Watch the video he released today, making his announcement.
However, he is still considering future political activity:
“Although I will not seek re-election as mayor, this will hopefully not be my last position in an elected office. I will explore and strongly consider running for other elected office at either the state or federal level. I still [...]
“Seven-term Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory plans to announce Thursday whether he will run for the office again next year.
He will hold a press conference in his office at 1 p.m. to make his decision public.”
Read more by Julia Oliver at the Observer.
credit: James Willamor; view these photos on Flickr
Hundreds turned out Saturday afternoon in uptown Charlotte to rally for gay rights. Similar rallies and marches, promoted by Join the Impact, took place simultaneously across the nation. The rallies were prompted by the passage of Proposition 8, a California ballot measure than put an end to same-sex [...]
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Check out this video by Blair Trosper (@blairblends on Twitter) and Charlotte Tweets (@cltweets) showing Twitter keyword popularity in Charlotte, including the names of the various political candidates, as poll results streamed in on election night.
This is just the beginning, Blair has been saying on Twitter, so be sure [...]
photo credits: Matthew Tyndall
“This was not the night we had planned, but I accept the voters’ conclusions from North Carolina.â€
Last night was a first for Mayor Pat McCrory, the first time he had to make a concession speech. The speech was quick and and filled with many thanks to all of his campaign staff. McCrory [...]
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Thanks to Erik Button and Jonathan Winn for manning the cameras.
Give this a look while you’re surfing the web looking at election results. It was a historic event for both UNC Charlotte and of course, American politics.
This has been the most interesting video to produce for CLT Blog so far, I [...]
photo credits: Matthew Tyndall & Justin Ritchie
We got a ton of photos tonight, but here are 15 of the better ones real quick while we get the rest uploaded. If you can’t see the slideshow above, or just would prefer not to use it, you can view these photos directly on Flickr.
All in all the [...]
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Some excerpts from an email just sent out to all UNC Charlotte students, faculty and staff regarding parking and driving tomorrow on campus in light of the Obama rally:
ENTRANCE ALERT: Vehicles entering campus on the day of the event, Monday, Nov. 3, should use the U.S. 49 main entrance, the John Kirk Rd. entrance, or [...]
I just spoke with Taylor Ferrel, the local Obama campaign field organizer. People from the main Obama campaign office in Chicago are coming down tonight to organize volunteers for tomorrow’s rally at UNC Charlotte. Among other things, they’ll need help managing lines and setting up & tearing down the stages and equipment.
There is a mandatory [...]
“Barack Obama will be appearing at the Hayes Recreation Fields on the UNC Charlotte campus Monday, the campaign announced this evening.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m.; doors open at 3 p.m.”
Read more by Peter St. Onge at the Observer’s election blog, The Ballot.
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