>> THIS IS A PRODUCTION OF PBS CHARLOTTE.

GATE THIS WEEK AND OFF THE RECORD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOVING INCOMERE OF THE HOMELESS MOVING OUT OF CHARLOTTE'S TENT CITY.

HOTEL ROOMS FOR NOW, BUT WHERE NEXT?

BACK IN THE CLASSROOM AT CMS THIS WEEK, SO FAR SO GOOD, BUT TEACHERS MOVED UP IN LINE FOR VACCINES, WELL, WELCOME TO THE WAITLIST.

STATEHE LAWMAKERS PASS A BILL REQUIRING IN PERSON LEARNING, AND DRAFT A BILL FOR COVID SUMMER SCHOOL.

WHAT WILL THE GOVERNOR DO?

NOVEMBER ELECTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOLMB BOARD BE ON HOLD UNTIL NEXT NOVEMBER.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHY THE WAIT.

PLUS SENATOR BERG VOTES FOR IMPEACHMENT, RALEIGH ONCE HE NEEDS CITIES IF YOU DEFUND POLICE, WE MAY DEFUND YOU.

IN FIRST CORONAVIRUS NOW COMPUTER VIRUS AT CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

TOO BAD THERE'S NOT A VACCINE FOR THAT.

N WE WILL TALK ABOUT ALL THAT NEX ON THE SHOW.

♪ KICKING WE ARE OFF THE RECORD TALKING ABOUT THE STORIES YOU'V BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK.

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ALSO ASHLEY FEIGH FROM THE BUSINESS JOURNAL AND THE URBAN INSTITUTE.

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AS YOU WATCH THE SHOW, ON A FRIDAY EVENING, THINGS HAVEN'T HAPPENING OFF THENI BERKSHIRE FREEWAY THIS AFTERNOON REGARDIN THE TENT CITY ENCAMPMENT OF HOMELESS FOLKS ARE.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF A MESS FROM THE BEGINNING OUT THERE, BUT THIS PARTICULAR WEEK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOVING IN WITH CONCERNS ABOUT RAT INFESTATION, AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SQUABBLE BETWEEN ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVE AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOIN WHAT I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO START WITH THIS, BUT LOTS TO UNPACK HERE.

>> THE ORDER WAS ISSUED THAT BASICALLY SAID 72 HOURS FOR THE ENCAMPMENT WHICH HAS BEEN THERE VERY VIVIDLY SINCE SPECIAL SINC THE PANDEMIC STARTED.

WE WILL HAVE TO BE VACATED BY 5:00 P.M. TODAY.

V THERE IS ABOUT 150 PEOPLE LIVIN THERE 1 EARLIER'S THIS WEEK.

THEY HAVE EACH OF THE HOTEL ROOMS VERY THEY HAVE 90 DAYS TO STAY THERE, OF COURSE, SOME PEOPLE ONSE THE GROUND WERE TAK BY SURPRISE BY THE ORDER SAYING THE RAT INFESTATION HAS BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND IT SEEMS CRAZY THAT WE HAVE ONLY THREE DAYS TO PACK UP AND LEAVE.

BUT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON ALL WEEK.

AND THEN OF COURSE AS YOU ALLUDEDU TO, JEFF, THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY W AN THE ACCOUNTING MANAGER CAME OUT AND SAID, MARKET SHOWN HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING PRINCE ROTATION AND GET P SOME OF THES PEOPLE TO A HOTEL, BUT THEN HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND SAID NO, ACTUALLY WE HAVE SECURITY CONCERNS.

WE WANT TO BE PROVIDING THE DRIVERS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION.O AND THERE'S KIND OF A BACK-AND-FORTH YESTERDAY.

AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE T REMEMBER 150 PEOPLE AND THIS IS THEIR LIVES, THEY'VE BEEN LIVIN HERE SOMETIMES FOR MONTHS.

