Questions continue to surround the Fayetteville-Cumberland Martin Luther King Jr. Committee following a week of major developments that have shaken the organization’s leadership and cast uncertainty over one of its most ambitious projects.
Earlier this week, the committee postponed its annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade. Then, just last night, Chairman Stanley Ford stepped down amid mounting pressure from city and county leaders to provide financial documentation related to the committee’s multi-million-dollar MLK Spire project.
Now, the committee faces a turning point as it works to determine new leadership, restore public trust, and decide the future of the long-planned monument…