Dec. 7, 2021 Judge Rickye McKoy Mitchell today announced that she would retire from the bench on Sept. 1, 2022. In an accompanying video (below), she described her decision as “not a farewell, but a next step.” Her statement: “Greetings, Colleagues and Community! “After 24 years of Judicial ... Continue Reading →
Superior Court clerk won’t seek re-election
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A gathering to honor retiring Judge Donnie Hoover
Nov. 30, 2021 Daughter Maya Hoover Capers provided these mementos from Superior Court Judge Donnie Hoover’s Nov. 30 retirement ceremony. The following is a video of the hour-long ceremony, which was held with a small in-person audience at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, supplemented by a ... Continue Reading →
Assistance available in heating bill emergencies
Nov. 12, 2021 Two programs to assist low-income households with heating bills are available through Mecklenburg's Department of Social Services. Crisis Intervention Program(CIP): Funds are available year-round until they are depleted. Coordinator Ginny Harper writes that the program can “assist ... Continue Reading →
Pushing against partisan divisions in the N.C. legislature
Sept. 7, 2021 An animated speaker. Lots of questions. Many Forum regulars this morning seemed well pleased with the broad discussion of issues being discussed in Raleigh, led by N.C. Sen. Natasha Marcus, chair of the Mecklenburg delegation to the N.C. General Assembly. Marcus represents a ... Continue Reading →
A library retools for the digital/lockdown era
Aug. 31, 2021 The library began turning on a dime in March 2020, when its classes and readings and so forth had to go digital if they were to reach outside the lockdown. Hannah Terrell this morning shared with Forum participants some of what that's meant for an institution, once focused on ... Continue Reading →
FCC offers help with broadband affordability
Aug. 6, 2021 The office of N.C. Sen. Natasha Marcus distributed this flier about an FCC program to help with affordability of broadband services. ... Continue Reading →
Center City Partners’ 2040 plan
Aug. 4, 2021 At Tuesday's Open Forum, there was discussion about a draft Center City Partners plan, released in late July, that offers visions for a number of near-uptown neighborhoods, including the West Trade/Beatties Ford corridor. The draft plan is heavy on pictures, but at 160 pages the PDF ... Continue Reading →
Clients, not court cases: The public defender’s work
July 20, 2021 Kevin Tully, Mecklenburg's chief public defender since 2007, concluded his remarks this morning this way. But in the topsy-turvy world of short attention spans, let us begin with it: “Don’t judge our clients if you can. Keep open minds and try to view my clients this way: "The ... Continue Reading →
County’s full agenda: Homeless, budget and COVID
July 13, 2021 From her Government Center office, County Manager Dena Diorio today reported on a wide variety of recent initiatives and successes reshaping county services in Mecklenburg. Diorio prepared comments about three issues identified by the Forum: how the county is serving homeless ... Continue Reading →
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