Charlotte council considers more economic disclosure requirements Charlotte City Council has had to file economic interest forms for the last several years but there s been little enforcement making sure the statements are filed. (Source: WBTV) By David Hodges | December 16, 2020 at 1:58 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 1:58 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte City Council is considering a proposal to require more financial information be disclosed by elected officials on mandatory ethics paperwork.
The proposal comes after more than a year of reporting by WBTV that highlighted the shortcomings of the current ethics disclosure forms and the lack of enforcement for violating the guidelines.
Charlotte targets crime hotspots with nuisance abatement cases
City considers nuisance abatement for Charlotte crime hotspots By David Hodges | December 14, 2020 at 4:54 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 6:38 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A deluge of crime in some areas of the Queen City is causing some city councilmembers to pull out every trick in the government tool bag to end it. The city is considering brining nuisance abatement cases against some property owners, what City Attorney Patrick Baker called a tool of âlast resort.â
âIf the citizens are calling over and over again at one particular property, then we have to hold that property owner accountable for whatâs happening in this community,â Councilman Malcolm Graham told WBTV.