Jan. 21, 2010 The Forum heard this morning from seven of the eight Democrats on the March 3 County Commissioners primary ballot. With three at-large seats to be elected in November, and no Republicans having filed, three Democrats will effectively be chosen in the primary to serve two-year terms. ... Continue Reading →
Trevor Fuller at the Forum
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Legislative primaries: Volume One
Jan. 14, 2020 Forum invitations had gone out to people involved in contested races on the March 3 primary ballot to appear this morning. Then the legislative leadership called the incumbents back for votes this morning, so all the incumbents drove over to Raleigh. For this reason or any number ... Continue Reading →
Bobbie Shields contact information
Jan. 14, 2020 Bobbie Shields asked that his website be listed on the Forum website. That site is here. ... Continue Reading →
Challenge to Bonapart’s Senate 39 candidacy upheld locally
Jan. 8, 2020 Darrell Bonapart told the Charlotte Observer Tuesday he would appeal to the State Board of Elections a decision by the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections to uphold challenge to his candidacy in Senate District 39 primary on March 3. The challenge contested Bonapart’s claim of ... Continue Reading →
Creating a nonprofit organization, and then funding it
Jan. 7, 2020 Some of the first-time visitors to the Forum this morning were nonprofit wannabes: folks armed an idea who were looking for information on how to navigate the rules, the regulations and, perhaps most important, the financial uncertainties that go with operating as a nonprofit ... Continue Reading →
A time for fellowship and games
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Broadening Charlotte’s vision of how it plans for the future
Dec. 3, 2019 What seemed to be on Taiwo Jaiyeoba's mind was explaining how planners and government officials could wrap together all plans for property and development and roads and rails and buses and water/sewer and schools so that overall community needs could be met. What seemed to be on many ... Continue Reading →
Census 2020, and pitching homeownership as key to economic power
Nov. 19, 2019 One man works from within to promote participation in the 2020 Census. The other man works from the outside to promote – participation in the 2020 Census. It was one of those conversations where two people are not sniping at each another but jointly targeting resident apathy and ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum explores ambulance charges, westside equity issues
Nov. 12, 2019 Tera Long led a discussion of how MEDIC has proposed garnisheeing wages to ensure payment of emergency services and transport – when the better course may be to ensure emergency health care access to all by boosting the county subsidy for emergency services. Winston Robinson led a ... Continue Reading →
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