July 1, 2013 Anthony Foxx today resigned as Mayor of Charlotte. Our thanks to Ken Koontz for video from the City Council meeting. Following Foxx's resignation, the Charlotte City Council named one of its own, Patsy Kinsey, to fill the last months of Foxx's ... Continue Reading →
Rodney Moore on how Democrats could return to power
N.C. Rep. Rodney Moore on Tuesday outlined his view of how the N.C. Democratic Party could return to power in the N.C. General Assembly by 2018. ... Continue Reading →
Patrick Cannon on mayor’s race
April 9, 2013 This site does not regularly move in breaking news circles, so let us note that this announcement occurred just before 10 a.m. on April 9, 2013, and will surely be overtaken by events! ... Continue Reading →
2 share spotlight
April 2, 2013 John White, left, former Democratic Party chair of Precinct 210, spoke this morning about community issues he thinks people should speak up about. Bernice Feaster, right, presented about her fee-based business of advising parents and their children about how to apply for scholarship ... Continue Reading →
Cannon’s statement on airport coverage
March 26, 2013 Asked to address the Forum this morning, Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon said he would like to share with Forum participants materials prepared by the city on the legislative proposal to transfer the city-run airport to a new regional authority, and a comment on legislation ... Continue Reading →
Ken Koontz’s Obama Era DVDs
March 23, 2013 Longtime television journalist and Forum participant Ken Koontz covered both presidential inaugurations of Barack Obama. From his reporting and footage of inaugural activities and the Democratic National Convention held in Charlotte in 2012, Koontz fashioned two DVDs of historic ... Continue Reading →
Becky Carney’s Raleigh Report for Feb. 18
Feb. 19, 2013 Rep. Becky Carney sent in her Feb. 18 Raleigh Report. ... Continue Reading →
Anthony Foxx on the State of the City
Delivered Feb. 4, 2013 Below is the prepared text of the speech: One Charlotte, One Future Mayor Anthony Foxx State of the City Address February 4, 2013 As prepared for delivery: Good morning, and thanks to all of you for joining the State of the City. My fellow residents, I ... Continue Reading →
N.C. Rep. Kelly Alexander on literacy tests, Art Pope and more
Jan. 22, 2013 Rep. Kelly Alexander was in the Forum audience Tuesday, and facilitator Sarah Stevenson called on him for impromptu remarks. In those remarks, Alexander addressed: – GOP of all branches of N.C. government. – Alexander's efforts to remove from the N.C. Constitution a literacy ... Continue Reading →
Mayfield: City moves money to fill afterschool program budget gap
Dec. 4, 2012 Charlotte City Council District 3 representative LaWana Mayfield announced at the Dec. 4, 2012 Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum that the council had approved use of discretionary funds to prevent a funding gap that could have led to a shutdown of children's city-assisted afterschool ... Continue Reading →