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 →
District commissioner candidates
Oct. 9, 2012 Four commissioner candidates addressed the Forum this morning. All four nface Republicans in the November election, but none of the Republicans were present. The video below includes only the opening comments. ... Continue Reading →
Candidates for county commissioner, N.C. Senate address Forum
Oct. 2, 2012 Pat Cotham, commissioners at large James Peterson, commissioners at large Blanche Penn for Kim Ratliff, commissioners at large Concluding remarks ... Continue Reading →
Joyce Waddell on CMS Supt. Heath Morrison’s town halls
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Richard McElrath on changes under way in CMS
Oct. 2, 2012 CMS Board of Education District 2 member Richard McElrath made these comments to the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum on Oct. 2, 2012 about staff changes already under way under new Supt. Heath Morrison. ... Continue Reading →
Candidates for N.C. House, Senate address Forum
Sept. 25, 2012 Candidates for N.C. House seats addressed the Forum Tuesday. Senate candidate Dan Clodfelter was unable to attend the Sept. 18 session, so joined them today. While it is Forum policy to invite all candidates on the ballot, all of those who attended are Democrats, and none were ... Continue Reading →
Sen. Charlie Dannelly: An Appreciation
Sept. 25, 2012 N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelter offered this appreciation of N.C. Sen. Charlie Dannelly, who will retire after the November election. ... Continue Reading →
Title I briefing
Sept. 25, 2012 Two CMS staffers offered a briefing Tuesday on the federal Title I program and how Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools uses the funds to offer educational services to the targeted low-income children. Below are three videos. The first is an introductory presentation by Yvette Smith, CMS ... Continue Reading →
3 candidates for N.C. Senate discuss issues facing state government
Sept. 18, 2012 Three of the eight candidates on the Mecklenburg ballot for N.C. Senate seats addressed the Forum today. Malcolm Graham, left, faces Earl Lyndon Philip in District 40. Jeff Tarte, center, is unopposed in District 41. Joel Ford, right, faces Richard Rivette in District 38. In ... Continue Reading →