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  • Artistic Differences (Charlotte NC Mayor questions art proposals for light rail system)

    11/08/2004 2:44:40 PM PST · by Huber · 17 replies · 1,434+ views
    The Charlotte World ^ | 11/9/04 | Jamie Dean
    Mayor McCrory questions art proposals for the future light rail system; others question whether taxpayers should be funding art at all... Charlotte: Charlotteans can add a new phrase to the city's lexicon: "plop art". "Plop art" is Mayor Pat McCrory's not-so-affectionate term for the artwork proposed for the city's South corridor light rail project, scheduled to open in the fall of 2006. The South corridor light rail will be the first of five light rail lines built throughout the city, and will run along a ten-mile corridor from Uptown Charlotte to Interstate 485, just north of Pineville. The Charlotte Area...
  • Charlotte Mayor: Edwards a Stranger to North Carolinians

    07/12/2004 11:39:45 PM PDT · by kattracks · 11 replies · 794+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | 7/13/04 | Carl Limbacher
    The mayor of North Carolina's largest city said Sunday that North Carolinians really don't know Sen. John Edwards all that well, and were stunned to find out how liberal he was when he got into office. "He said one thing here in North Carolina on the campaign trail about the values of small towns," said Patrick McCrory, who is now in his fifth term as Charlotte's mayor. "But frankly, he's spent more time with the Hollywood elite than he did with leaders of this state, including me," he told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg. McCrory said the reason Edwards seems...