Sept. 12, 2023 Vote tabulations as published Election Night by the State Board of Elections, with 100% of precincts reporting, but provisional ballots still to be added. Turnout was just under 5%. State maps show two precincts in a tie. The tie was zero votes in Precinct 200 (along Catawba ... Continue Reading →
District 4, 5 City Council primaries
Sept. 5, 2023 Big rigs parking on neighborhood streets. Sidewalks. Affordable housing. Living wage. The Eastland redevelopment. The city's motel buyout near Hidden Valley. And more. Voters in City Council districts 4 and 5 each have three candidates to consider before the Sept. 12 primary. In ... Continue Reading →
District 3 candidates in Sept. 12 Democratic primary
Aug. 29, 2023 A self-described "disruptor," Tiawana Brown. A City Hall veteran with "experience" seeking to reclaim the District 3 Council seat after a 12-year absence, Warren Turner. Voters have lots of issues to weigh in this contest, which also includes Melinda Lilly, who did not attend the ... Continue Reading →
Summary of voting rules applying to 2023 Primary Election
Aug. 23, 2023 Robert Dawkins is political director of Action NC. ... Continue Reading →
Economic development dominates District 2 primary discussion
Aug. 22, 2023 New housing that will gentrify the Beatties Ford Road corridor and imperil lower-income residents. Decades-old commercial lots big enough for a new building but not big enough to provide the parking that city ordinances now require. The infusion of city money into Eastland ... Continue Reading →
Candidates seek to hold staff – and themselves – accountable
Aug. 15, 2023 Charlotte’s estimated population topped 917,000 last March, and some of the 11 members of City Council appear to be struggling to stay in touch with so many constituents, with the heaviest burden falling on at-large council members. That theme of isolation of the elected from the ... Continue Reading →
Lyles, Yates spar over city’s role in adjusting to growth
Aug. 8, 2023 A session scheduled for primary contenders for Charlotte Mayor on the Sept. 12 ballot turned into a different discussion involving incumbent Mayor Vi Lyles and Libertarian candidate Rob Yates, who does not face a primary but will be on the November ballot. It was announced that ... Continue Reading →
New Urban League CEO signals ambitious agenda
Aug. 1, 2023 Robyn Lake Hamilton is sorting out a new course for the Charlotte-based Central Carolinas affiliate of the National Urban League. Some might see her vision as an overly ambitious one to be tackled by a $2.6 million organization with a staff of seven. “We’re trying to boil the ... Continue Reading →
Fullwood announces Black Philanthropy Month
Aug. 3, 2023 During the Aug.1 Forum announcements, Valaida stood to announce Black Philanthropy Month. On Thursday, Fullwood sent in the material below. Attention All Black-founded, Black-led and Black-benefitting Nonprofits Serving Charlotte-Mecklenburg Communities Register on the Give 8/28 ... Continue Reading →
Pottstown: Walking minefields of history, organizing for the future
July 25, 2023 Except maybe for Cherry near Charlotte's Myers Park, Mecklenburg's legacy African-American communities have mostly been isolated, separate. Not equal, but surely separate. Out of sight. Initially, and determinedly, outside municipal boundaries and until rather recently beyond the ... Continue Reading →
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