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  • Activist options [Black Charlotte Democrat has Republican views, ponders switch]

    01/21/2003 11:36:36 AM PST · by JohnnyZ · 4 replies · 279+ views
    The Charlotte Observer ^ | Sun, Jan. 19, 2003 | Jim Morrill, Mark Johnson, Ann Doss Helms, Michelle Crouch
    Activist options Charlotte community activist Linda Williams is "giving serious thought" to mounting a campaign against incumbent James Mitchell for the District 2 City Council seat. "My biggest issue with Mr. Mitchell is that he says what he thinks you want to hear," she said. "Right now, we have no representation." Williams -- who won notice last summer after asking the city to pay for private police in the Optimist Park neighborhood -- said she doesn't know if she'd run against Mitchell in the primary or the general election. "Right now, I'm a registered Democrat, but I think I have...