Aug. 23, 2023 Robert Dawkins is political director of Action NC. ... Continue Reading →
Economic development dominates District 2 primary discussion
Aug. 22, 2023 New housing that will gentrify the Beatties Ford Road corridor and imperil lower-income residents. Decades-old commercial lots big enough for a new building but not big enough to provide the parking that city ordinances now require. The infusion of city money into Eastland ... Continue Reading →
Candidates seek to hold staff – and themselves – accountable
Aug. 15, 2023 Charlotte’s estimated population topped 917,000 last March, and some of the 11 members of City Council appear to be struggling to stay in touch with so many constituents, with the heaviest burden falling on at-large council members. That theme of isolation of the elected from the ... Continue Reading →
Lyles, Yates spar over city’s role in adjusting to growth
Aug. 8, 2023 A session scheduled for primary contenders for Charlotte Mayor on the Sept. 12 ballot turned into a different discussion involving incumbent Mayor Vi Lyles and Libertarian candidate Rob Yates, who does not face a primary but will be on the November ballot. It was announced that ... Continue Reading →
ELECTION RESULTS 2022
Nov. 8, 2022 The N.C. Board of Elections posts unofficial precinct returns as they are reported. View them here. Below are the unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals for candidates on the Nov. 8 Mecklenburg election ballot, as compiled by the Mecklenburg and N.C. Boards of Elections. Victors are ... Continue Reading →
3 gather to explain their races for N.C. House
Nov. 1, 2022 The final Forum conversation about the Nov. 8 general election offered three candidates an opportunity to state their positions, and outline their hopes, for a level of government that all three said gets too little attention from Mecklenburg voters. All 12 candidates in the six ... Continue Reading →
Democrats in N.C. House minority make case for persistence
Oct. 25, 2022 Five N.C. House Democratic incumbents and one Democratic challenger met this morning at the Forum. Their answers to questions offered Forum participants a small guidebook on their achievements and ongoing fights in the GOP-controlled lower house. But perhaps more importantly, they ... Continue Reading →
Candidates in contested N.C. Senate races
Oct. 18, 2022 The morning’s Forum with candidates in contested races for seats in the N.C. Senate was notable for the low level of energy in the room. Candidates did not make pleas for votes. There was not a single request for new get-out-the-vote projects. No candidate pleaded with those within ... Continue Reading →
3 commissioner candidates, all incumbents, lay out tasks ahead
Oct. 11, 2022 Three of the six candidates in contested Nov. 8 races for County Commissioner seats in Districts 4, 5 and 6 made the presentations below. They were all incumbents: Mark Jerrell, Democrat in District 4; Susan Meier, Democrat in District 5; and Susan Rodriguez-McDowell, Democrat in ... Continue Reading →
Judge, Soil & Water candidates
Oct. 4, 2022 It was mostly quirks in the Forum scheduling process that put at one presenters table the candidates for a Mecklenburg soil and water conservation district board – and those in contested judicial races for N.C. Superior, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. And yet. And ... Continue Reading →
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