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Anthony Foxx walked into Cotswold Elementary School recently to have lunch with his daughter, and students started applauding for him. "It reminded me of the importance of the office I'm assuming, but it told me something else," said Foxx, a Democrat...
Tags: Chereka Foxx, Anthony Foxx, Charlotte Observer, public schools, Charlotte, Education, Charlotte North Carolina, Pat McCrory, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Council members a week ago gave City Manager Curt Walton a $16,000 bonus, the same amount he received a year ago. Walton had earlier this year stopped all raises and merit-based bonuses for city employees due to the recession...Democrat Michael Barnes...
Tags: City Manager Curt Walton, Warren Cooksey, City Attorney Mac McCarley, Michael Barnes, council member, N.C. General Assembly, city employees, Mayor Pat McCrory, Charlotte City Council, collective bargaining, Charlotte, Business Finance, Pat McCrory, Charlotte North Carolina, Politics
Charlotte City Manager Curt Walton announced Flowers' selection at a news conference this morning. Flowers was appointed executive officer of operations administration for the Los Angeles County system in 2003. She's been responsible for administrative...
Tags: Carolyn Flowers, Los Angeles County, transit director, San Antonio, Charlotte North Carolina, Pat McCrory, Charlotte Area Transit System, Charlotte metropolitan area, Mecklenburg County North Carolina, Transportation in Charlotte North Carolina, Business Finance
With nearly 2.6 million ballots already cast, the candidates at the top of North Carolina's ticket - competing in races that most see as too close to call - traveled across the state Monday in search of voters still making up their minds on the eve of...
Tags: republican, democrat, voters, Barack Obama, obama, Eastern North Carolina, Bev Perdue, Beverly Perdue, Kay Hagan, Pat McCrory
Take the voting machine in Guilford County precinct G70 — that’s Washington Elementary School — that was knocked over in 2006. Results from the precinct couldn’t be reported until election officials could figure out how to retrieve the data. Power outages,...
Tags: Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan, Sen. Dole, Charlotte, North Carolina, Pat McCrory
Democrat Beverly Perdue spent Friday talking to those undecided on their choice for governor at early-voting locations, benefiting from a money advantage over Republican Pat McCrory in the campaign's final days. With $1.6 million pouring in to her campaign...
Tags: Bev Perdue, Beverly Perdue, Pat McCrory
The Charlotte man has a large collection of campaign paraphernalia, including a "Bush-Burr" button that mistakenly referred to U.S...He ordered two, then called the company to inform them of the mistake, thus ensuring he had a rare item...He had vice...
Tags: Bev Perdue, Pat McCrory, Beverly Perdue, illegal immigration, Charlotte Rotary
Beverly Perdue has a very narrow lead in the governor's race, according to the latest poll results from Public Policy Polling. The firm surveyed 1,038 voters on Oct. 25-26, and found that 47 percent preferred Perdue, the Democratic nominee, while 44 percent...
Tags: Beverly Perdue, Bev Perdue, North Carolina, Pat McCrory, Fayetteville Observer, republican pat
Pat McCrory says state employees should be barred from making contributions to state candidates. Charlotte's mayor and Republican candidate for governor unveiled the idea Thursday as part of his "Open Government Plan" that he intends to carry out if elected.
Tags: Pat McCrory, government reform, mccrory unveils, reform plan
North Carolina's three candidates for governor battled Wednesday night in the campaign's final debate, with Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory trying to jab each other on crime prevention and education on the eve of early voting. Standing alongside Libertarian...
Tags: Pat McCrory, Mike Munger, final debate, North Carolina