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news
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Charlotte mayor will
not seek re-election
this year
Anthony Foxx says he has accomplished
his goals
by Matt Comer :: matt@goqnotes.com
CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Mayor Anthony
Foxx announced on April 5 that he will not
seek re-election this year. The announcement
comes after some speculation that Foxx is a
possible pick to become President Barack
Obama's new transportation secretary.
Foxx first made his announcement to
WSOC-TV's Blair Miller, in an interview at the
government center.
"As I said, when I came into this office, I
had a very clear idea on where I wanted to
push the city towards and we've made a good
bit of the way there," Foxx told Miller.
An official statement from Foxx's office
was also released.
"My grandfather often paraphrased the
book of Ecclesiastes when he said, 'There is a
season for everything under the sun,"' Foxx's
statement reads. "I remember his words as
I announce today my decision not to run for
re-election."
His statement also describes his political
career, the objectives he has accomplished
and the issues still facing the city, including
several items he says will be accomplished
over the next 60-90 days. Among them are
questions over ownership of the Charlotte-
Douglas International Airport, Carolina
Panthers stadium upgrade incentives, the
long-stalled Capital Improvement Plan and ef
forts toward completing the city's 2030 transit
plan, including a streetcar system.
Foxx was first elected to City Council in
2005, where he served until his election as
mayor in 2009. He was the first Democratic
mayor in over 20 years, the youngest
Charlotte mayor and the city's second
African-American mayor.
Several Republican and Democratic lead
ers are expected to announce potential can
didacies to replace Foxx. Former Republican
City Councilmember Edwin Peacock was
among the first. At press time, no others had
officially announced. Stay tuned to goqnotes.
com for more on this developing story.
Foxx's LGBT history
The mayor also made several historic
firsts with the LGBT community, becoming the
first sitting mayor to address LGBT constitu
ents in a public forum atthe LGBT Community
Center of Charlotte in December 2010. He was.
also the first mayor to offer regular welcome
letters to LGBT events in the city.
He's been seen as largely supportive of a
.variety of local LGBT issues. He was in favor
of personnel policy changes protecting LGBT
workers, instituted by former City Manager
Curt Walton in April 2010 and December 2012.
The mayor also supported the addition of
domestic partner benefits to the city's budget
in June 2012.
see Re-election on 19
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx speaking at an
LGBT welcome party for the 2012 Democratic
National Convention on Sept. 2,2012. File Photo.
Foxx on marriage
equality:
'No comment'
MeckPAC calls leaders
to be more outspoken
CHARLOTTE — Mayor Anthony Foxx
had "no comment" on marriage equality
and the two historic cases being considered
by the U.S. Supreme Court in late March,
according to his spokesperson.
gnofes reached out to Foxx's press
secretary Alexander Killeffer on Tuesday,
March 26 to see if the mayor had any com
ment or statement on the issue. The U.S.
Supreme Court heard oral arguments on
March 26 and March 27 in two cases chal
lenging California's 2008 Proposition 8 and
the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
"Mayor's unavailable for comment
today," Killeffer responded. "Sorry!"
Asked ff the mayor, who has not yet pub
licly announced any support for same-sex
marriage, would be available the next day,
Killeffer said he vyould look into a statement.
In follow-up on March 27, Killeffer
responded simply, "No comment."
In addition to the mayor, qnotes reached
out to 20 other local officials on City Council
and the Mecklenburg County Commission
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