Feb. 19, 2019 Same constituents. Different styles. Garry McFadden, the newly elected sheriff, is in a hurry. He says his three campaign promises were all accomplished in 35 days. Now he's hurrying on to change labels and cultures and attitudes toward all the people whom he serves, some of whom ... Continue Reading →
Family Justice Center to focus on victims’ needs, erase the silos
Oct. 2, 2018 Victims of domestic violence need protection, and comfort, but also a lot of help navigating a complicated legal system. That simple notion is behind the proposed CharMeck Family Justice Center. The first year of research and planning is now done, and four people at the Forum Tuesday ... Continue Reading →
I-77 express lanes update: How they work, what you’ll be charged
Sept. 25, 2018 Perhaps by the end of the year, optional toll lanes will be operating of the construction site known as I-77 North. Jean Leier and Warren Cooksey returned to the Forum for an update on how the controversial project will operate, how much it will cost to use it, and how tolls will ... Continue Reading →
Response to Storm Florence – and how to do even better next time
September 18, 2018 There were many plaudits from Forum participants today for city officials on how Charlotte's uniformed and ununiformed service personnel responded during Storm Florence. One of the focuses of the presentation was on preparation and how technology and modern practices were ... Continue Reading →
Census update: What’s at stake
Aug. 28, 2018 To bring home the relevance of Census 2020, Stacey Carless and Adam Sotak focused on how the results of the every-10-year count will affect funding for government programs. Carless, a lawyer, is executive director of NC Counts, a fledgling nonprofit advocacy group focused on the ... Continue Reading →
City seeks to boost collaboration among small grassroots groups
Aug. 14, 2018 Kerr Putney and Willie Ratchford made a pitch Tuesday for help reshaping how Charlotte deals with community challenges. Using a new round of micro-grants to area grassroots groups, CMPD Chief Kerr Putney said his aim was to force small groups working on similar problems to work ... Continue Reading →
Know your rights: A glimpse of CMPD transparency presentation
July 10, 2018 Maria Macon introduced the morning's task: Get a bit of exposure to what is going in at the Council of Elders' daylong Know Your Rights workshops. A piece of that workshop is CMPD Officer Shawn Ward's police transparency training. Ward told the group that how police share ... Continue Reading →
Tough cop becomes advocate for mental health training for officers
June 26, 2018 Kareem Puranda says he now knows what it's like to face a tough cop who knows the system well enough to get away with trashing lives and wrecking families. For Kareem Puranda says he was once such a cop. Today, the self-published author is a counselor and believes that all police ... Continue Reading →
REAL ID: NC gears up for a security measure born out of 9/11
Lisa Crawford; excerpts from a REAL ID brochure; download the brochure here. June 19, 2018 Even in a crowd that knew and loved her, Lisa Crawford had tough go of it, wading through the cynicism and suspicion. Imagine less loving crowds, where she must again detail how a massive change in driver's ... Continue Reading →
City’s budget: Staff repeatedly questioned about westside investments
June 12, 2018 It was Tuesday morning, and during the previous evening the Charlotte City Council had given its approval to a budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year. It was no longer the city manager's proposed budget; it was the Council's budget. But nonetheless, it was City Manager Marcus ... Continue Reading →
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