March 10, 2015 Mary McCray is chair of the CMS Board of Education. In her presentation to the Forum, she talked about a budget preparation period this spring in which the board will have to pare programs down to the funds available – which will leave even current undertakings either cut back or ... Continue Reading →
On the LGBT vote, and allegations of price gouging during CIAA
March 3, 2015 City Council District 3 member LaWana Mayfield and at-large Council member David Howard offered the following impromptu explanation this morning of last night's City Council vote to reject a proposed LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance. They also offered comments about allegations of ... Continue Reading →
Ken Koontz on historic moments in city, and in people’s lives
March 3, 2015 Ken Koontz has been a chronicler of Charlotte's community life for 45 years. On Tuesday, he offered some characteristically candid words about that history. He offered young people sharp words on how not to make some of the mistakes their elders made. And he briefly touched on his ... Continue Reading →
Chamber President Bob Morgan
Feb. 24, 2015 Bob Morgan went to school in Charlotte. His calling of place names and schoolhouse names and the legendary educators who helped shaped him drew smiles from the smallish Forum audience that braved Tuesday's light snow to hear the president of the Charlotte Chamber. He spoke, in a ... Continue Reading →
Update on West Charlotte Rec Center renovation
Feb. 24, 2015 The West Charlotte Recreation Center will be closing soon for a thorough renovation. The Forum will relocate to Ivory/Baker Recreation Center off Oaklawn Avenue at 1920 Stroud Park Court. Tari Cottman, facility manager of the West Charlotte center, offered an update today of the ... Continue Reading →
Truancy at West Charlotte High School
Feb. 10, 2015 Three adults who work at West Charlotte High School but aren't even CMS employees made a pitch for help from the community Tuesday. Their goal: Keep West Charlotte students in their seats in classrooms. George Metz Jr., Tamara Hundley and Dr. Daisy Walker appealed for the kind of ... Continue Reading →
NAACP’s Corine Mack
Feb. 3, 2015 Corine Mack said her mother was a fighter. By the end of a Forum visit, it was clear that Corine Mack is also. Mack said she ran for the NAACP chapter presidency not because she wanted to be in Raleigh, but because she wanted to make change in Charlotte. Her agenda was broad. And ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte’s City Manager Ron Carlee
Jan. 27, 2015 Ron Carlee, Charlotte's city manager, talked about the issues facing the city and the reasons why he went into city administration. The presentation came after a Monday evening meeting during which Charlotte City Council approved a proposal to immediately purchase enough body cameras ... Continue Reading →
‘Highlighting African-American Achievers’ to be Feb. 19-21
Jan. 20, 2015 Blanche Penn announced that the 2015 edition of "Highlighting African-American Achievers" would be Feb. 19-21 at Wallace Pruitt Recreation Center. The annual event on a shoestring budget attempts to give schoolchildren a glimpse of moments in African-American history, and the many ... Continue Reading →
Lawyer offers tips on handling encounters with the police
Jan. 20, 2015 Charles Everage has won big legal cases against the police. He's defended the police. The Montgomery native with a Charlotte practice spoke Tuesday at the Forum, and had some unambiguous advice for people young and old who find themselves in an encounter with the police. Excerpts are ... Continue Reading →
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