May 1, 2018 In the video below, presentations begin at minute 7:53. The Q&A followed at minute 45:35. ... Continue Reading →
Candidates in May 8 primary make impromptu appeals
April 17, 2018 An Open Forum is always fascinating for the issues brought to the table by Forum participants. For this particular Open Forum, which fell two days before the beginning of early voting for the May 8 primary, candidates and surrogates were encouraged to make their case. Six ... Continue Reading →
Stevenson: No candidate forums before May 8 primary
Jan. 30, 2018 Forum co-founder Sarah Stevenson announced today that the Forum would not hold candidate forums before the May 8 primary. Here is her statement. To start the video, click on it. If Stevenson changes her mind, of course, this page will be updated. But even if the ... Continue Reading →
A millennial calls the question on Nov. 7 election
Nov. 14, 2017 Winston Robinson spent the election season working for candidates. His Facebook feed shows a determined effort to get his millennial peers out to vote in the municipal election. So on Tuesday, his question was timely: How do we get you newly elected officials to do something to ... Continue Reading →
Post-election comments from 3 candidates
Nov. 14, 2017 Three candidates in the Nov. 7 election made comments at the Forum this morning. Vi Lyles was elected mayor. Larken Egleston was elected to the City Council District 1 seat. Blanche Penn was defeated in a bid for the CMS Board of Education from District 3. Below are their ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte city, school board races, bonds
Nov. 7, 2017, 11:03 p.m. Unofficial results from Board of Elections, with all 195 precincts reporting: Charlotte Mayor √ Vi Lyles 59.07% Kenny Smith 40.82% City Council At-Large √ Dimple Ajmera 14.57% Parker Cains 10.41% Steven DiFiore II 5.08% √ Julie Eiselt 17.28% √ James ... Continue Reading →
Lyles: Transportation funding decisions will shape city’s future
Oct. 31, 2017 Opponent Kenny Smith left his chair at the presenters' table empty. Many voters left theirs in the audience empty as well. Early voting is picking up from its initial snail's pace, but with indictments in Washington and foreign conflicts and natural disasters and the threat of nuclear ... Continue Reading →
City Council District candidates
Oct. 24, 2017 City Council candidates made their last appearance before the Forum this morning. Invited were all City Council candidates in contested races, plus District 5 Democrat Matt Newton, who emerged from an Oct. 10 primary runoff and does not face opposition, but who has not addressed the ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte City Council At-Large
Oct. 17, 2017 The Forum heard from five City Council candidates. Four of the eight at-large candidates spoke. And District 2 Democratic candidate Justin Harlow spoke because he will be out of town during the Oct. 24 presentation from other District candidates. In the video below, candidates gave ... Continue Reading →
School board candidates, Districts 2, 4, 5, 6
Oct. 10, 2017 The Forum heard from eight school board candidates running in four different districts today. In the video below, candidates gave short presentations, beginning at minute 9:52, then fielded questions beginning at minute 28:32. ... Continue Reading →
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