Completely pissed on Charlotte and Durham for years and now when convenient to them, they NOW play the MLBtoNC card. This account could have done the right thing years ago but they didn’t.
Charlotte and Raleigh have had their differences, but when it really mattered, they've always come together.
In the late 80's when the NBA was looking to expand, the Raleigh leadership was extremely vocal in their support of Charlotte to win the franchise that eventually became the Hornets.
Last week, @andrew_dunn's piece in the @CharlotteObser and the @newsobserver suggested that the Queen City is ready to return the favor with MLB.
Charlotte, Durham, every town and every city in this state, we've put in the work here in Raleigh for the past 8 years, building this bid with a dream of bringing home an MLB team.
We've gone from afterthought to potential front-runner.
Now, we need everyone in North Carolina to join us and do what they said couldn't be done...
Bring #MLB2NC together as one united state!
#RaleighOnDeck #StateOfBaseball
@MLBRaleigh@JanetCowell@RaleighGov@MayorJacques@JoshStein_@CLTgov Thrown shade for years but NOW your logo is MLBtoNC…. You could have been ‘pro NC’ for years or ‘pro Triangle’ for years. But you weren’t. You only want it that way when it is helpful to you. Be better
@MLBRaleigh@JanetCowell@RaleighGov@MayorJacques@JoshStein_@CLTgov And your multi year propaganda campaign has aimed to damage Durham while at the same time having a pissing match with Charlotte…. BUT NOW after all this time you just want everyone to get along - right??? Charlotte and Durham need to bend the knee and get in line - right??
@jasoncoxnc Because stats can be deceiving. Durham is GROWING FASTER than Raleigh (percentage wise). You see those higher percentages in that chart because there are smaller cities and towns in those counties that will grow at a higher PERCENTAGE rate.
@tomcolicchio Ahhh…. Was wondering ever since we chatted in the security line out of RDU airport why you were in town. Triangle area has some great food spots too and underrated on the national scene. Was great meeting you if only for a few seconds (before my bag got wisked away).
@NateBakerDurham 1) What you mention is important
2) You can’t obtain your goal at the city/town level
3) Your post throws your colleagues under the bus