Government & Civic Reporter, Strolling Ballantyne
Jack Beckett covers government and civic affairs as they touch south Charlotte and Ballantyne — Mecklenburg County Commission decisions, zoning, transit, and state-level Raleigh news that lands on the neighborhood's ledger. Direct, reportorial, primary-sourced. A Mercury Local cross-publication byline, also writing for The Charlotte Mercury, The Farmington Mercury, and Fourth Ward Charlotte.
State Rep. Carla Cunningham re-registered Unaffiliated on Friday after losing her March primary by nearly 48 points. She doesn't represent Ballantyne — but the property-tax committee she sits on is wr
Apr 25, 2026
