Posted on 03/26/2014 3:44:08 PM PDT by mdittmar
McCrory is a Republican first-term governor. Cannon, a Democrat, was elected in 2013.
Well,well well, two out of three. No surprise there.
The new interim Mayor is Cannon’s fellow rat, City Councilman Michael Barnes, the Mayor Pro Tem.
I believe the council (9 to 2 rat) gets to decide who will serve the rest of the term, no special election. Unfortunate, as the term just recently started. The city has a Council/Manager form of government and the Mayor serves a 2 year term (next election in Nov. 2015), but he does have veto power (2/3 to override).
That’s outrageous. Given that this guy just took office, the public should demand a special election at the earliest.
He was mayor pro-tem when Anthony Fox left to be Obama’s Transportation secretary. The investigation began FOUR years ago WHILE Fox was still the mayor and Cannon was just elected mayor last year. Here’s hoping they can find out Fox knew about it all and didn’t care (he may have even been doing it himself). Had the public known about this, I would hope Cannon would have had to withdraw since nobody would vote for him except the usual suspects. The Dems pulled a fast one on Charlotte!
His opponent was a RINO named Edwin Peacock (I kid you not). Too bad Obama's pal Anthony Fox (the former mayor, now Transportation Secretary) kept the FOUR year investigation secret from the voting public as Cannon won the mayoral election just last November. I wouldn't be surprised if Fox did the same things Cannon is accused of.
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