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‘My daddy changed the world’

June 6, 2020 Community Matters

Page initiated June 6, 2020 “We are plagued with the harsh reality that it could be us. It is us. The songs that were sung and the movements that were made were all entirely too familiar. The Floyd family is just like any other black American family. In pain, grasping hope, and determined to meet ... Continue Reading →

County manager outlines budget proposal

May 21, 2019 Government & Politics

May 21, 2019 Dena Diorio had now PowerPoint, no flip charts. Just a few dozen numbers – and, more important, several vital messages. Her proposed budget commits community dollars toward solving persistent health, education and other problems because the Mecklenburg residents who attended ... Continue Reading →

County manager update

March 21, 2017 Government & Politics

March 21, 2017  Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio offered an update this morning on a variety of county issues. She ended with the Health Department imbroglio, mentioning that all women who had been tested for cervical cancer but not notified of test results have now been found. Her message to ... Continue Reading →

Diorio has department heads explain breadth of county’s work

May 10, 2016 Government & Politics

May 10, 2016 County Manager Dena Diorio used today's Forum visit to showcase the work of a number of county departments, and to introduce to a wider audience the people tasked with leading those efforts. In the order in which they spoke, the speakers were Dr. Marcus Plescia, County Health ... Continue Reading →

Diorio and staff report on county activity; Terrell Ivory introduces Phillips Academy

November 10, 2015 Government & Politics

Nov. 10, 2015 County Manager Dena Diorio introduced three of her recent hires:  assistants Mark Foster (Financial Services) and Anthony Trotman (Health & Human Services), and Peter Zeiler, director of economic development. Most of the questions went to Diorio and Zeiler. Separately: Terrell ... Continue Reading →

New County Manager discusses budget process, steers clear of issues

May 13, 2014 Government & Politics

Dena Diorio brought a prepared text with her, but apparently few positions she wanted to stake out for herself, when she addressed the Forum today on the county's current budget process. She described her budget "road show" as an investment in listening. And perhaps she got an earful, mostly ... Continue Reading →

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