TO HAVE HEALTH ISSUES AND HAVE HESITATIONS ABOUT GOING INTO A HOTEL ROOM PERIODS THERE'S A LO GOING ON IN ALL RESPECTS THERE.

THE INFESTATION IS A HEALTH CRISIS,H BUT THERE'S BEEN CRITICISM ABOUT HOW THE WHOLE SITUATION WAS HANDLED.

>> I THINK SOME PEOPLE DOWN THERE WONDER IF THE RAT INFESTATION, WHILE IT'S A LEGITIMATE REASON AND A , AGAIN, JUST CERN YESTERDAY BY IT JUST WASN'T THE EXCUSE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.H YOU WATCH THAT INTENSITY SORT O MUSHROOM FROM A TO TEND TO NOW, IN THE LAST WEEK PROBABLY UP TO 100 TENTH HAVE SCATTERED.

WHEN IT WAS ALL GOING TO GO AWAY .

AT SOME POINT IT HAD TWO.

IT WASN'T GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER, AND THIS WAS CERTAINLY A GOOD REASON OR, AN EXCUSE TO FINALLY MOVE ON IT.

THERE WAS REAL CONCERN ABOUT TH IMMEDIACY OF IT C. IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH CRISIS I THINK THEYSI WANTED TO GET THEM OUTT OF THERE RIGHT AWAY AND 72 HOURS WAS SOMETHING OF A COMPROMISE.

EVEN THE AGENCY THAT WORKS WITH THES HOMELESS FROM DAY-TO-DAY, PUT ON A STATEMENT SAYING THEY WERE EXTREMELY SURPRISED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RULING, AND THAT TELLS YOU.

>> THE OPEN CHAOTIC SQUABBLING BETWEEN THE CITIES, THE SHERIFF OFFICE, THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT,>> THE CITY MANAGER R THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WITH ESSO IS TALKING ABOUT NOW ABOUT JUST MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE I THINK CLOSE TO 200, 180 WAS THE LATEST NUMBER THEY HAD ARE IN CRISIS HERE.

THIS IS REALLY THE TIP OF THE LARGER ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ABOUT 24,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SHORT OF WHAT EXTREMELY LOW INCOME PEOPLE CAN AFFORD, SO WE JUST HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

THERE ARE STILL WAVES COMING, W DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN A LOT OF THE LOWER INCOME WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO GET THERE IN PLACES LIK CLEANING HOTELS, OR WAITING ON TABLES.

WEE COULD BE SEEING A LOT MORE THIS TO COME.OT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS THE MOST VISIBLE SIGN OF SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ATH GROWING PRICE PROBM .

>> THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD PEOPLE BUY THOSE IN THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.

T THE EDITORIAL BACK IN JANUARY SAYING SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT TENT CITY.

THIS CANNOT GO ON AND PEOPLE AR GOING TO GET O I'M TOLD THAT AB TWO WEEKS AGO.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND CIT COUNCILMEMBER MICHAEL GROUND HA TRYING TO SAY WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO ABOUT THIS SO I DON'T KNO WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN.

T HE AND SEEING THAT MAY BE THIS IS THE TIME TO TALKE AGAIN ABOU CONSOLIDATING CITY AND COUNTY MEASURES.

THE CITY IS WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE COUNTYOU IS WORKING ON AFFORDAB HOUSING.FO ALL OF THIS STUFF IS OVERT MAPPINGE.

THEIN RESIDENCE IN THE NEIGHBOR ARE SUFFERINGHB FROM LACK OF MOVEMENT, SO THE COUNCILMEMBER SAID MAYBE WE START THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT CONSERVATISM AND MAY BE THAT CA GET THAT DONE SOONER RATHER THA LATER.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT HAPPENS AFTER 90 DAYS.ST THEY WILL MAYBE GO THROUGH THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

THERE WILL BE CASE MANAGEMENT WORKERS THERE, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A HUGE LINE THAT MEDI INCOME M AND BELOW WHICH I WOUL IMAGINE THESE RESIDENTS WOULD B IN THAT INCOME BRACKET.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THIS, IT WON'T SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM.ON THERE MAY EVEN BE TENT POPPING WE WILL GET RID OF THE TENTS, IN THE LONG TERM.

BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED AFTER THAT ?

TO PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HOTELS, BU THEY'RE STILL SAYING IF I GO TO A HOTEL, I HAVE TO HAVE A CURFE OR BE IN BY A CERTAIN TIME.EW WE DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE NUMBERS AND RULESNT THAT ARE IN PLACE.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.OI >> THE HOMELESS POPULATION THERE , THEY KINDA FEEL LIKE PAWNS IN THE GAME.

HERE'S THE THING.

I'M GOING TO GIVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT BEFORE THE REAL HEALTH ISSUE THAT CAUSED THEM TO ISSUE THIS DIRECTIVE.

THAT SENSE OF URGENCY YOU WOULD THINKOU THERE WOULD BE SOME SOR OF PLANNING TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

THIS THING HAS BEEN LINGERING FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS, SINCE TH BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

WHENEVER YOU DECIDE TO MAKE THE MOVE, TO GET THOSE TO BETTER PLACE TO RID YOURSELF OF THE HEALTH PROBLEM DOWN THERE.

T THEY HAVE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO HAVE A PLAN READY WHENEVER THEY DECIDED TO PULL THE TRIGGER AND MAKE THE MOVE.

T IT'S JUST REMARKABLE.

WE TALKED ABOUT MIXED MESSAGES HERE.

WE HAVE TO GET YOU OUT SOON.

BESIDES PLATE DISAGREEING WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A PLAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.EN AT THE POLICE TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY TRYING TO CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS BYG BRINGING THEM INTO THE PICTURE.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO PLAN FOR THIS AND IT MAKES YOU WONDER A LOT O TIMES PLANNING SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN FOCUSED AND PUBLIC PRESSUR IS THERE.E.

THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON SOLVING THIS PROBLEM.

>> IN OH, GET THESE PEOPLE THIS SEEMS TO BE ONE THING THAT IS THEY ARE BEING PUSHED OFF THE SITESH AND RIGHT ONTO THE SIDEWK .

I THINK THE CONSOLIDATED CITY COUNTY GOVERNMENT DISCUSSION REALLY IS GOING TO COME UP MORE AFTER THIS BECAUSE THE COUNTY HANDLES HOMELESSNESS.

THAT CITY DOES AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I ALSO SAID WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

THERE IS JUST A LOT OF NASTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL SNIPING BACK WHEN WINSTONNM SAID HE WAS THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTEDEM TO HEAR THE COUN MANAGER UNCORROBORATED POLITICA GRENADES FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER SAIDGE SHE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTE AND CALLED OUT THE CITY MANAGER.

IT JUST DID NOT LOOK LIKE A LOGISTICALLY WELL COORDINATED EFFORTS.

THAT IS TOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN SO MANY DIFFEREN HANDLING SO MANY ASPECTS OF THE SPIRIT.HA >> THERE NEEDS TO BE A KUMBAYA MOMENT.

K WEME NEED TO BRING PEOPLE TO TH TABLE AND STOP WORKING IN SILENCE.

THE WAY THAT I THE WORLD IS, WE NEED TO BE T ABLE TO LEARN, ESPECIALLY OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS.APE THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH ALL THE ISSUES FACING THE COMMUNITY.

THESE ISSUES ARE NOTHE NEW.

THEY'VE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS.

NOW IT'S TIME TO T HOLD OUR LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE.

