Your time to relieve overcrowding has come, Wake County school parents | Opinion
I was pleased to see the article in Friday’s N&O about a new school bond referendum being proposed. The first successful bond referendum was passed in 1976, for $20 million. I was the influencer (a term not in use at that time) who met with interested parents all across Wake County to promote that referendum.
At that time, the schools in the Millbrook and Cary school attendance areas were bursting at the seams, and were adding mobile classrooms. We had to tell the parents in other parts of the county, “Your time will come.”
I am pleased to see three new schools proposed for East Wake, along with two renovations. East Wake: “Your time has come!”
Bob Williams, Fuquay-Varina
ICE masks
Recently, several Democratic politicians have called for the removal of masks from Federal law enforcement and ICE agents. These politicians are trying to score points with their constituents and should know the reasons for the masks.
Activists are known to interfere with law enforcement by doxxing and swatting, even at the agents’ homes and targeting families. So, the masks will stay on as long as activist illegal behavior continues.
Jack Granger, Garner
Oversight sessions
In response to “Why NC lawmakers keep bringing local leaders to Raleigh for grilling sessions,” (Feb. 9):
Since the creation of the Oversight and Gov Ops committees, they are doing this because they can. They have precious little else to do given there is no budget yet. So, why not accuse university administrators of running woke curricula? Why not accuse sheriffs of inadequate safety, and why not berate mayors for holding different views from the Republicans running the NC General Assembly?
Dave Streifford, Chapel Hill
Coastal cleanup costs
The N&O recently reported the issues of collapsing houses and boats along our coastline. State agencies are trying to clean these up with state and foundation funds, but mostly with our tax dollars. These houses have addresses and titles; the boats have names, registration numbers and titles. Most, if not all have insurance — likely already collected by their owners. Should not the owners of these homes and boats pay for the clean up of their abandoned houses and shipwrecks?
Regan Brown, Cary
Offensive Trump post
The racist depiction of black people as jungle animals is not new, and racists’ use of scurrilous cartoons can be found throughout history. The Third Reich regularly portrayed Jews as vermin.
The President’s post portraying Barack and Michelle Obama as apes is not a laughing matter, as the White House spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt dismissively claimed. Still, I agree with her that we need to move on to more substantial matters, and primary among them is removing a bigoted President, his enablers and defenders out of the highest office in the land.
There is some ugliness that is intolerable. This post falls into that category. We deserve leaders who display moral integrity and respect.
Joseph C. Moran, Durham
ICE funding
Hooray for ICE agents for being so double-plus-good at their job. They are so good at smashing residential doors and car windows, dragging people from homes and vehicles, shooting people, snatching children off school buses, detaining citizens, roughing them up, then releasing them without an explanation. They are so good at arresting kindergarteners, disabled women and old men in boxer shorts. They are so good at getting their feelings hurt by protesters taunting and lashing out.
Considering all the things ICE and CBP are so good at, why on Earth would we NOT want to increase their federal funding?
Rebecca Kustar, Fletcher
This story was originally published February 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Your time to relieve overcrowding has come, Wake County school parents | Opinion."