Sales tax increase for transportation OKd All 195 precincts reporting, 11:32 p.m.; Nov. 4, 2025 Release of unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals will occur in real time at the NC Board of Elections website here after polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. This page is used chiefly to add ... Continue Reading →
CMS Board of Education candidates in Districts 2, 4, 5, 6
Preparing people for community leadership
March 26, 2024 Trust. A shared zeal for community service, for servant leadership. Outlooks that "clicked." A willingness to teach and support each other. To work their tails off for each other. James Mitchell has been an elected official off and on in Charlotte for decades. He had an easily ... Continue Reading →
Listening to district voices for CMS Board of Education
Feb. 21, 2023 Four of the six District representatives on the CMS Board of Education participated this morning in a discussion at the Forum. The initial idea was to compare how the promises they made before November's election compared with their actions to date. The quick answer is that very ... Continue Reading →
ELECTION RESULTS 2022
Nov. 8, 2022 The N.C. Board of Elections posts unofficial precinct returns as they are reported. View them here. Below are the unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals for candidates on the Nov. 8 Mecklenburg election ballot, as compiled by the Mecklenburg and N.C. Boards of Elections. Victors are ... Continue Reading →
CMS Elections: Districts 2, 4, 6
Sept. 20, 2022 There was some "throw-the-rascals-out" rhetoric this morning, as challengers made the case that the CMS Board of Education has failed in its chief duty: to ensure the education of all children. Two of the three incumbents running for re-election in Districts 2, 4 and 6 were ... Continue Reading →
Black Political Caucus hears from CMS
Sept. 21, 2021 A virtual meeting of the Black Political Caucus heard tonight from Supt. Earnest Winston and a number of his CMS colleagues. The embedded video below is from Facebook Live from the Zoom virtual meeting. [The Facebook embed did not play in Safari's desktop browser, so this screenshare ... Continue Reading →
Activating a community for joint action with others
April 13, 2021 Two presenters reviewed efforts to activate North Carolina's black voters, and to organize joint action with Latinex and other groups to pursue political reform and improvements in the lives of all North Carolinians. For a Mecklenburg audience, it might have been particularly ... Continue Reading →
CMS Board candidates, part 1
Sept. 17, 2019 In the first of two Forum meetings to hear from CMS school board candidates, seven of the 13 candidates on the Nov. 5 ballot attended. Each brought a host of skills and talents to the table. Most have had multiple contacts with CMS. There seemed to be agreement that newly appointed ... Continue Reading →
School board candidates, Districts 2, 4, 5, 6
Oct. 10, 2017 The Forum heard from eight school board candidates running in four different districts today. In the video below, candidates gave short presentations, beginning at minute 9:52, then fielded questions beginning at minute 28:32. ... Continue Reading →