Posted on 11/04/2009 10:17:45 AM PST by MitchellC
Voters ended more than two decades of Republican leadership in Charlotte Tuesday by electing Democrat Anthony Foxx the city's second African-American mayor and the youngest in memory.
Foxx won Charlotte's closest mayoral race in years, taking just over 51 percent of the vote over Republican John Lassiter in unofficial totals.
At a victory celebration, Foxx shared a long hug with a jubilant Harvey Gantt, the last Democratic and first African-American mayor.
"It's been 22 years since we've had this moment," a hoarse Foxx told a cheering crowd at the Westin hotel. "The work of rebuilding our community starts very soon. ... We will work together - Republican, Democrat and unaffiliated, white and black and Hispanic. ... Let's get going.
(Ridiculous Celebratory Garbage cont'd...)
As long as every incumbent is kicked out, does it really matter who wins?
What the ...
Is North Carolina going blue for good now?
There was no incumbent here.
Voters ended more than two decades of Republican leadership in Charlotte Tuesday by electing Democrat Anthony Foxx the city’s second African-American mayor and the youngest in memory.
Says 20 years of republican leadership and second aa. Do you mean the last mayor left office and it was an open seat?
I’d love to have Sue Myrick back but she can do a better job where she is at.
I really look forward to voting for her every time.
I heard this news on JohnBoy and Billy this morning sitting at an intersection. I yelled out “What the **** is wrong with you people!!!” A few people actually heard it and stared at me.
Greensboro threw out their incumbent Democrat for a genuine conservative. Wake County (Raleigh) dumped their psycho-liberal school board.
Charlotte is going down the crapper but there are signs of life elsewhere.
Yep - sorry, I should have pointed that out. Pat McCrory stepped down after 14 years, and his even-less-conservative buddy John Lassiter ran to take his place.
Interesting to note that The One won this city by almost 30%. The new mayor squeaked out a victory. I am so sick of white guilt overtaking common sense
Ummmm look at the White House and you may want to rethink that
Charlotte is going to look like Detroit in about 10 years.
Ain’t it a shame
White flight.
“Foxx supporter Lachelle Smith took her 5-year-old son Julius Hall to the polls at Hawthorne High School. He pointed to Foxx’s picture on a campaign flyer. “Why’s he running for mayor?” he asked.
“He wants to make changes in the city to help us,” Smith replied.”
Yeah Like what?
More taxes and more waste. My poor Bro...he gets ticked off enough as it is...
What makes that quote really ridiculous is that there is virtually no difference at all between the positions of Foxx and Lassiter. The only difference was party labels and what can be read between the lines.
For Foxx supporters, they knew or hoped he wasn’t the McCrory moderate he presented himself as, but instead another socialist moving himself up in the Democrats’ farm league, waiting to make a hard left turn when the opportunity arrives (which he now has with a supermajority Dem council). Exactly the reason I bothered to vote against him.
Charlotte used to be an OK city when I was growing up.
We're now on a trolley ride to nowhere and the fare is steep.
The only reasons I go to the Queen city any more are to visit a specialist every so often (not one close to me yet) and to visit the aviation museum. I regret I stay so busy on weekends I haven’t gotten up to the museum to volunteer.
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