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Last Thursday, RedState reported on the abrupt resignation of Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Vi Lyles (pictured above), effective June 30th, where she indicated it was time to spend more time with family. It was news that surprised many of the locals here because Lyles, a Democrat who has held the office since December 2017, is only six months into a two-year term. Health issues were floated by political observers as the reason for the decision. The 73-year-old Lyles had been notably absent from many official public functions, including zoning meetings, since her reelection and had also appeared confused, forgetful, and repetitive at the ones she did attend. The next step for the Charlotte City Council will be to appoint an interim mayor to serve out the remainder of Lyles' term. Not surprisingly, racial politics has entered the chat, and in a way that has disgusted many, including some of the city's minority voters. READ MORE: Speculation Swirls After Charlotte's Democrat Mayor, Vi Lyles, Abruptly Resigns On Monday, former Charlotte mayor Jennifer Roberts, also a Democrat, shared that she was interested in the interim mayor position, which she said she would serve without pay. Roberts, I should note, served for a number of years on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners (including as its chairwoman) and was also Charlotte's mayor for two years before Lyles primaried her in 2017:
She also said she would not run for a full term once this one was up. Because Lyles is a Democrat, the position would have to go to someone else who was also a Democrat, per state law. With Roberts being a former mayor with years of experience in city and county government, it would seem like a natural, seamless fit for her to step into the role, right? Not to the race-mongers at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP, which wrote on Facebook Monday that the next mayor must be a black female Democrat or else (Roberts is white):
Considering some of the outright trash and hatefulness that have come out of the local NAACP over the last several years, seeing a backlash in the comments from other residents, including minority voters whom Democrats like to target, made me hopeful that not all hope is lost for my city. Here was a sampling of them:
Now, something else to keep in mind when you read that NAACP post and the claims about "black representation" is that they are threatening a City Council that is almost entirely made up of Democrat "people of color" that they will be primaried if they choose someone for interim mayor who doesn't look like them. Another local commenter shared the stats:
Anyone who wants a closer look can check out the City Council and Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners pages for the receipts. Demographic information for Char-Meck can be viewed here. By the way, Rev. Corrine Mack is who "leads" the Char-Meck NAACP, so none of this is too surprising: Racism in government and among the various special interest groups whose support they seek is bad, but this level is toxic indeed, so much so that it's caused a much-deserved and long-overdue backlash against it. While it's not anywhere near enough to change the dynamics in this city, it's a baby step forward in the rejection of the radical left's poisonous, destructive identity politics and racial games at a time when prominent Democrats at the state and national levels are fanning the flames about the "new Jim Crow South" and the "Confederate states" after the recent SCOTUS and SCOVA (Virginia Supreme Court) rulings related to redistricting. |
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