Charlotte NC has a Dem mayor for the 1st time in 22 years

Christa

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Wed Nov-04-09 07:49 AM
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Charlotte NC has a Dem mayor for the 1st time in 22 years

Last night Anthony Foxx won our mayoral election, first time in 22 years we have a Democratic mayor. To me it's good news. Not only is he a Dem, but he is a black man who beat the white Republican with 3,000 votes.

We went to vote and were met with three people from the Republican party - they asked if they could help us and wanted to give us something about the Republican contender. They almost fell over their own feet to back away from us when we told them we will be voting Dem :evilgrin:

It was such a good feeling :evilgrin:

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/21515303/detail.html

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mmonk

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Wed Nov-04-09 08:34 AM
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1. Good work Queen City.

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CurtEastPoint

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Wed Nov-04-09 08:49 AM
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2. My home town... does me good! n/t

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mmonk

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Wed Nov-04-09 09:30 AM
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5. Congratulations.

I'm from Raleigh. I'll put aside the city rivalry for the time being.:)

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watrwefitinfor

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Wed Nov-04-09 09:12 AM
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3. Thank you for posting in GP, Christa.

Nice story, too. I lived in Charlotte when Harvey was mayor. Couldn't believe how it has gone since then.

Wat

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OffWithTheirHeads

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Wed Nov-04-09 09:14 AM
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4. That's amazing! I spent the year 1980 in Charlotte and

at that time I still saw ads in the Observer "Apartment for rent, whites only" and when I registered to vote, one of the questions I had to answer was if I believed in Jesus Christ as my personal lord and savior. I lied.

Sounds like Charlotte has come a long way baby!

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Seen the light

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Wed Nov-04-09 09:37 AM
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6. Hell yes! Go Foxx!

Anthony Foxx is a rare honest politician and I can't wait to see how well he does in Charlotte.

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supernova

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Wed Nov-04-09 09:41 AM
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7. Congrats! Now if we could get Pat McCrory to STFU

Yay! Charlotte. I lived there bfetween 1991 - 1996.

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