A new poll shows a dead heat in the Charlotte Mayor's race between Lassiter and Foxx. Is there a dime's worth of difference between these candidates?

One is not, I repeat notn a dog gone tax and spend democrat!!! That is the man I'll be voting for. Question: Is he the white guy or the black guy?

they are both "as crooked as the day is long".....................

its a shame that these 2 men are the best that Charlotte has to offer...........

i guess that speaks for the quality of the people in Charlotte...........

fox has black voters and young people.it sounds like an election we just had last november.yeah,i see things a changing alright.maybe charlotte will get it's wish granted and be a world class city like N.Y.and L.A..oh yeah,they're just about bankrupt.good going charlotte.

Both candidates are clones of Pat McCory. You don't even need to think about which one to choose as long as your have a coin to flip.

No difference.

That said:
It was Democrats that raise taxes when I was trying to meet my mortgage on short pay!
It was Democrats that raise taxes when I was trying to feed my family on short pay!
It was Democrats that raise taxes when my company was trying NOT to lay any more people off
It was Democrats that raise taxes when my neighbor was laid off and could not pay his mortgage, feed his family.
Democrats solution to everything: SPEND MORE OF OUR MONEY to buy those all important underprivileged vote.

Well now I'm one of the underprivileged but I'm sure not going to reward them for making me that way!

John Lassiter is the man for the job. He has years of experience in the business world as well as his service through the school board and city council.
And even more important, life experiences that his opponent doesn't have. Foxx is arrogant and a know it all, even though he doesn't really get it yet. And how about the fact that his wife got that job with the county even when there was a job freeze? John would never use his influence to secure a job for a family member. He is an honest man who would serve our city well

Call it what it is Its a black/white issue The little ole black lady, that wouldn't convicted OJ, ain't going to vote for the white guy And the little ole man from the north, who still upset that Obama got elected, ain't going to vote for the black guy

Only question is which is there more of in Charlotte

PS This is only a part time job that no-one pays any attention to anyway

I like both and see little difference. Lassiter gives better interviews, Foxx has more enthusiasm. Lassiter has great experience, Foxx has great promise. I will vote for Foxx, but I won't stay up to hear who won. I don't really think it matters.

For ONCE, local questions. About time WBT Radio talked about local issues, not some wingnut case.

just rembember gant and all the democrats backed mackey go figure it ain't about the quality of the person just look at where it has gone in the last ten years (keep doing what youRdoing and keep getting more of what youRvoting for)

Foxx reminds me too much of that mistake we elected this past november, outside money, no specifics, no real plan, no original ideas. Just another Obama wannabe. THERE IS NO WAY I WILL VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT!!!

Sometimes from virtual obscurity comes the leader of the free world. Keep democrats where they belong: out of public office.

Most of Foxx's campaign money is coming from out of state. Wonder why? Why would someone from out of state be concerned with a local election? Of what benefit would it be to him? To me, that is enough NOT to vote for Foxx!

And with all of the things that are more important, Congess today is having hearngs on head injuries in the NFL????? OMG! Good luck Charlotte. Not sure who it will be but you can bet that the uptown crowd will have him in their pocket. It does bring a memory of last November. HMMMMM.

You are right senior. There is already way too much outside influence in Charlotte. Like barterman said above "be a world class city like N.Y.and L.A..oh yeah,they're just about bankrupt.good going charlotte".

alot of out of state companies are looking to possible relocate here and we are trying to get them. i know if i were in that situation i may want to try to get a foot in the door. this is one way that has been used for years. bottom line, its the voters that decide.

Where or where is a third party candidate when you need one? All the lies coming from Foxx and Lassiter in their campaign ads about what great leaders they are and all of what they accomplished is enough to make you sick. If they had done what they claim they had we wouldn't have any crime or unemployment in Charlotte. This place would be a near Utopia. every time they say, "I will reduce crime" or "I will bring jobs" you know it is a lie. If they can do that, then why haven't they already done so? They have had plenty of time on the council to have already accomplished this.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee, not a dimes worth of difference!

No pratt, companies are leaving Charlotte due to the high taxes that are imposed on them. Wellman left a few years ago, Red Ventures just announced that they were leaving and going across the border to SC just like Wellman did and taking 500 jobs with them. If these imaginary companies you think are just dying to relocate here they wouldn't need to have a "foot in the door". All they would have to do is announce that they are considering Charlotte and the city council would be falling all over each other trying to claim credit for attracting them to Charlotte. And, like the NASCAR Hall of Fame, we would soak the taxpayers to build them a facility.