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUTTING COMMIT LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DOT >> YOU GET THE SAME SCENES THAT BEHIND THAT CITY THEY COULD WOR OUT A PLAN THAT COULD BE WORKABLE FOR ALL PARTIES.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE FRONT FACIN FAULTS LIKE THE COUNTY MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER COME OF THE POLICE CHIEF, O AND THE SHERIFF HASER COUNCILMEMBER BRAXTON WINSTON CALLED IT LOBBING GRENADES, THAT IS A BAD LOOK WHETHER YOU'RE COMPETENT OR NOT THAT BECOMES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE ISSUE AS WHELP OR IT WITH THE ABILITY OF THESE FOLKS IN THESE VERY HIGH PROFILE POSITIONS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS OR AT LEAS BEGIN WORKING TOGETHER TO SOLVE THESELV PROBLEMS.

WE WILL HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT AS THIS GOES FORWARD.

I WISH WE HAVE THE CRYSTAL BALL RIGHT NOW TO KNOWHE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WHAT HAPPENED TO COUPLE O HOURS EARLIER.

AGAIN, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT ALMOSTTU TO HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EFFECTED BY SOMETHING THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER A.

>> CMS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM THIS WEEK ON A LIMITED BASIS.

MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR PLAN TO HAVE MORE IN CLASSROOM LEARNING.

I GUESS ITT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL SO FAR GIVEN ALL THE CONTROVERSY AND THE STRIKE GOIN INTO THIS PLAN, IT'S NOT BEEN A BAD WEEK FOR CMS.

>> EXACTLY, THEY HAVE BEEN THER BEFORE, THEY HAVE DONE THIS.

THEY SAID THAT HEY, WE HAD THAT.

WE HAD EXPECTATIONS, BUT THEN THEY SAY IT WILL BECOME NEXT WEEK WHEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMEO BACK BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BACK IN SCHOOL FOR QUITE SOME TIME.CH THEREFORE THEY DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO.

THE PEOPLE I HAVE TALKED TO SAI SO FAR, SO GOOD.

NO ISSUES, NO WIDESPREAD ISSUES.

THEY DID TELL ME ONE ISSUE IS WITH THE PPE COMMITTED THAT THE WANT TO MAKE SURE THATO THE EMPLOYEES, WHEN THEY RUN OUT, GETTING LOW ON THINGS.

PLEASE LET THE DISTRICT KNOW SOME PEOPLE, THEY ARE MAY BE FORGETTING OR NOT GETTING THE DISTRICT KNOW WE ARE LOW ON THI ANDE NEED SOMETHING.

OFFICIALSME SAY THEY HAVE PLENT OF PPE, BUT THE LEADERS JUST NEED TO LET THE DISTRICT KNOW WHEN THEY ARE RUNNING LOW SO THEY CAN REPLENISH THAT.

AT SEVILLE TEST SO YOU CAN SAY MAYBE NEXT WEEK WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM.ET >> IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE THEY'V BEENIN IN THE CLASSROOM, RIGHT CRACKS.

>> EXACTLY., NATIONAL DATA AND PRESSURE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PRESIDENT SAYING LET THE KIDS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON SOME LEVELS, INASMUCH AS YOU CAN CONTROL WHA CHILDREN DO, OR ONE ADULT YOUNG ADULTS DO IN CLASSROOM.

WE KNOW REALISTICALLY THERE ARE LIMITS TO THAT, BUT YOU CAN SAY YOU MUST SIT DOWN, YOU MUST WEA YOUR MASK.

AND THAT CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT IS NOT LIKEHA SAY AT WALMART WH WEREN'T PEOPLE WALKING WITHOUT MASK AND YOU HAVE A FIGHT BECAUSE YOU SAY SHOULD SERVE, YOU SHOULD BE WEARING A MASK, S IN THAT SENSE, CLASSROOMS, AND SCHOOLST WE CAN ENFORCE RULES LOT BETTER THAN ELSEWHERE.

IT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE THA SCHOOLS MAY BE AS WE HAVE TALKE ABOUT THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AMONG THE SAFEST.

>> YOU MENTION POLITICAL PRESSURE.

