May 19, 2015 Darrell Gregory returned to the Forum Tuesday with an update on the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council's efforts to get more than $1 million in government funding to the groups with a track record of making an impact with at-risk juveniles. Since his August visit, the Council has ... Continue Reading →
I-77 express lane project: An update
May 5, 2015 Warren Cooksey and Jean Leier are staff. They tread carefully around all policy issues. They just outlined the rationale and plans for construction and operation of toll lanes in Interstate 77 from Mooresville to Charlotte. The previous evening, the Town of Cornelius had issued a ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte’s city budget: A primer
May 5, 2015 City staffer Kim Eagle walked the Forum through Manager Ron Carlee's budget proposal on Tuesday. Three City Council members chimed in along the way. The message seemed to be: Shared pain in a year when revenue expectations are down and some costs are rising. Loading garbage ... Continue Reading →
4 commissioners address county topics
April 28, 2015 No, said Pat Cotham, she did not go to Raleigh to lobby legislators to rewrite election laws for county commissioners. Yes, said Trevor Fuller, the task force on social mobility will find a way to involve everyone who wants to be a part of that study. And so it went. The Forum ... Continue Reading →
Garbage fee vs property tax: Most people will pay less
April 21, 2015 At-large Charlotte City Council member Vi Lyles rose at the end of the Forum today to explain how council members are looking at a proposal to eliminate the garbage collection fee and raise property taxes by the same amount: For people who own homes valued at less than $330,000 or ... Continue Reading →
Questions for the Mecklenburg Delegation
April 7, 2015 Seven members of the Mecklenburg delegation to the N.C. General Assembly answered questions posed by Forum participants. Below are five videos that cover the full Q&A that followed their brief introductions of themselves. Part 1 Q: Our state has turned away Medicaid ... Continue Reading →
On the LGBT vote, and allegations of price gouging during CIAA
March 3, 2015 City Council District 3 member LaWana Mayfield and at-large Council member David Howard offered the following impromptu explanation this morning of last night's City Council vote to reject a proposed LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance. They also offered comments about allegations of ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte’s City Manager Ron Carlee
Jan. 27, 2015 Ron Carlee, Charlotte's city manager, talked about the issues facing the city and the reasons why he went into city administration. The presentation came after a Monday evening meeting during which Charlotte City Council approved a proposal to immediately purchase enough body cameras ... Continue Reading →
The outlook for 2015
Jan. 6, 2015 In an impromptu presentation, elected officials serving at the local and state levels offered comments about the issues they expect to be dealing with this year. Predictably, many of the issues revolved around money. But there was also talk about jobs, the homeless, education, the ... Continue Reading →
FAA reportedly reducing noise impact zone around airport
After City Council member announced that FAA staff would hold workshops tonight and Wednesday near the airport to take citizen comment about noise issues, council member LaWana announced that news back from the FAA was that noise abatement areas would be reduced, not enlarged, on account of quieter ... Continue Reading →
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