Foxx: Obama focus is jobs (Charlotte Observer)
Foxx: Obama focus is jobs (Charlotte Observer)
After Tuesday’s vote in Massachusetts, the Obama administration appeared to step up its emphasis on getting Americans back to work, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx said this morning.
Foxx met with officials during the U.S. Conference of Mayors conference in Washington.
Voters in Massachusetts said concern over the economy and frustration […]
The Mayors’ Message to Washington: Funnel Aid Through the Cities (Politics Daily)
The Mayors’ Message to Washington: Funnel Aid Through the Cities (Politics Daily)
In a week when attention was paid to politics and partisanship on a national level, mayors meeting with President Obama and cabinet officials were preoccupied with concerns closer to home like unemployment and the economy.
It’s not that results from the Senate race in Massachusetts […]
Foxx signs mayors’ pact on climate (Charlotte Observer)
Foxx signs mayors’ pact on climate (Charlotte Observer)
Agreement first drafted by McCrory in ’05, but City Council approved alternate resolution.
New Mayor Anthony Foxx has added Charlotte to a long list of U.S. cities committed to taking action on climate change.
Foxx on Thursday signed a U.S. Conference of Mayors climate-protection agreement that his predecessor, Pat McCrory, […]
CHARLOTTE MAYOR-ELECT PREPARES TO TAKE OFFICE (Biz Journal)
CHARLOTTE MAYOR-ELECT PREPARES TO TAKE OFFICE (Biz Journal)
A month after Anthony Foxx won election as Charlotte’s new mayor, the Democrat is poised to take office on Monday night.
Foxx stopped by the Charlotte Center City Partners board meeting yesterday afternoon and then took his daughter to The Square to light the Christmas tree outside Bank […]
Foxx takes handoff from McCrory (Charlotte Observer)
Foxx takes handoff from McCrory (Charlotte Observer)
A crowd of hundreds watched as Anthony Foxx was sworn in as Charlotte’s new Mayor Monday night, after which Foxx gave a solemn speech noting the city’s tough economic climate and the need to create jobs.
Foxx mentioned some of the city’s struggles, such as the region’s 12 percent unemployment […]
Mayor Joines and Mayor Elect Foxx Appointed to Gov.’s New Innovation Council
Spontaneity of innovation, meet govt (News and Observer)
The creative and instinctive nature of innovation will now be channeled through, yes, a government agency.
Gov. Bev Perdue, by executive order, established the state’s first Innovation Council on Monday. The group’s mission is to: coordinate public and private investment to promote innovation, help move ideas faster from the […]
Mayoral Elections Show Strength for Most Incumbents (U.S. Conference of Mayors)
Mayoral Elections Show Strength for Most Incumbents (U.S. Conference of Mayors)
New Leaders Coming to Miami, Charlotte, Dayton, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, other Cities
By David W. Burns
Despite much of the national attention on gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, over a hundred cities across the country held elections for mayor on November 3, many of which […]
Foxx pledges to sign climate agreement (Charlotte Observer)
Foxx pledges to sign climate agreement (Charlotte Observer)
New mayor, backed by a Democratic majority on City Council, hopes to change city’s direction on several issues.
Anthony Foxx said his first act as Charlotte mayor will be to sign the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, which incumbent Republican Pat McCrory refused to do.
More than a dozen N.C. […]
Anthony Foxx’s mayoral lesson plans (Charlotte Observer)
Anthony Foxx’s mayoral lesson plans (Charlotte Observer)
Now that you’ve won, Mr. Foxx, you surely won’t lack for advice.
As the first Democratic mayor of Charlotte since Harvey Gantt left office in 1987, as only the second African-American mayor in this Southern city’s history, and as the first mayor in 14 years not named Pat McCrory, you’ll […]
