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 →
Beatties Ford Road median: An exploration
Setting aside thoughts of tinsel and holiday errands still beckoning, participants in today’s Forum engaged in a review of a nearly three-year controversy over 800 feet of a mile-long road widening. Beatties Ford Road was a once-sleepy two-lane road bisecting the westside African-American ... Continue Reading →
Dunlap: Observer info false on election of commissioners chair
George Dunlap argued Tuesday that the Charlotte Observer was misinformed about the history of elections of county board chairmen, and argued that a policy approved by the board allowed any member receiving five votes to be elected chair. Dunlap also argued that gender bias was not a factor in the ... Continue Reading →
Moore offers update on racial profiling bill
N.C. Rep. Rodney Moore offered the update below on a bill he is working on in the N.C. General Assembly to address issues of racial profiling. During the Q&A that followed his short presentation, he faced a comment from the audience that African-Americans need to act to end abuse by police by ... Continue Reading →
I-77 toll lanes
Two representatives from a north Mecklenburg group that has been raising questions about the state proposal to contract with a Spanish company to widen and then operate toll lanes on I-77 made a presentation to the Forum Tuesday. Sharon Hudson and Craig Winegardner passed out a a flier. Their ... Continue Reading →
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