Steve Benjamin, a Columbia attorney, was elected the South Carolina capital’s first black mayor this week. Benjamin, 40, defeated a city council candidate whose campaign was built around the warning that Columbia’s budget is in crisis and a promise to shrink local government. Benjamin, in contrast, promised to restore funding cut to the police department. […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Mayor Anthony Foxx sent an email to council warning against sexual harassment of staff. Foxx reportedly sent the email after a female staff member complained. Many on the council expressed surprise, and denied any wrongdoing.
Voters ended more than two decades of Republican leadership in <strong>Charlotte</strong> Tuesday by electing <strong>Democrat Anthony Foxx</strong> the city’s second African-American mayor. Read the full story. <!--more-->
