Vote Yes Fayetteville

Troy Williams, Columnist In an open letter to the City of Fayetteville, a citizen- led group called VoteYesFayetteville, wrote in support of a petition drive, saying our city finds itself at an important crossroads. One of the original petition- signers, former Mayor Tony Chavonne, said: “The discussion is really a

 MARCH 26, 2021 By Matt Richardsonin FAYETTEVILLE POLITICS A website advocating a change in the makeup of the Fayetteville City Council is making rounds on social media.  From the homepage:  Today, a local group of concerned citizens announces that they have formed a new group, VoteYesFayetteville (VoteYesFayetteville.com), to organize a

 OCTOBER 9, 2019 By Matt Richardsonin FAYETTEVILLE POLITICS Recently, our City Council made it more difficult to run for City Council by increasing filing fees five-fold. It used to be $24 to run. It’s now $170. The result of this change was that fewer people ran for City Council in

Today, a local group of concerned citizens announces that they have formed a new group, VoteYesFayetteville (VoteYesFayetteville.com), to organize a citizen-led petition to add a referendum on an upcoming election to improve the structure of the City Council from its current nine single member districts and mayor to a structure