If you examine the candidates actions and words you will see both are trying to appeal to the same voters with one exception. They both have a preference to spend your tax dollars in their neighborhood. The only power the mayor of this city has is the veto, you may want to vote for the man in the minority party (if you can tell who that is) so there would be a chance the more wasteful spending might be prevented. Of course wasteful spending is defined as money spent on things you don't agree of approve of.

senior you are on it today. Sounds like Boeng is choosng SC fo their new plant. With all of the supposed technology we have in the "triangle" you would think they may want to come to NC. Between CharMeck and the state, we are NOT business friendly. I not too long ago was part of a team and experienced the friendly process of starting a manufaturing facility in Charlotte. We were regulated to death like they almost didn't want nasty old manufacuring jobs here. I always wondered how we would have been treated had we been a bank wanting to headquater here. I am sure that would have suited the uptown crowd just fine and they would have tripped over each other sucking up. And as posted above, it is a part time job with no real influence. Kind of like Washingtn D.C. Mayor is a figurehead just like Obamarama.

I listened to a one-hour interview Mike Collins did with them, and after that I decided to vote for Lassiter. I still see few differences between the two, but Lassiter just seems to be more comfortable in the role. He will be a seamless transition from McCrory, who I also supported.

Loafer, our political system does not support a third party - at least not for long. And I actually think that is a good thing. Third parties ruin things, just look at Nader in 2000, or NY-23 today. America is much better off with a system that picks a clear winner. Pick your guy (or girl), or stay home.

OldMan, what about all those Republicans who spent hundreds of billions of Dollars on unnecessary wars, kept that spending off budget, and asked nobody except our troops to sacrifice? Clinton handed Bush a surplus, remember that? I agree that Democrats like to spend money, but at least they try to pay for what they buy. Republicans dine-and-dash.

Tess, so what kind of people do you want in public office? Communists? Fascists? Dictators? I don't get your point.

You lefties need to listen to Limbaugh right now. He is excerpting Ronald Reagans speech from October 1964. Really quite relevant to what is gong on now.

I.M.Dem, our political system , as outlined in the Constitutions of the federal and state governments do not dictate a two party system. The only reason we have that today is tradition and the medias refusal to take a third party seriously enough to report on the candidate. A powerful third party would keep the other two parties more honest and responsive to the people. Right now it is more like a ping pong match between the parties rather than a national discourse on the true issues facing America. With the system we have of an electoral college, the system hardly picks a clear winner. Without Perot in the race Clinton would never have won. He won by a minority of the vote (less than 50%).

The reason Clinton was able to hand Bush a budget surplus was due to the economic policies of Ronald Regan.

To I.M.DEM;

The money spent on the military pales in comparison to the Social Programs of the last 40 years. As to being unnecessary - Hind sight is nOT 20/20. Who knows what shape the world would be in if we had let the communist march right across the world. YOU DON"T and neither do I.

Currently we have a card carrying Marxist President - why does this not frighten YOU!

Read Dr. Sowel's article -out today.

Frightening is an inadequate word for the state of our government.

IMDEM, just for the record the surplus created during the Clinton's reign was the product of a republican congress who got elected with a tax cut promise in the mid term election. Probably aided by the Health Care Reform bill destruction brought about by the mishandling by our current Sec State.

Loafer, Perot voters split 50/50, meaning Clinton would have won anyway. Clinton raised taxes and balanced the budget, and Regan had nothing to do with that. Reagan's trickle down philosophy has been solidly discredited by now, since the gap between the rich and poor in America has deepened since Reagan, pausing only during Clinton.

I understand it is not in the U.S. Constitution, but the fact that the winner of a State gets all electoral votes (in most States), makes it very difficult for a third party to win. Generally, when a third party develops, one of the main parties shifts to bring in those voters. Republicans shift right because of the Libertarian Party, and Democrats shift left because of the Green Party. Blaming the media is such a cop-out. More people watch Faux News, and you guys still complain about the media.

George, how many of those 10 items in the Contract with America did Republicans pull off? Those Republicans were more interested in power than they were in ideology. Look at Gingrich throwing Hoffman under the bus in NY-23. Regardless, Clinton handed over a surplus, Bush handed over a mess. Your speculation as to the reason for that does not avoid that truth.

OldMan, some wars are necessary, but Vietnam, Korea, Panama, Grenada, Balkans, and Iraq were not. I understand those were technically not wars, but indulge me. We wasted tens of thousands of soldiers and trillions of dollars on those wars and have nothing to show for it. At least the spending on social programs has benefited Americans.

How do you know President Obama is a card-carrying member of the Marxist Party? If you show me proof I will be frightened.