Nov. 21, 2017 Carlenia Ivory was appointed last summer to finish Al Austin's District 2 City Council term after he left for a state job in Raleigh. She will finish her service when Justin Harlow is sworn in Dec. 4 along with others elected Nov. 7. She told the Forum this morning about what she has ... Continue Reading →
A millennial calls the question on Nov. 7 election
Nov. 14, 2017 Winston Robinson spent the election season working for candidates. His Facebook feed shows a determined effort to get his millennial peers out to vote in the municipal election. So on Tuesday, his question was timely: How do we get you newly elected officials to do something to ... Continue Reading →
Post-election comments from 3 candidates
Nov. 14, 2017 Three candidates in the Nov. 7 election made comments at the Forum this morning. Vi Lyles was elected mayor. Larken Egleston was elected to the City Council District 1 seat. Blanche Penn was defeated in a bid for the CMS Board of Education from District 3. Below are their ... Continue Reading →
City investing in rebuilding lives, preparing adults for work
Nov. 14, 2017 Kevin Dick offered a description of how a city program mandated by City Council is helping adults with barriers to employment find the support and retraining for life that will lead to longterm employment. The four handouts explaining the program are below, or can be downloaded is ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte city, school board races, bonds
Nov. 7, 2017, 11:03 p.m. Unofficial results from Board of Elections, with all 195 precincts reporting: Charlotte Mayor √ Vi Lyles 59.07% Kenny Smith 40.82% City Council At-Large √ Dimple Ajmera 14.57% Parker Cains 10.41% Steven DiFiore II 5.08% √ Julie Eiselt 17.28% √ James ... Continue Reading →
Lyles: Transportation funding decisions will shape city’s future
Oct. 31, 2017 Opponent Kenny Smith left his chair at the presenters' table empty. Many voters left theirs in the audience empty as well. Early voting is picking up from its initial snail's pace, but with indictments in Washington and foreign conflicts and natural disasters and the threat of nuclear ... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday, Sarah Stevenson!
Oct. 24, 2017 Click on the video to start it. ... Continue Reading →
City Council District candidates
Oct. 24, 2017 City Council candidates made their last appearance before the Forum this morning. Invited were all City Council candidates in contested races, plus District 5 Democrat Matt Newton, who emerged from an Oct. 10 primary runoff and does not face opposition, but who has not addressed the ... Continue Reading →
Brightwalk apartment block opens, named for Sarah Stevenson
Oct. 18, 2017 Out of the rubble, broken dreams and stunted futures of the Double Oaks Apartments project are rising market-rate and subsidized apartments and homes. More than 100 people gathered this morning to officially open an apartment block in the new Brightwalk neighborhood that has been ... Continue Reading →
Election 2017: Parker Cains
– Page initiated Oct. 17, 2017 Parker Cains is a Republican candidate for Charlotte City Council At-Large. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2017 election cycle. To start a video, click on it. Oct. 17, 2017 ... Continue Reading →
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