Opinions for week ending: Sunday, November 04 2007

(10.31.07) Light-rail myth dispelled
CHARLOTTE — Todd Fuller of Charlotte, a former worldwide professional basketball player, writes that global experiences have taught him that urban light rail will make an odd fit for Charlotte. The prospect is costly and very different from successful, global systems.

(10.30.07) What's the line on referendums?
CHARLOTTE — There's a hot debate about who can do what in the current Mecklenburg County election. Ed Williams put some of the issues to an expert who has no dog in this fight: Robert Joyce, a professor of public law and government at UNC Chapel Hill.

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