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History doesn’t make people; People make history

February 1, 2023 Forum & Commentary

Feb. 1, 2023 “Black history is a lifetime. It is not a month. Stop letting other people control the narrative.” – Forum participant Gary Marion Jan. 24, 2023       Perhaps there is no middle way between the stout defenders of Black History Month and Gary Marion's ... Continue Reading →

Ella Scarborough dies

May 24, 2022 Government & Politics, Uncategorized

Ella Scarborough, 1946-2022   Obituaries, recollections and news coverage: The Charlotte Observer WSOC-TV WBTV QCityMetro Tribute Archive obituary Funeral June 1, 1 p.m., Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Details. ... Continue Reading →

General Election 2020

November 3, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Results of the Nov. 3, 2020 general election after the canvass by all 100 N.C. counties on Nov. 17, an audit on Nov. 19 and, on Nov. 24, certification by the N.C. Board of Elections of nearly all of the county canvasses. Three county contests in Hoke, Wake and Wayne Counties, plus one District Court ... Continue Reading →

Primary Election 2020

March 3, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Unofficial results from March 3 primaries, with the focus on Mecklenburg. Complete results as reported by the N.C. Board of Elections are here. Parties: D-Democratic; R-Republican; L-Libertarian; G-Green; C-Constitution. Local offices State offices Federal offices ... Continue Reading →

Candidates in March 3 at-large county commissioners contest

January 21, 2020 Candidates & Ballots

Jan. 21, 2010 The Forum heard this morning from seven of the eight Democrats on the March 3 County Commissioners primary ballot. With three at-large seats to be elected in November, and no Republicans having filed, three Democrats will effectively be chosen in the primary to serve two-year terms. ... Continue Reading →

Primary Election 2018 results (preliminary)

May 8, 2018 Candidates & Ballots

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 10:40 p.m. Percentage of votes as reported May 8 by 10:40 p.m. According to the Board of Elections, these percentages do not count absentee and provisional ballots. Victors may change, particularly in the Senate 39 Democratic primary, where the difference in vote totals stood ... Continue Reading →

Primary Election 2018: Ella Scarborough

March 23, 2018 Elect18Primary

– Page initiated March 20, 2018 Ella Scarborough is a candidate for an at-large County Commissioners seat. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, click on it.   March 20, 2018 ... Continue Reading →

Black women who were ‘firsts’

February 6, 2018 Community & Housing

From left: Vi Lyles, Beverly Earle, Ella Scarborough and Sarah Stevenson. Feb. 6, 2018 A panel of five woman were at Belmont Center this morning as the Forum opened Black History Month with a wide-ranging discussion that focused not so much on celebration of these women's victories and ... Continue Reading →

Open Forum focuses on officer-involved shooting, funding priorities

January 31, 2017 Government & Politics

Jan. 31, 2017 It began as an Open Forum. But Sarah Stevenson had asked Willie Ratchford to bring a police official to discuss a recent officer-involved fatal shooting on Albemarle Road. So Ratchford addressed some of the issues that have already emerged, including the position taken by some young ... Continue Reading →

State, federal and judicial candidates

October 18, 2016 Candidates & Ballots

Oct. 18, 2016 Ten candidates for state, federal and judicial offices on the Nov. 8 ballot got 2 minutes each to make their pitch. But Forum participants' concerns, anxieties and needling questions about presidential candidate Donald Trump dominated the Q&A. Quipped N.C. Treasurer candidate Dan ... Continue Reading →

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