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Charlotte City Council At-large: Week 2

August 25, 2015 Candidates & Ballots

From left: Claire Fallon, Laurence Bibbs, Bruce Clark and Julie Eiselt.
From left: Claire Fallon, Laurence Bibbs, Bruce Clark and Julie Eiselt.

Aug. 25, 2015

Laurence Bibbs, Bruce Clark, Julie Eiselt and Claire Fallon addressed the Forum today, the second forum focused on candidates for four at-large seats on Charlotte City Council involved in the Sept. 15 Democratic primary. All candidates except Aaron Sanders participated in one of the forums.

Presentations

Q&A

Q: People are tired of lies from candidates and the polarization. What makes you different?

Q: Would you support subpoena power for the Police Citizens Review Board?

Q: How would you work with schools, mayor & county to use housing policy to improve social mobility in the city?

Q&A

Q: What is your big vision for this city? What initiatives do you have for those 60-plus, and those 6 and under?

Q: What are your views of the “Black Lives Matter” movement and do you have policies that address that issue?

Q: City candidates talk about education, but city doesn’t run schools. Please tell us your idea of what the City Council’s job is.

 

Q&A

Q: How many of you are natives of Charlotte, or did you bring your ideas from elsewhere?

Q: For Bruce Clark: Did you get out of the man’s shade at the parade?

Q: Zoning is being used to eliminate places for our young people to become part of this community. How would you change that?

Q: What’s your opinion of city-county consolidation?

 

Q&A

Q: How will an antiquated trolley system generate economic growth?

Q: Leaders are missing long-term relationships with people outside their little community. How would you form those?

Q: When did Charlotte get broke, and how do we fix it?

 

Q&A

Q: Who should be our next mayor?

Q: What do you want from citizens as you go through this campaign?

 

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