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Myron Pitts – Fayetteville Observer – April 13, 2021 A little more than 7,200 people voted to dramatically change the number and kinds of seats on the Fayetteville City Council in 2007. At the time, the city comprised 174,000 residents. A group called Yes 2 Referendum had pushed a citywide

Fayetteville Observer – April 10, 2021 A lot of Americans are persuaded that crime is on the rise in the U.S. However, many of the experts say they are wrong. But how do you squash someone’s fears? Statistically, reported crime is down, but Americans still don’t feel safe. It’s puzzling

Rachael Riley The Fayetteville Observer Area law enforcement agencies have seen a decrease in the number of officers on staff within the past year, which officials say is part of usual attrition and is not affecting response to public safety.   In Fayetteville, there are 434 budgeted sworn, full-time officer positions and 10 part-time

Abby Church, Fayetteville Observer USA TODAY NETWORK Chalmers McDougald said his main reason for stepping away was because he liked his current “peace and quiet.” Chalmers McDougald, former city councilman and the only Black member in the group Vote Yes Fayetteville’s effort to change the City Council’s structure, backed out

Myron B. Pitts, Fayetteville Observer  In 2017, Mitch Colvin easily defeated incumbent Nat Robertson for mayor.  Colvin ran unopposed in 2019.  However, other incumbents on the Fayetteville City Council lost in those two election cycles. In 2019, Ted Mohn lost to Courtney Banks-McLaughlin in Dist. 8, and Jim Arp lost

Abby Church, The Fayetteville Observer  A group of former Fayetteville city councilmen and two former mayors have joined together in an attempt to change the council’s structure.  On Tuesday, they launched Vote Yes Fayetteville, a group that proposes implementing a model that would change the makeup of the city council

Troy Williams, Columnist In an open letter to the City of Fayetteville, a citizen- led group called VoteYesFayetteville, wrote in support of a petition drive, saying our city finds itself at an important crossroads. One of the original petition- signers, former Mayor Tony Chavonne, said: “The discussion is really a

 MARCH 26, 2021 By Matt Richardsonin FAYETTEVILLE POLITICS A website advocating a change in the makeup of the Fayetteville City Council is making rounds on social media.  From the homepage:  Today, a local group of concerned citizens announces that they have formed a new group, VoteYesFayetteville (VoteYesFayetteville.com), to organize a

 OCTOBER 9, 2019 By Matt Richardsonin FAYETTEVILLE POLITICS Recently, our City Council made it more difficult to run for City Council by increasing filing fees five-fold. It used to be $24 to run. It’s now $170. The result of this change was that fewer people ran for City Council in

Today, a local group of concerned citizens announces that they have formed a new group, VoteYesFayetteville (VoteYesFayetteville.com), to organize a citizen-led petition to add a referendum on an upcoming election to improve the structure of the City Council from its current nine single member districts and mayor to a structure