Have you ever noticed how random things seem to always be spilling on Charlotte highways? I've been tracking them for a couple years. Here is a list that will update!
2. May 2016- Potatoes 3. June 2016- Mint Museum Apartment window glass 4. June 2016- Bees 5. September 2016- Animal intestines
6. October 2016- Pig parts. Photo by our news partners the Gaston Gazette 7. December 2016- Grocery store products 8. December 2016- Nails. 9. December 2016- Vegetable oil
10. January 2017- Soda syrup 11. January 2017- Concrete slabs 12. January 2017- Metal discs 13. February 2017- Fertilizer
14. March 2017- Crushed Cars 15. April 2017- Car batteries 16. April 2017- Pig guts 17. April 2017- Corn
18. April 2017- Chicken parts 19. June 2017- Watermelons 20. August 2017- Money 21. November 2017- A House
22. December 2017- Asphalt 23. May 2018- Coca Cola products 24. July 2018- Pig Parts 25. October 2018- Raw Chicken
26. March 2019- Paint 27. April 2019- Liquid Nitrogen 28. October 2019- Packaged chicken
Editor's note- when I say "Charlotte highways" I mean roads and highways in the Charlotte viewing area. Twitter also limits how many tweets can be in a thread so in the future I may wait to post 4 at a time!
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CMS will meet shortly. The meeting is virtual because City Manager Marcus Jones is not letting the public in the Gov Center. Watch live here: facebook.com/cmsboe
The CMS meeting is flying by. They may actually get to the back to school presentation at a decent hour.
Technical difficulties have resulted in the meeting coming to a halt. I don't know what is going on but @crjeterjr just said "thank you @Hunt_Saenz"
Greg Phipps and Larken Egleston are the only two councilmembers in person. Everyone else is virtual. Councilmember Victoria Watlington is absent due to the loss of a close friend #CLTCC
City employees have until tomorrow to upload their vaccination status. As of today, 90% of employees have responded and the vaccination rate is 66%. The final number is expected to be available on Friday. #CLTCC
No Mecklenburg County long term care residents have died of COVID-19 since February #MeckBOCC
Charlotte hospitals are not seeing increases in patients in the ICU due to COVID
Keep in mind when the county says only ~34% have received at least one shot, that is out of the total Meck County population, not the eligible population. People under 16 are not eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine right now
Just announced: The Mecklenburg County Health Department is closing Bojangles Coliseum for vaccine appointments on May 22 #MeckBOCC
The county is launching a partnership with Action NC for grassroots canvassing about vaccine availability and information #MeckBOCC
Health Director Gibbie Harris says the county is seeing some hesitancy but mainly a lack of urgency in getting a COVID-19 shot. The county is looking at ways to make it as easy as possible to get a vaccine #MeckBOCC