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 →
A Thank You from Representative Rodney Moore
Rep. Rodney Moore offered a thank-you for support during the recently ended legislative session. ... Continue Reading →
Democratic Party chair outlines short- and long-term goals
Marc Friedland took over a Mecklenburg Democratic Party this summer that was without an office. And that might have been one of its less daunting problems. Friedland spoke today at the Forum to reinvigorate volunteers and set out some of his thinking about how to proceed. The video material ... Continue Reading →
Ford, Graham collaborate on legislative update
N.C. Sen. Joel Ford and N.C. Sen. Malcolm Graham provided a legislative update. Ford passed out a five-page document that is here. ... Continue Reading →
Warren Cooksey with DOT 101
Warren Cooksey, no stranger to to the Forum after years as a member of Charlotte City Council, was back at the speaker’s table today in his new position with the N.C. Department of Transportation. The slides he presented are on this page, below the video clips of his presentation and the Q&A ... Continue Reading →
Ford points to shortfall in MBE record at N.C. DOT
N.C. Sen. Joel Ford provided for Forum readers the text of a North Carolina Department of Transportation report dated March 31, 2014 that indicated that, for the 2013 fiscal year, 2.76% of DOT contracts and other spending had been awareded to minority-owned firms, well short of the DOT goal of 6.7%. ... Continue Reading →
Legislators report at Open Forum
The need for an agenda for change in the African-American community. Problems with a road project. Nurturing minority contractors. Broadening the Forum's list of topics discussed. There was a lot on the table today. But we begin below with a discussion with three members of the ... Continue Reading →
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