March 1, 2021 Women have made Charlotte a better place for all to live. During the pandemic year, when the Forum was unable to schedule in-person meetings, these graphics were added each day during March as a way to pay tribute to some who have passed on, and many who continue to serve in ways ... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the winners!
Nov. 5, 2019, 11:24 p.m.; 195 of 195 precincts reporting Charlotte Mayor Vi Liles 77% Charlotte City Council At-large Julie Eiselt 24% Braxton Winston 22% James Mitchell 22% Dimple Ajmera 20% Charlotte City Council Districts 1. Larken Egleston 98% 2. Malcolm Graham 85% 3. ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte mayor candidates
Oct. 22, 2019 It was a rainy morning, but Vi Lyles showed up. And so the incumbent mayor Charlotte made full use of the morning's Forum to explain her goals for a second term, and to comment on a number of things she's learned in her first term. Lyles faces Republican perennial candidate David ... Continue Reading →
City Primary 2019
Sept. 10, 2019; last updated 11:57 p.m., 100% of precincts reporting Full vote results are here Mayor, City of Charlotte, Democratic Primary Roderick Davis 4.24% Vi Lyles 86.62% Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel 1.33% Joel Odom 3.64% Lucille Puckett 4.16% Charlotte City Council ... Continue Reading →
Election 2019: Vi Lyles
Page initiated Aug. 6, 2019 Vi Lyles is a candidate for re-election as Charlotte Mayor. To start videos, click on them. Aug. 6, 2019 ... Continue Reading →
Mayoral candidates in Sept. 10 Democratic Party primary
Aug. 6, 2019 The Forum heard this morning from four of the five Democrats involved in a Sept. 10 primary for Charlotte Mayor. The four are incumbent Vi Lyles, Joel Odom, Tigress McDaniel and Lucillle Puckett. Roderick Davis did not attend. In the video below, three of the initial presentations ... Continue Reading →
Debriefing on release of video of Danquirs Franklin police shooting
April 16, 2019 Police body cam video from the latest fatal police shooting was released Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning, Mayor Vi Lyles, City Manager Marcus Jones and Police Chief Kerr Putney sat at the front of a packed Forum assembly to answer questions. Most of the questions dealt, one way ... 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 →
Black women who were ‘firsts’
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 →
Post-election comments from 3 candidates
Nov. 14, 2017 Three candidates in the Nov. 7 election made comments at the Forum this morning. Vi Lyles was elected mayor. Larken Egleston was elected to the City Council District 1 seat. Blanche Penn was defeated in a bid for the CMS Board of Education from District 3. Below are their ... Continue Reading →