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Ballantyne, NC – Who is getting the large salaries in Charlotte? This Monday night is ‘dinner meeting night’ for the city council. A few of the topics are: Gang Of One, Hall Of Fame and a closed session on economic development. The breakfast meeting on December 10th opened with items being discussed by [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Where will affordable housing be built? The November 19th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming city ‘dinner’ meeting agenda. Larry Huelsman, Tim Newman and others from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority(C.R.V.A.) will be presenting to the city council this coming Monday night. The city is expecting a [...]
Ballantyne, NC – What surprises occurred in this weeks election? The election was the subject of the November 5th breakfast meeting. Councilman Warren Cooksey was happy to help with Representative Bill Brawley’s campaign on election day. One polling judge was upset with the layout of the ‘Meck G.O.P’ voter guide. Michael Dickerson is [...]
Ballantyne, NC – The first Monday of the month is traditionally the ‘workshop’ mode for the city council. The breakfast meeting on October 29th opened with talk of the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee meeting this next Monday. ‘Workshop’ meetings are a ‘preview’ of the topics soon coming to the board. The University [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Can The Charlotte Chamber Help The City Grow? The public policy breakfast meeting on October 22nd, 2010 was opened by talk of the most recent chamber planning retreat. The Charlotte City Council is scheduled to be at the League of Municipalities Conference in Winston-Salem, October 23rd – October 26th. [...] By Aimee Burns Local Editorial Contributor
Have you ever walked, run or ridden you’re bike along the Greenway? Now that the Four Mile Creek Greenway connects to the McMullen and Lower McAlpine Greenway everyone wants to include an outdoor activity as part of a healthy lifestyle…and they should! It’s exhilarating, healthy, [...] Ballantyne, NC – The Ballantyne Breakfast Club is hosting the Second Annual Ballantyne Area Candidates Forum & Chili Cook Off, a free, family-friendly event that will provide this year’s political candidates the opportunity to address the public in a casual setting.
WHO: The Ballantyne Breakfast Club in partnership with Ballantyne Corporate Park [...] Ballantyne, NC – Why does the city manager need a pay increase? Several hot topics were contemplated during the September 17th breakfast meeting. The first topic is the city manager’s questionable pay increase. The next topic is the veto power of the mayor. This coming Monday, the city council will have a zoning [...]
Ballantyne, NC – There will be three bonds on the ballot this November. The new city bonds were one of the hot topics at the August 27th morning meeting at the Ballantyne Hotel. There will be no city council meeting this coming Monday, August 30th, 2010. The Neighborhood Improvements Bond is one of [...]
Ballantyne, NC – The hot topic for this August 6th morning meeting was cutting budgets. Former School Board member, Ken Gjertsen was talking about C.M.S. and ideas to save money. Can schools be used as community centers? What about using libraries as community centers? Several people talked about ideas on consolidating local governments. [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Time Management is always an issue for government officials. Charlotte is no different. The breakfast meeting on July 23rd started with talk of the Charlotte City Council Dinner Meetings. There are a large number of agenda items to cover in sixty minutes. The city council will be having a dinner [...]
The breakfast meeting opened with talk of the county board meeting last night, June 3rd. The county board of commissioners “found” more money by increasing their estimation of the sales tax revenue. Some wonder if this is a good idea. Disappointment might follow in a few months if all of this sales tax [...]
Charlotte, NC – Warren Cooksey was recently re-elected to his second term on the term on the the Charlotte City Council for District 7. District 7 includes the Ballantyne, NC area where he was elected by a wide margin. He chairs the Restructuring Government Committee and is a member of the Housing and [...]
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