Mayor Pat McCrory

Mayor Pat McCrory looks back at his time in office and forward to what the new leader of the city will face.  

The mayor of Charlotte, N.C., made an appearance to advocate the economic benefits of transit at the 2009 Regional Transportation Forum in Brandon Monday. The event, co-hosted by the Tampa Bay Partnership and the Brandon Chamber of Commerce, aimed to portray Charlotte’s implementation of a rail line as a demonstration of the advantages of such a system within Hillsborough County.  

(By Jim Morrill, Steve Harrison and Ted Mellnik, jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com) Beth Eames, who considers herself a loyal Democrat, helped Republican Mayor Pat McCrory carry her Dilworth precinct with 70 percent of the vote in 2007.But Tuesday her vote helped swing the precinct at East Boulevard's Greek Orthodox...  

If he didn't take pride in never having used his gavel to keep order, you could have said Mayor Pat McCrory gaveled his last City Council business meeting to a close Monday night. But he didn't; it wasn't his style.During his 14 years as mayor, the city transformed itself. For starters, growth was relentless. But more than growth was shaping Charlotte. In 1994, when the NCAA Final Four came to town, Charlotte had to construct a string of fake...  

The countdown has begun to Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory's last day in office. Monday night, McCrory presided over his last official city council meeting. With two weeks left in office as mayor, he's showing no signs of slowing down.  

The city of Charlotte will likely decide in the next two weeks whether to buy all 90 acres of Eastland Mall, Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory said late Monday night.Council members met in closed session Monday to discuss buying the failing mall, with the hope of then selling it to a developer who would transform it into a mixed use center of offices, stores and homes.McCrory said he hopes the council will have more clarity on the issue soon, though...  

Outgoing Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory has a 60-percent approval rating according to the latest survey by Public Policy Polling. So why didn't that propel fellow Republican John Lassiter to victory in the mayor's race? WFAE's Julie Rose reports.  

Mayor Pat McCrory apologized Thursday for connecting Northlake mall to a growing heroin problem in the suburbs.McCrory said he shouldn't have singled out the mall or the Arboretum during a press conference Tuesday in which he released new statistics showing heroin overdoses and deaths have more than tripled since last year."We're talking at the Arboretum. We're talking at Northlake mall. We're talking in downtown Charlotte. We're talking in...  

New Mayor Anthony Foxx has added Charlotte to a long list of U.S. cities committed to taking action on climate change.Foxx on Thursday signed a U.S. Conference of Mayors climate-protection agreement that his predecessor, Pat McCrory, helped draft in 2005 but himself refused to endorse. McCrory led the mayors' committee that drafted the agreement, but faulted it for not including nuclear power among possible solutions.The City Council instead...  

(By Pat McCrory, Special to the Observer) "We must walk the fine line between growth and the preservation of the values which brought many of us here."This comes from a political brochure of my dad's from 1961, when he successfully ran for City Council in Worthington, Ohio. Although my dad, Mac McCrory, passed away a few days before I was sworn in as mayor, his quote has been my creed and focus during my 14 years as mayor - always wanting...  

From "Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory advocates Bay area rail" in the Tampa Bay Business Journal:“Wherever you put transit, it will create jobs,” he said. “The more choices you have, the more the consumer will want to live, work and play here.”I don't think this is exactly correct. If you don't put transit in the right place, and you don't have a transit system, it may or may not work well for your community and your region. The Baltimore...  

By Mary C. Curtis It was the perfect Charlotte fall day: lots of sunshine, no humidity and a civic event. After months of construction and low-level grumbling from put-upon business owners, Elizabeth Avenue was about to officially open. It was the kind of day especially beloved by one man who has come to mean Charlotte. Tieless and smiling, he opened the morning's festivities: "I'm Pat McCrory, mayor of the city of...  

(By Steve Harrison, sharrison@charlotteobserver.com) A crowd of hundreds watched as Anthony Foxx was sworn in as Charlotte's new Mayor Monday night, after which Foxx gave a solemn speech noting the city's tough economic climate and the need to create jobs.Foxx mentioned some of the city's struggles, such as the region's 12 percent unemployment and "even higher levels of unemployment." He talked about the region's declining home values and high...  

Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory decided to step down after a record seven terms in office. Though Charlotte will have its first new mayor since 1995, McCrory says his days of public service are not over.  

Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory said he wishes he was voting for Republican John Lassiter while governor.