Politics
EarthTalk: Our Environment – Republican Candidates on Climate Change
Dear Earthtalk: Where do the leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination stand on environmental issues? Answer: In recent decades, Republicans have certainly been far less sympathetic to environmental causes than the Democrats, and this year’s batch of candidates for the party’s Presidential nomination is no exception. Donald Trump has remained skeptical of environmentalists and […]
Vote! Early voting Saturday til 1 pm at Town Hall
Oct. 31. The big day for political candidates is Tuesday, Nov. 3, but early voting is still going on SATURDAY at Town Hall and 16 other sites around Mecklenburg County. Chances are good you’ll meet candidates outside the polls until they close at 1 pm today. There was no wait when Cornelius Today visited. Pictured are candidates Mike Miltich […]
I-77 Business Plan organizers create roadmap for anti-toll voters
Oct. 30. By Dave Yochum. Only one candidate for mayor in all of Lake Norman—John Aneralla in Huntersville—has responded to an election survey organized by the I-77 Business Plan, a group of key business people who meet and strategize each week on how to cancel the 50-year contract with Cintra. “As a candidate for NC State Senate in 2010, […]
Early voting under way
Oct. 24. Five of the six candidates for Cornelius Town Board were on hand at Town Hall to greet early voters. Early voting resumes Sunday at Town Hall and 16 other sites around Mecklenburg County; the hours are 1 pm to 4 pm weekends and 8 am to 7 pm Monday through Friday through Oct. […]
Town attorney will retire next year
Oct. 15. It looks like veteran Town Attorney Bill Brown will retire at the end of the first quarter next year. Brown, who graduated from UNC School of Law in 1979, also serves as the town attorney for Cramerton. Prior to that, he was a partner in the Parker, Poe law firm in Charlotte and practiced […]
Rain doesn’t deter toll protest
Oct. 10. Around two-dozen cars—some with two or more passengers—joined an anti-toll parade in spite of rain. Held by Exit 28 Ridiculousness, a free-flowing Facebook-driven anti-toll group, the “Drive Against The I-77 Toll Lanes, Toll-Free Flag Car Parade” traversed Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville late Saturday morning and afternoon. Pat Cain Cotham, a Mecklenburg County Commissioner, joined in, […]
Anti-toll parade-demonstration getting under way
Oct. 10. Exit 28 Ridiculousness, the free-flowing Facebook-driven anti-toll group, is holding a “Drive Against The I-77 Toll Lanes, Toll-Free Flag Car Parade” in Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville. Participants are meeting at Northcross Shopping Center near the Harris-Teeter at Exit 25 in Huntersville. They plan to leave by 11 am, and pass the major retail districts between […]
Of what stuff are these 6 candidates made?
By Dave Yochum. In a town of 27,000, it looks like it will take about 1,500 votes to be one of the five men who will set our property tax rate next year. All six candidates are men, five are white, five live on the west side of I-77, four are incumbents, two have not held […]
Town, school board candidate forum is Thursday
The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce will hold a two-hour candidate forum at Cornelius Town Hall starting at 7 pm Thursday, Oct. 8. There are six candidates running for five seats on the town’s Board of Commissioners. The forum is open to the public and free of charge. The forum will include candidates for the […]
Town Board meeting tonight
TODAY. At their meeting tonight, Cornelius commissioners are expected to consider waiving their right of first refusal so that the county can sell a 3,765 square foot portion of Robbins Park to the neighboring Preserve at Robbins Park development. The property is needed to allow the development to complete their storm water drainage system. In 2007 […]