SENATE BILL 37 PASS THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND WOULD REQUIRE ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN NORTH CAROLINA TO PROVIDE AN IN PERSO THE LEARNING OPTION FOR ALL PARENTS AS WELL AS THE OPTIONS S THAT MANY OF THEM COME UP MOST OF THEM ARE OFFERING NOW.

TAKING THE CONTROL OUT OF THE HANDS OF THEOL LOCAL SCHOOL BOA INTO EVEN THE GOVERNOR AND FORCING SOME THINGS ON SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHERE THE REAL QUESTION ISYS MAYBE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, MUCH PUBLIC SUPPORT DOES IT FOR THIS KIND OF A PLAN COMMIT MAY BE PUTTING THE DECISION-MAKING BACK IN THE HANDSNG OF PARENTS, AND WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR GOING TO DO?

HE CAN SIGN THIS BILL JUST LET ITL THERE AND LET IT BECOME LAW BUTET IT DID PASS AND IT MAY BE VETOPROOFY AND IT MAY CHANGE T GAME INTO NORMS OF WHO IS MAKIN THE DECISIONS IN TERMS OF IN PERSON VERTS VERSUS VIRTUAL.

>> I TALK TO OFFICIALS ABOUT THAT AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T TAKE A POSITION ON THATT THEY DIDN'T TAKE A POSITION AND THE INTERESTING THING THEY TELL ME IS THAT YOU KNOW, NOW T WITH ALMOST A YEAR DEALING WITH THISH PANDEMIC, THEY SAID MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY COMPLIANT ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY OFFERING ONE IN PERSON LEARNING AND OPTION.

SO RIGHT NOW,, THEY SAY LET'S BRING THEM BACK.

THE INTERESTING THING IS ABOUT OFFERING SUMMER SCHOOL AND SO, THERE IS THAT HERE WE GO AGAIN COMING HERE THIS STATE IS TELLING US WHATST TO DO AND THE YOU DON'T OFFER US MONEY TO DO WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO AND THE ISSUE IS OKAY, EMERGENCY MONEY.

USE THAT COVID MONEY, BUT WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO DO THAT SUMME SCHOOL, AND TO DO IT FOR THE DURATION OF THE SUMMER.

>> INTERRATER HANDS AS YOU MUST .N SCHOOL AND WHAT ABOUT THE TEACHERS THEY SAIDEY THIS ALL ALONG, SO THE TEACHERSS SAID WELL, GREAT, YO MAKE US GO BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM AND WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE PARENTS REALLY HAVING THE LEGISLATURE HAVING ESSAY, WHAT ABOUT THE TEACHERS.

THEN YOU GET INTO THE VACCINE THING.

AND TEACHERS ARE NEXT UP TO GET VACCINEST.

SO ALL THIS SORT OF COMING TOGETHER, AND MY GUESS IS BETWEEN THE VACCINES FOR THE TEACHERS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE PRESSURE TO GET KIDS BACK I THE CLASSROOM, WE ARE GOING TO SAY BY THE END OF APRIL WE ARE GOING TO HAVEHE.

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THIS, THE SUMMER SCHOOL BILL WHICH IS A SEPARATE BILLE BEING PUT FORWARD BY THE LEGISLATURE, IT WOULD ALLOWIS FOR A SIX WEEK CONTRACTS, AS SEPARATE SIX-WEEK TEACHER CONTRACT THAT WOULD PAY THEM ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR TEACHING THIS SEPARATE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM AIMED ATTE COVID SUFFERING LEARNERS AT K-12.

ALSO, THE BILL THEY DID PASS, THE ONE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE IN PERSON LEARNING, THAT WOULD BE FIVE DAY A WEEK IN PERSON LEARNING.

AT LEAST PARENTS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK FIVE DAYS A WEEK HIM INTO SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT AREN'T OFFERING THAT RIGHT NOW.

