Nov 02 2009
Charlotte City Council
Tomorrow the City of Charlotte will be electing a new mayor and sending four candidates to the At-Large seats, currently held by two Democrats and two Republicans. There are also contested races in District 6 and District 7. I’m not going to spend much time on these races as I did with the others because there isn’t much to really decide here.
Of the four At-Large seats, incumbents Susan Burgess (D) and Edwin Peacock (R) along with former Councilman Patrick Cannon (D) are going to win three of them. I wouldn’t vote for any of them, but that’s conventional wisdom and the polling shows it. It’s really only the fourth seat that is in contention. Polling showed Tariq Bokhari with a slight advantage. Either he or Matthew Ridenhour will do a fine job on the City Council. Both are committed to getting the city’s spending under control and decreasing the role of government. So vote for both of them.
In Districts 6 and 7 incumbents Andy Dulin (R) and Warren Cooksey (R) are running for reelection. I don’t expect either of them to lose.
Finally, the mayoral race. Quite honestly, I’m not all that enamored with either John Lassiter (R) or Anthony Foxx (D). I don’t like the direction the city or the county has been going in and they are both currently office holders. If I had to make a choice, it would be Lassiter only because the Democrats hold a majority on City Council so putting another Republican in the mayor’s seat keeps a balance in the city government.
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