CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the search for an interim Charlotte mayor heats up, the president of the NAACP Charlotte-Mecklenburg Branch is making her position clear and issuing a direct warning to City Council members ahead of their appointment vote.
Corine Mack released a statement on May 11 through the NAACP’s Facebook, responding to lobbying efforts by white candidates for the interim seat left by Mayor Vi Lyles. This statement after former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts announced she is “willing” to serve as interim mayor following Lyles’ decision to step down June 30.
“It is seriously disturbing for white folks to be lobbying to be the interim Mayor in Charlotte,” the NAACP said in a statement. “Our Mayor who recently resigned is a Black woman who is a registered Democrat.”…