Published May 13, 2021 at 6:01 PM EDT
Charlotte drivers are feeling the effects of the gas shortage due to a cyberattack on the pipeline that delivers gas to our region, even after the pipeline resumes operation. North Carolina was one of the hardest-hit states in the shortage.
A long City Council meeting showed members lacked consensus over how to move forward on the proposed Charlotte Future 2040 Plan. We’ll hear what council members and the mayor had to say.
It’s budget time. The city and county budgets are in process. We’ll talk about arts funding and hikes in your water and solid waste bills outlined in the city budget. We ll also talk about fireworks at the County Commission meeting as Commissioner Susan Rodriguez- McDowell clashed with County Manager Dena Diorio over a proposal to withhold money from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over long-standing achievement gaps. We’ll go over what happened.
Support and criticism voiced on county’s proposal to withhold $56M from CMS Joe Bruno
Mecklenburg County commissioners have discussed the idea in length, and the public is now weighing in on the most controversial part of the Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
County leaders are considering withholding $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools until the district produces an acceptable plan aimed at improving educational outcomes and college and career readiness.
For more than three hours on Wednesday, members of the public weighed in on the budget. Several of the speakers who addressed commissioners were teachers.
“It is shocking to see the county commission stoop to this level of gaslighting,” teacher Rae LeGrone said. “Anyone claiming that withholding funds from CMS budget as a tool would not affect teachers and students is either lying or completely misunderstands community leadership and classroom interconnection.”
Kannapolis downtown development project earns honor, so does Salisburyâs Cheerwine Festival Council Members Van Rowell and Darrell Jackson, Mayor Darrell Hinnant, Council Member Tom Kincaid, Director of Economic Development Irene Sacks, Assistant City Manager Wilmer Melton, Director of Water Resources Alex Anderson. Back Row: City Manager Mike Legg, Director of General Services Jerome Blakeney, Director of Parks and Recreation Gary Mills, Director of Communications Annette Privette Keller, City Attorney Wally Safrit, Assistant City Manager Eric Davis and Deputy City Manager Eddie Smith. (Source: City of Kannapolis) By David Whisenant | May 13, 2021 at 4:30 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 4:30 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Centralina Regional Council announced the recipients of the Region of Excellence Awards in a virtual ceremony. Presented annually, these awards recognize individuals, communities and organizations for their outstanding achievements in support of Centrali
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CHARLOTTE â Centralina Regional Council announced the recipients of the Region of Excellence Awards in a virtual ceremony Wednesday. Presented annually, these awards recognize individuals, communities and organizations for their outstanding achievements in support of Centralinaâs mission to expand opportunity and improve quality of life in the nine-county, Centralina region which includes Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and Union counties.
âLocal governments nominated an innovative project, program, plan or individual that contributed to significant and positive advancements in the region this past yearâ said Geraldine Gardner, Centralina Regional Council executive director. âThe Region of Excellence Awards provides an excellent forum for county and community leaders to learn from best practices and to network with their peers in the region.â
/ Mecklenburg Commissioner Susan Rodriguez-McDowell said County Manager Dena Diorio s plan to withhold $56 million from CMS made the school system a scapegoat.
Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio and Commissioner Susan Rodriguez-McDowell clashed Tuesday night over Diorio’s proposal to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over long-standing achievement gaps between white and minority students.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Rodriguez-McDowell criticized that proposal, which must be approved by county commissioners as part of the upcoming budget.
“We are not acting as true partners to solve a problem,” Rodriguez-McDowell said. “Instead, we have created a scapegoat. This plan is punitive in nature. No Child Left Behind was a failure, and this idea of tying of funding to outcomes is unbelievably short-sighted when we have a system that is woefully underfunded by our state.”