Council member Ed Driggs apologizes at Monday s council meeting.
City council member Ed Driggs apologized Monday night for remarks he made at a county Republican meeting last week that were critical of the city s 2040 Comprehensive Plan and people involved with it.
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Axios Charlotte reported Monday that Driggs called the 2040 Plan an attempt at a socialist takeover of Charlotte. And he said he and the council s other Republican, Tariq Bokhari, had been able to stall the plan’s progress because “smart people can outmaneuver dumb people.”
Driggs admitted he said those things but said it was out of frustration.
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Charlotte defies public records law as emails remain hidden for years
Charlotte records requests take years By David Hodges | April 13, 2021 at 5:38 PM EDT - Updated April 13 at 6:54 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Hundreds of records requests submitted to the City of Charlotte remain unfulfilled, a WBTV analysis shows.
The requests, some of which date back more than two years, sought information regarding some of the most impactful moments in the Queen City since 2019. Every day that city officials continue to withhold the records marks another day where the public is denied access that the city is required to provide by law.