Vilma Leake

At the Mecklenburg County Commissioners meeting Wednesday night, Commissioner Vilma Leake criticized the local rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine and questioned whether public health officials are part of a plan to kill Black people. County officials — including the public health director — said nothing.

Mecklenburg County manager Dena Diorio has a buzzword when touting the quarter-cent sales tax: Transparency.In a recent meetings, Diorio has said -…

Hate mail and racist remarks have long been a reality for people in public life – especially for African Americans. But instead of quietly commiserating…

They started as allies, even friends. Then they had a high profile falling out. Now Mecklenburg County commissioners Pat Cotham and Vilma Leake are at…

A meeting of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners Tuesday turned into a series of heated exchanges between commissioners with accusations of…