Nov. 14, 2022 Three people who work with the labyrinth of health insurance coverage rules offered lots of information this morning. The session was timely: Medicare’s open enrollment period closes in a few weeks, and a similar Affordable Care Act deadline looms in January. But if you come away ... Continue Reading →
Election 2023
195 of 195 precincts reporting; Nov. 7, 2023 Release of Mecklenburg vote totals will occur in real time at the NC Board of Elections website here after polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. This page will not report write-ins. It is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on ... Continue Reading →
U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson
Oct. 31, 2023 First-term Congressman Jeff Jackson announced he would run next year for N.C. Attorney General. The new 14th Congressional District, in his view, has been redrawn out from under him by the N.C. General Assembly. No one in the audience this morning questioned his assessment. In his ... Continue Reading →
The Males Place
Oct. 31, 2023 The nonprofits that are continuing to do good after 30 years are relatively rare. The Males Place is in its 30th year, and is continuing its chosen mission of focusing resources, knowledge and huge quantities of adult love and guidance on preparing teenaged boys to develop into ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum
Oct. 24, 2023 It was a small crowd that attended or listened to this morning's Forum. But a wide variety of issues were aired. If there was news made, it might have been that a last-minute inform-the-voters effort is under way to shore up support for the school bonds. The District 6 City Council ... Continue Reading →
District 3 Council candidate Tiawana Brown
Oct. 17, 2023 In a presentation and discussion this morning, District 3 City Council Democratic candidate Tiawana Brown said, emphatically and many times, that as a member of Council she would “speak my truth.” First-time elected officials are routinely given wide berth to learn on the job. As ... Continue Reading →
School bond advocates encounter pushback
Oct. 10, 2023 Just over 30 days from when Mecklenburg voters weigh in on a $2.5 billion bond proposal for CMS school construction and renovation, Forum participants today peppered representatives from the Vote Yes for Bonds group and from CMS with questions: Why is new construction sold as a ... Continue Reading →
Week Two: CMS At-Large candidates
Sept. 26, 2023 Fourteen people are on the Nov. 7 ballot for three at-large seats on the Mecklenburg Board of Education. The Forum split the group, with six of the first seven heard Sept. 19, and six of the other seven heard this morning. In the second group,Tigress McDaniel did not attend this ... Continue Reading →
Sarah Belle Mingo Stevenson, 1925-2023
Page initiated Sept. 26, 2023 Sarah Belle Mingo Stevenson was born Oct. 26, 1925. She died Sept. 26, 2023. A Charlotte Observer remembrance is here. Other media reports included those from WFAE, the Charlotte Post, WSOC-TV, WCNC-TV, WBTV, Queen City News and QCityMetro, More on Stevenson’s life ... Continue Reading →
Week One: CMS At-Large candidates
Sept. 19, 2023 CMS Board at-large candidates Juanrique Hall, Claire Covington, Bill Fountain, Shamiye Haynes and Annette Albright addressed questions at the Forum this morning. Peggy Capehart and Omar Harris did not attend. More candidates have been invited for Sept. 26. The contents of this ... Continue Reading →
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