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DNC = Did no commerce (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: September 11,2012

Charles Jonas and his team at Jones Lang LaSalle were ready to show some uptown real estate. For the most part, however, buyers and sellers had to wait while history walked the streets of the Queen City.


PROTESTER OF THE DAY: Darla Moody (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: September 5,2012

Back in 2008, Darla Moody said she believed the hype surrounding Barack Obama.


The first Republican … for Obama

By Scott Baughman
Published: September 5,2012

For a moment, Charlotte, forget President Obama; a legend walks among us: Sam Miller.


DEMOCRAT OF THE DAY – Sabrina Saunders: Inspired by the Democrats who saved her city (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: September 5,2012

Saunders also said she was a Democrat because she felt Democrats were smart. “I do know some smart Republicans,” she said. “But only a few.”


He wants to make shirt shrift of Obama

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: September 5,2012

He's one young Obama hater in a sea of Obama lovers at the Democratic National Convention, and he seems to enjoy every sneer he gets.


The delegates’ delicate decision: Is the honor worth the cost? (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 4,2012

“You better budget at least $2,500,” said Tim Mauldin, a convention delegate for his home state of Oklahoma. “Every delegate has to pay his or her own way.”


DEMOCRAT OF THE DAY – Christina Shelley: Her dad was a dedicated ‘D’ (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: September 4,2012

The chairwoman of her local legislative district and also a nurse practitioner, Christina Shelley, a Democratic delegate from Arizona, is in Charlotte specifically supporting health care and immigration reform.


PROTESTER OF THE DAY – Forrest Bibbee: ‘I’m not anti-military, I’m anti-war’ (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: September 4,2012

Forrest Bibbee has been living in a tent that is his message. It is covered in signs and symbols, some handwritten, some more formal. One is a screen-printed flag with a depiction of a dove and the name of a group Bibbee belongs to: Veterans for Peace.


DNScene: September 4 (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: September 4,2012

Reporters share the sights and sounds of uptown Charlotte during the Democratic National Convention.


Delegates elect not to run

By Jim Stasiowski
Published: September 4,2012

Predawn Tuesday in Charlotte, long before the villainous heatandhumidity partnership reached its ruthless peak, should have brought out an Olympics-opening-ceremony multitude of Democratic joggers and walkers. Instead, the walkers seemed absent, and the joggers were lonely.