SPEAKING OF VACCINES, WE'RE TOL THIS WEEK THE WAITLIST IS NOW U TO 7,000 IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY FOR VACCINES AND A LOT IF NOT MOST OF THOSE VACCINE CANDIDATE ARE EDUCATORS, TEACHERS WHO JUS RECENTLY GOT PUSHED TO THE FRON OF THE LINE AND BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOTS.EC LOTS OF MOVING PIECES, GLAD TO SEE WE'VE GOT AT LEAST ONE WEEK UNDER OUR BELTS AS FAR AS CMS KIDS AND PARENTS ARE CONCERNED.

THAT'S GOOD NEWSD.

FOR THE SCHO SYSTEM MOVING FORWARD.

THE CITY COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT ELECTIONS THIS WEEK, ELECTIONS THAT SHOULD HAPPEN THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN BUT MAY NOT HAPPEN.

NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF ANYTHING THEY DID, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DATA THEY NEED TO MAKE THESE ELECTIONS VALID REALLY.

YOU ARE NODDING YOUR HEAD, ASHLEY.

THIS CITY COUNCIL IS ALWAYS FUL OF SURPRISES.

>> OF COURSE, THIS IS ANOTHER IMPACT FROM THE PANDEMIC BECAUS THE CENSUS BUREAU DATA WOULD NORMALLY BE READY FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS TO REDRAW MAPS BY THE SPRING, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE DATA COLLECTION HAS BEEN DELAYED AND THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES WITH THAT.

NOW THERE SAYING THAT DATA WON' BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER, WHICH OF COURSE RUNS INTO THE PRIMARY WHICH WOULD THEN IMPACT THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

DURING BUDGET INEFFECTIVENESS COMMITTEE THIS WEEK, THE ATTORNEY DID SAY IF THE CITY WERE TO PROCEED ON ELECTIONS THIS YEAREE, THEY WOULD LIKELY, ALMOST DEFINITELY FACE SOME KIN OF LEGAL CHALLENGE.

I THINK HIS RECOMMENDATION AND THE CHAIR COMINGIS IN THE COUNCILMAN'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO LAY THAT BY A YEAR TO 2022.

THIS IS GOING TO COME UP TO COUNCIL ON MONDAY, BUT ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL SEATS, AN OF COURSE THAT LARGER PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT COMMIT THAT THE TRANSI SALES TAX REFERENDUM WHICH WE'V BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SEVERAL WEEKSAL IS SEEN AS THE BIG NON- COVID ISSUE WOULD ALSO LIKELY GET PUSHED BACK.

SENATE IMPLICATIONS HERE, WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THEY COUNCIL SAYS ON MONDAY, BUT WHA I'M HEARING IS THERE'S MORE SUPPORT OF PUSHING THE ELECTION THE BACK.

>> I WONDER IF IT COULD BE IN SOME WAYS TO BOOST FOR THE TRANSIT SALES TAX BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE LEGISLATURE WOULD APPROVE IT WHETHER OR NOT GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN LAID TO ALLOW THAT 1 CENT SALES TAX ON THE BALLOT.

THERE'S BEEN RESISTANCE FROM MAYORS AND THOSE TOWNS HAVE KIN OF SAID WE DON'T WANT MORE BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'V GOTTEN ENOUGH FROM THE EXISTING HALF CENTS SALES TAX.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN SKEPTICAL, SO I THINK IN THE EN IF THE VOTE IS DELAYED, WHICH SEEMS INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT IT WOULD BE, THAT COULD GIVE TH CITY MORE TIME TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THAT AND CONVINC VOTERS, THE LEGISLATOR, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THESE REALLY IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCIES THATIT THIS IS A GOOD THING.

THAT KIND OF VERY FAST APPROACHING LOOMING DEADLINE FO THE SALES TAX REFERENDUMNE IS A LOT LESS SCARY FOR SUPPORTERS T PUSH BACK THIS YEAR.

>> THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN I'M HEARING,, THE DISTRICT OF THING COULDGS CHANGE, SO THEREFORE, I YOU GO ALONG THE LINES OF EVERYTHING AS IS AND THINGS CHANGE, PEOPLE COULD SAY THAT I DIDN'T GET A FAIR CHANCE WITH THIS ELECTION.

