Jan. 17, 2022 Today's WBTV special report on the day of a COVID-truncated MLK Day celebration focused on the civil rights leader’s impact on Charlotte. The hour-long report is at the WBTV website here. At one point, reporter Dedrick Russell quizzed four African-Americans now in Charlotte ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte leaders call in the chits, this time for ‘racial equity’
Nov. 1, 2021 Mayor Vi Lyles said her father did not have the opportunities she has had. Is it not time now to ensure that others have such opportunities? she mused to reporters. Monday's gathering at Johnson C. Smith University launched Charlotte's effort to fulfill commitments, made after the ... Continue Reading →
Mayor, County Chair address homelessness, Covid-19 issues
March 9, 2021 COVID-19. Tent city and homelessness. The future of roads after the gas tax starts declining. K-12 education outcomes for children. These and other issues were discussed today as the Forum, still adjusting its virtual reality, welcomed Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Mecklenburg County ... Continue Reading →
Women’s History Month
March 1, 2021 Women have made Charlotte a better place for all to live. During the pandemic year, when the Forum was unable to schedule in-person meetings, these graphics were added each day during March as a way to pay tribute to some who have passed on, and many who continue to serve in ways ... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the winners!
Nov. 5, 2019, 11:24 p.m.; 195 of 195 precincts reporting Charlotte Mayor Vi Liles 77% Charlotte City Council At-large Julie Eiselt 24% Braxton Winston 22% James Mitchell 22% Dimple Ajmera 20% Charlotte City Council Districts 1. Larken Egleston 98% 2. Malcolm Graham 85% 3. ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte mayor candidates
Oct. 22, 2019 It was a rainy morning, but Vi Lyles showed up. And so the incumbent mayor Charlotte made full use of the morning's Forum to explain her goals for a second term, and to comment on a number of things she's learned in her first term. Lyles faces Republican perennial candidate David ... Continue Reading →
City Primary 2019
Sept. 10, 2019; last updated 11:57 p.m., 100% of precincts reporting Full vote results are here Mayor, City of Charlotte, Democratic Primary Roderick Davis 4.24% Vi Lyles 86.62% Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel 1.33% Joel Odom 3.64% Lucille Puckett 4.16% Charlotte City Council ... Continue Reading →
Election 2019: Vi Lyles
Page initiated Aug. 6, 2019 Vi Lyles is a candidate for re-election as Charlotte Mayor. To start videos, click on them. Aug. 6, 2019 ... Continue Reading →
Mayoral candidates in Sept. 10 Democratic Party primary
Aug. 6, 2019 The Forum heard this morning from four of the five Democrats involved in a Sept. 10 primary for Charlotte Mayor. The four are incumbent Vi Lyles, Joel Odom, Tigress McDaniel and Lucillle Puckett. Roderick Davis did not attend. In the video below, three of the initial presentations ... Continue Reading →
Debriefing on release of video of Danquirs Franklin police shooting
April 16, 2019 Police body cam video from the latest fatal police shooting was released Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning, Mayor Vi Lyles, City Manager Marcus Jones and Police Chief Kerr Putney sat at the front of a packed Forum assembly to answer questions. Most of the questions dealt, one way ... Continue Reading →