Oct. 22, 2013 A number of candidates for at-large and district seats on the Charlotte City Council addressed the Forum today. A different group of candidates participated Oct. 15. Participating were Claire Fallon, at-large; Al Austin, District 2; Greg Phipps, District 4; and Michael Zytkow, ... Continue Reading →
City Council candidates
A number of candidates for at-large and district seats on the Charlotte City Council addressed the Forum today. Others will follow next week. Introductory comments: Al Austin, Vi Lyles, Mark Frietch, Dennis Peterson Introductory comments: Michael Barnes, David Howard, Ken ... Continue Reading →
MeckEd names Sarah Stevenson its 2013 Education Champion
Observer coverage is here. ... Continue Reading →
Henry Rock: Background
Henry Rock says he arrived in Charlotte last summer. Before leaving New York City after a career spanning television, real estate and then print, outdoor and radio advertising sales and marketing, Rock says he started a nonprofit to encourage African American males to prepare themselves for ... Continue Reading →
Minority inclusion: 3 perspectives
Yana Symone Smith, left, serves as vice president for Teach for America in Charlotte. Her message of how the organization is changing to better train and retain its young mentees for longer and more effective service in the classroom was laced with straight talk about reforming an internal culture ... Continue Reading →
Carney: Public opinion drives public policy
Primary election leaders
Democratic mayoral candidates
Sept. 3, 2013 The Observer's Jim Morrill covered the event. His website story was headlined "Differences emerge in Charlotte mayoral forum." A picture of the story from the Observer, headlined "Mayoral hopefuls' differences show," is below the videos on this page. Introductory ... Continue Reading →
Pitching a big-tent party
With Democratic legislators in the audience, two of the Republican candidates on Charlotte's election ballot made their case that Raleigh Republians had gone too far in their attempts to remake North Carolina. And Peacock, a former two-term City Council member, lit into the current council for the ... Continue Reading →
President speaks on reaction to Trayvon Martin case
July 19, 2013 President Obama this afternoon spoke in front of reporters at the White House about the Trayvon Martin verdict. He spoke about how, 35 years ago, Trayvon Martin might have been him. He spoke to non-African Americans about what all African-Americans know about double standards in ... Continue Reading →
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