Lisa Crawford; excerpts from a REAL ID brochure; download the brochure here. June 19, 2018 Even in a crowd that knew and loved her, Lisa Crawford had tough go of it, wading through the cynicism and suspicion. Imagine less loving crowds, where she must again detail how a massive change in driver's ... Continue Reading →
City’s budget: Staff repeatedly questioned about westside investments
June 12, 2018 It was Tuesday morning, and during the previous evening the Charlotte City Council had given its approval to a budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year. It was no longer the city manager's proposed budget; it was the Council's budget. But nonetheless, it was City Manager Marcus ... Continue Reading →
Update on The Excelsior Club
Left, Ken Koontz; facade of Excelsior Club in undated James Peeler photo. June 5, 2018 Ken Koontz opened today's Open Forum with an update on the status of the shuttered Excelsior Club. Koontz was a part-owner of the Beatties Ford Road institution in the 1980s. The nightclub was a gathering ... Continue Reading →
Blue Star Mothers
May 29, 2018 They're in a sort of club, the Blue Star Mothers, that few would be excited to join: They have or have had family members in the U.S. military. The Gold Star Mothers among them have seen loved ones lose their lives in the service of their country. Yet they are reaching out to each ... Continue Reading →
Charleston Carter, Trial Court Administrator
May 22, 2018 Charleston Carter is the first African-American Trial Court Administrator in Mecklenburg's 26th Judicial District. He became TCA in November, after 22 years of experience in similar positions in Georgia. A court website says the job entails "development of local rules and ... Continue Reading →
How science now sees adverse experiences impacting children
May 15, 2018 Tuesday's presentation offered a view into how scientists' understanding of childhood behavior has been revolutionized by examining the impact that the violence and abuse that children witness early in their lives poisons them and seems to cause physical and mental illness later – ... Continue Reading →
Primary Election 2018 results (preliminary)
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 10:40 p.m. Percentage of votes as reported May 8 by 10:40 p.m. According to the Board of Elections, these percentages do not count absentee and provisional ballots. Victors may change, particularly in the Senate 39 Democratic primary, where the difference in vote totals stood ... Continue Reading →
3 candidates in 12th District U.S. House primaries
May 1, 2018 In the video below, presentations begin at minute 7:53. The Q&A followed at minute 45:35. ... Continue Reading →
2 pipelines: school-failure-to-prison; and prison-back-into-society
April 24, 2018 Perhaps this is one of the things the Forum does best: bring folks together out of their silos to meet, explain their silos and then, perhaps, go away to contemplate how to knock down the silos. Educator and longtime Mecklenburg resident Ken Simmons said he had never met Henry ... Continue Reading →
Primary Election 2018: Queen Thompson
– Page initiated April 17, 2018 Queen Thompson is a candidate for the District 4 seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, click on ... Continue Reading →
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