>> THE ELECTIONS MIGHT ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THIS FOR THE SAME REASONS.OR IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DON'T ALMOS HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE.

THE SENATOR VOTES IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHMENT IN THE SENATE LAST WEEKEND AND SUDDENLY HE IS THE OBJECT OF SCORN IN HIS OWN PARTY .N ELI, YOU E-MAILED ME ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY BEING MAD AT THE SENATOR REGARDING HIS IMPEACHMENT VOTE?T >> OF THE ORIGIN COUNTY VIA GOP THE STATE GOP VECTRA CENTER BUT THE ORANGE COUNTY GOP PASSED A SEPARATE CENTER AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY BANNED RICHARD BURR FROM THEIR PREMISES.AN IF YOU WANT TO COME INTO THE ORANGE COUNTY GOP BUILDING IN THE FUTURE, THAT WON'T BE ALLOWED.TH SO BY SOMEONE ELSE THEY FEEL IS MORE READABLE TO THEIR GOALS.

I THINK THIS HIGHLIGHTS HOW MUC OF A PRESENCE OF FORMER PRESIDENT CAN PLAY, WHICH WE ALREADY KNEW, BUT THIS REALLY UNDERSCORES IT IN THE SENATE RACE COMING UP NEXT YEAR.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY TOUGH FOR ANYBODY RUNNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO ESCAPE THE SHADOW.OM >> ANYONE NOT NAMED TRUMP.

HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW HAS BEEN MENTIONED VERY SO YEAH, I THINK AS YOU SAY, IT SHOWS HOW BIG TH DIVIDE IS AND YOU KNOW, WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

>> IF THERE WAS A FIELD THAT WE ARE MOVING ON FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, OBVIOUSLY, THE SENATE ELECTION IN NORTH CAROLINA, THERE IS NO MOVING ON TO WRITE EVERY CANDIDATE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE A STAND O IT PARTICULARLY THE REPUBLICANS AND THEY MIGHT HAVE ON THE BALLOT HERE BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER .

>> THE INTERESTING THING IS THA SENATOR TOM TILLIS CAME OUT AND SUPPORT AND SAID THAT HE IS MY FRIEND, HE'S DONE GOOD, AND HE' JUST A MAN THAT JUST VOTED HIS CONSCIOUS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT GOP SHOULD MOVE BEYOND THIS ONE MAN, IT'S THE PARTY.

IT'S JUST INTERESTING THAT YOU HAD A NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR ALSO REPUBLICANNA COMING OUT IN SUPPORT OF RICHARD BURR AND SAI HEY, WE CAN DISAGREE AND NOT TO BE DISAGREEABLE.

HE IS A MAN WHO VOTED HIS CONSCIOUS AND I THOUGHT A LOT O PEOPLE WERE GLAD HE DID THAT.

WE'RE ARE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME SO WE WON'T GET AT CHANCE TO T ABOUT THAT BILL IN RALEIGH THAT COULD PENALIZE CITIES AND DEFUN THE POLICE APPEARED WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT ON A FUTURE SHOW.

IF YOU WERE AT WORK AND HAD A CHANCE TO ESCAPE E-MAIL, THE INTERNET, ESCAPE PRINTERS, YOU WOULD PROBABLY SAY GREAT, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY MAKES YOU DO THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME THING.

THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THE MALWARE CRISIS THERE CANCELING MOST CLASSES AND KEEPING MOST EMPLOYEES OUT OF THE OFFICE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS WON'T BE 100 PERCENT BACK INTO NORMAL UNTIL ALMOST MARCH.

WE ARE AFFECTED BY THAT HERE AT PBS CHARLOTTE.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR JOININ US THIS WEEKEND.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US.

WE WILL SEE YOU HERE NEXT TIME ON OFF THE RECORD.

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