Amelia Stinson-Wesley was among the candidates in the May primaries who spoke today at the Forum. Stinson-Wesley is among the candidates in a May 3 special election that will fill the unexpired term in the N.C. Senate that was created by the resignation of Dan Clodfelter to become Charlotte's ... Continue Reading →
May 6 primary: Vince Coakley
Vince Coakley was among the candidates in the May primaries who spoke today at the Forum. Coakley is in the May 6 Republican primary for the Congress District 12 seat vacated by Mel Watt. The video material below includes excerpts from the Q&A session with the candidates. Only those ... Continue Reading →
C.W. Williams Community Health Center and the Affordable Care Act
Tuesday's presentation about the Affordable Care Act was long long long. It was a good primer in what's been involved in the first round of signing up uninsured Americans for health coverage under the 2010 law. It also came a day after a Charlotte Observer story laid out the leadership changes ... Continue Reading →
Primary candidates for 12th District Congress
It was the morning after Charlotte City Council named Dan Clodfelter to become Charlotte's next mayor. Indeed, Clodfelter was present at the Forum and offered a short comment about his need for support as he moves Charlotte past the resignation of Patrick Cannon after an FBI sting ensnared Cannon in ... Continue Reading →
Clodfelter: ‘Help me out here’
Dan Clodfelter, who was named Monday night by City Council to be the next Mayor of Charlotte, was at the Forum this morning and made the comments above. He was to resign his N.C. Senate seat today, and be sworn in Wednesday to succeed Patrick Cannon, who resigned after he faced public corruption ... Continue Reading →
Carolina Impact on GrandFamilies
Sylvia Grier was among the people interviewed in a WTVI Carolina Impact feature about grandparents and great-grandparents raising children. The YouTube version of the March 27 broadcast is below. ... Continue Reading →
May 6 Primary: Irwin Carmichael
The Forum heard from two candidates this morning. Below is video from the initial and concluding comments as well as Q&A with Irwin Carmichael, candidate in the Democratic Party primary on May 6 for election as Sheriff of Mecklenburg County. ... Continue Reading →
May 6 Primary: Vilma Leake
The Forum heard from two candidates this morning. Below is video from the initial and concluding comments as well as Q&A with Vilma Leake, the incumbent District 2 member of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, and a candidate for re-election on May 6. ... Continue Reading →
Vi Alexander Lyles on Gentrification
At today's Forum, a member of the audience asserted that African-Americans were losing their communities, that governments spent money in black neighborhoods only after whites started to move in, and that neighborhoods where poor blacks continued to live were in worse shape than 50 years ... Continue Reading →
Forum session unearths disappointments with both charters, districts
In a packed house with more than a dozen elected officials or candidates present, Tuesday's session on public education in Mecklenburg unearthed deep disappointment over how all public schools in Mecklenburg are not meeting the N.C. constitutional mandate to afford every child a sound basic ... Continue Reading →
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