Oct. 23, 2012 Five candidates spoke at this morning's Forum. This page is focused on the three candidates present who are running for Congress. All candidates for the 9th and 12th Districts were invited to attend. 12th District: Mel Watt and Jack Brosch 9th District: ... Continue Reading →
Hanks addresses questions about postings on web forum
Oct. 23, 2012 Soil & Water Supervisor candidate Doug Hanks addressed questions about reported 2005 postings on a white supremacist web forum. ... Continue Reading →
On housing, low-wealth neighborhoods and CMS
Oct. 23, 2012 CMS school board member Richard McElrath discussed housing, low-wealth neighborhoods and the difficulties CMS faces educating all children. ... Continue Reading →
District Court judges: The ultimate down-ballot contests
Oct. 16, 2012 Few contested elections in this democracy are as important or as overlooked as the ones by which many lawyers are first elected to the District Courts of North Carolina. And in what was said and in the body language on display at the Forum this morning as eight such candidates ... Continue Reading →
The Judge Charlotte Brown-Williams-Tracy Hanna Hewett contest
Oct. 16, 2012 Twelve lawyers are running for six contested District Court seats in the November election. This page is devoted to material on the contest between Judge Charlotte Brown-Williams and Tracy Hanna Hewett. Judge Brown-Williams appeared on Oct. 16, Ms. Hewett on Oct. 23. Because they ... Continue Reading →
The Judge Jena Culler-Grant Smithson contest
Oct. 16, 2012 Twelve lawyers are running for six contested District Court seats in the November election. This page is devoted to material on the contest between Judge Jena Culler and Grant Smithson. Culler appeared today at the Forum. Smithson appeared on Oct. 9. Below, as they are available, ... Continue Reading →
The Judge Ty Hands-Jeff Thompson contest
Oct. 16, 2012 Twelve lawyers are running for six contested District Court seats in the November election. This page is devoted to material on the contest between Judge Ty Hands and Jeff Thompson. Judge Hands appeared today at the Forum. Thompson did not. Below, as they are available, will be ... Continue Reading →
The David Strickland-Kary Church Watson contest
Oct. 16, 2012 Twelve lawyers are running for six contested District Court seats in the November election. This page is devoted to material on the contest between David Strickland and Kary Church Watson for the seat being vacated by Judge John Totten, who polled 13.7% of the vote in a May ... Continue Reading →
The Judge Donnie Hoover-Alyson G. Traw contest
Oct. 16, 2012 Twelve lawyers are running for six contested District Court seats in the November election. This page is devoted to material on the contest between Judge Donnie Hoover and Alyson G. Traw, a lawyer for the Charlotte Housing Authority. Both Hoover and Traw appeared today at the ... Continue Reading →
The Gary Henderson-Roy H. Wiggins contest
Oct. 16, 2012 Twelve lawyers are running for six contested District Court seats in the November election. This page is devoted to material on the contest between Gary Henderson and Roy Wiggins for the seat being vacated by retiring Judge Thomas F. Moore. Wiggins appeared today at the Forum; ... Continue Reading →