Dec. 12, 2017 A team of CMS staff members gathered Tuesday at the Forum to make a pitch for partnerships with individuals, business and faith groups. The goal: Help give public school students what they need to thrive in the world. The pitch was for people with time, and for funding. For those ... Continue Reading →
New DA to unify prosecutions of high-impact crimes
Dec. 5, 2017 Spencer Merriweather used his first visit as Mecklenburg District Attorney to announce two new prosecution teams. He said the initiatives would be launched without additional resources. A violent crimes team will "handle robberies, felony assaults and felony shooting cases. These ... Continue Reading →
Donate to the Toys for Tots campaign
Nov. 29, 2017 Natheley McElrath, left, and Ben Felton delivered the first of the Forum Toys for Tots donations to the Red Cross today. If you would like to donate a new toy, bring it unwrapped to the Forum and Natheley and Ben will make the delivery for you. And if you would like donate funds to ... Continue Reading →
Dawkins: Cut homicides by helping people resolve conflicts peacefully
Nov. 21, 2017 Today's Forum opened with with longtime Charlotte and North Carolina organizer Robert Dawkins outlining improvements to the law and administrative rules governing Charlotte's police review board. Then he launched into background on Charlotte's growing-but-not-as-bad-as-it-used-to-be ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum collects suggestions for future Forums
Nov. 21, 2017 Most of the Forum this morning was devoted to hearing from attendees about topics for future Forums. Near the end of the session, Carlenia Ivory spoke about what she had learned during her months as an appointed member of Charlotte City Council. That discussion is here. The Forum ... Continue Reading →
Listen. Listen. Act.
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 →
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