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 →
Trevor Fuller on sales tax referendum
Trevor Fuller, chair of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, argued Tuesday that commissioners have given the people a choice to authorize use of what powers commissioners have to raise funds to supplement teacher salaries. Among his arguments for the quarter-cent sales tax increase now ... Continue Reading →
Trevor Fuller on budget, fall referendum
Trevor Fuller is an at-large member and currently serves as chair of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. In the comments below at today's Forum, he addresses the county budget, which was approved later in the day, and the decision to put a sales tax increase on the November ballot. The ... Continue Reading →
Theo Nixon on the ‘big lie’ on fracking
Theo Nixon is a Mecklenburg District Court judge and regularly attends the Forum. He rose at the June 17 Forum to add legal background information on several matters under discussion during the day's Forum, particularly on gun laws and the impact that fracking will have on Eastern North Carolina. ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte budget presentation
In this budget presentation on the Charlotte budget, Budget Director Randy Harrington was joined by Council members Greg Phipps, LaWana Mayfield and Ed Driggs. The three serve with Vi Lyles and Patsy Kinsey on the council's budget committee. The first video below was slide 18 of the PowerPoint ... Continue Reading →
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