Real estate wallets opened wide in Charlotte’s city elections

Real-estate and construction-related donors pitched in 39% of donations in City Council elections last month

This article appeared in the Sept. 20, 2019, edition of the Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter…

Full interview with retired Observer business columnist Doug Smith

If you’re a Doug Smith fan like me, you’re not going to want to settle for snippets of his wisdom. You want the whole thing, with his recollections of…