affluent blacks and 256 The study found genera- and more than half have not have not executed wills or affluent non-blacks to com- tional differences as well. worked with a financial other estate planning docu- pare their attitudes and High-risk Older affluent blacks (55+) advisor to establish an ments. This is a critical issue behaviors on key measures. are more likely to donate to estate plan or wealth trans- because these legal, tax-sav- The study found affluent religious and human-servic- fer plan during the past five ing instruments are essen- blacks as a group are very pools help years. tial tools used to protect charitable. Please see AFFLUENT/2A patients with Housekeepers demand improved conditions prior ailments By Sommer Brokaw nary action up to and includ- between July and August. The wasn’t even three minutes.” By Sommer Brokaw THE TRIANGLE TRIBUNE ing dismissal. Furthermore, suspensions were expunged, When Davis returned, she THE TRIANGLE TRIBUNE and those whose suspensions was reassigned to Baity Hill, CHAPEL HILL - Odessa Davis for a first offense, the GARNER - When his wife’s company had become active were paid which she said is a harder is one of the housekeepers at employees - who are some of went out of business, Cary Hicks lost for missed time. The univer- area to clean because the the University of North the university’s lowest paid his insurance benefits as well because sity found that they were not buildings are more spread Carolina at Chapel Hill who workers and primarily he was on her company’s insurance made aware their actions at out. say that the break policy and women of color - may be sus- policy. the time could lead to disci- The period of suspensions how it’s enforced is too strin- pended without pay for one Hicks, a longtime resident of Garner, plinary action. is one of two incidents, which gent and demeaning. week. had diabetes, Hepatitis C and high Davis was one whose sus- Miriam Thompson, co-chair An Aug. 24 memo from Van Davis has worked as a blood pressure, which were consid- pension was rescinded. of the labor committee for the Dobson, chief facilities officer housekeeper at UNC for 14 ered pre-existing conditions. He said “I was cleaning the oven, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, and executive director for years, and she is also a repre- Blue Cross Blue Shield quoted him and I sprayed the oven with said has fueled “a hostile Facilities Services, on “Work sentative of the Employee $1,600 a month, which he couldn’t ‘Oven Blaster,’ and it trig- work environment.” Time, Breaks, and Meals Forum, which seeks to afford. gered my asthma so I used The second was when an Periods,” said employees who improve the quality of life for But, through a small article in a local my pump so I could get assistant supervisor, Tonya take a break any time other students, faculty and newspaper, he discovered he had myself back together. And, as Sell, a former officer in the than their scheduled time employees. Seven full-time another option, the nonprofit I was sitting, my supervisor U.S. Navy, compared house- without notifying a supervi- housekeepers accused of tak- Inclusive Health. The N.C. Health came in and said ‘unautho- keeping employees to a mili- sor, crew leader or lead work- ing unauthorized breaks were Insurance Risk Pool that does business rized break,’“ Davis said. “It er may be subject to discipli- suspended without pay Please see UNC/3A in the state as the nonprofit Inclusive Health was established in 2007 to pro- vide more affordable health care to Washington mayor rejected by District voters individuals with pre-existing condi- tions. Now, Hicks only has to pay a lit- By George E. Curry thought to be placing the most residents thought he paper columnist and local tle over $600 a month. NATIONAL NEWSPAPER interest of whites over was moving the city in the radio host, said African- “It has been a God-send,” he said. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION African-Americans. right direction. His aloofness Americans deeply disliked Before he joined the insurance pool, Hicks had to be treated in the hospital After sweeping every ward In June, Alabama Rep. and failure to do enough for the one-term mayor. “People for food poisoning. Because he didn’t four years ago en route to Arthur Davis lost his bid to blacks apparently trumped hated him because he was a have insurance at the time, he had to becoming the youngest per- become the Democratic nom- his efforts to improve public figment of his own creation. inee for governor by losing That is, he believed his own son ever elected mayor of schools, lower the crime rate See HIGH RISK/3A Washington, seven of the 12 counties that and create more recreational press releases,” Muhammad D.C., Adrian make up his district to a white facilities in the city. explained. “He seemed to Fenty was deci- candidate. He lost every pre- “Mayor Fenty’s inaccessibil- believe that white people sively ousted on dominantly black county in ity, even to those who had have colder ice than blacks. Tuesday, largely the state, some by margins as helped him gain office, his Nobody liked him but white by African- wide as 70 percent, and failed reported vindictiveness and people.” American voters to carry his own polling place. his callous disrespect for the In a city sharply divided by Fenty’s defeat came in the people of the District, felt race and class, approximately Fenty who perceived him as arrogant city’s Democratic primary most acutely in the African- 80 percent of voters in the and unconcerned which, given the city’s over- American community, appar- white, affluent wards in about issues of greatest con- whelmingly Democratic elec- ently amounted to gross dis- northwest Washington voted PHOTO/ cern to them. torate, is practically the same respect resulted in his being for Fenty. For blacks living It was the second time in as the final result. rejected vehemently,” said east of the Anacostia River, it North Carolina Health Insurance Risk three months that black vot- In Fenty’s case, he was Ramona Edelin, a longtime was the opposite pattern, Pool provides more affordable care ers turned their backs on a booted out of office even city resident. with 80 percent of them giv- to individuals with pre-existing con- though polls showed that Askia Muhammad, a news- high-profile black candidate See SKEPTICAL/2A ditions. 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