David Howard

And the Charlotte mayor’s race gets much more interesting

David Howard will endorse Dan Clodfelder on Monday.

Speaking of the election…

The Charlotte Observer has an interest post-election analysis with some interesting quotes: • “I was running against six people, and the former mayor was one of them for sure.” —…

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Charlotte primary results (yawn)

Well waiting for results to come in last night is a couple hours of my life that I will never get back. And I say that because absolutely nothing changed…

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Charlotte mayor’s race poll results

Per the Charlotte Observer: Democrat: Jennifer Roberts 39% Dan Clodfelter 21% Michael Barnes 14% David Howard 9% Other 2% Undecided 15% Republican: Edwin Peacock 44% Scott Stone 26% Undecided 30%…

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Charlotte mayor’s race fundraising

From the UPoR: ? Democrat Jennifer Roberts relied on a wide network from earlier campaigns for county commissioner and Congress. With a long head-start on her rivals, she raised more…

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Cherry gentrification

Ely Portillo of The Charlotte Observer had an very interesting story out over the weekend on the gentrification of the Cherry neighborhood, which features an interesting dynamic: Opposing residents have…

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All about transparency

So the city of Charlotte has new ethics rules for elected officials, which do not extend to including registration of those lobbying city government. Some quotes, all via the Charlotte…

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David Howard speaks

On the taxi cab at the airport issue. From the UPoR: At-large council member David Howard questioned whether the city should revisit the issue “because of newspaper articles.” “(The cab…

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Patrick Cannon to run for mayor

So reports the Charlotte Observer. Currently still on the fence are David Howard, Dan Clodfelter, and Becky Carney. Interesting to see if Cannon’s announcement — and make no mistake, Cannon…

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CRVA to lie less about economic impact

That really is the take away point from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority’s decision to revamp how it tracks the (alleged) economic impact of conventions that come to town. The…

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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio

Voters in 11 North Carolina counties will decide Nov. 2 whether they?re willing to let county commissioners raise their local sales-tax rates by 0.25 cents. John Locke Foundation researchers have…

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North Carolina?s recovered Bill of Rights

If you?re fascinated by the story of North Carolina?s recovery of its stolen Bill of Rights, you might enjoy the new book Lost Rights by David Howard. Howard discussed his…