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Shots fired inside Harris Teeter store in south Charlotte

Shots were fired during a robbery at a grocery store in south Charlotte Tuesday night, but no one was seriously injured in the incident, police said.

According to police, customers were inside the store at the time of the robbery.

One of the suspects hit a store manager in the back of the head, police said, but he was treated at the store by Medic.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers described the suspects as two black men. The first is about 5-feet 10-inches tall wearing a gray hoodie and jeans. The second suspect is a few inches shorter, wearing all black clothes with a white and red baseball cap.

The suspects apparently fled on foot. One of the men was armed with a gun.

Tuesday night's robbery marks the third Harris Teeter robbery in the last week. 

Police said a man carried a gun into the store on North Cove Road in Cornelius last Monday morning. Hours earlier, two armed men robbed the Harris Teeter on Highway 160 in Fort Mill. 

Police have not said the robberies are connected. 

_{Tue, 29 May 2012 22:55:48 -0400}

Council swings in favor of multimillion dollar Knights offer

A new baseball stadium is inching closer to reality, and Tuesday night it gained the support of the majority of the Charlotte City Council.

Council members said in a meeting they would be willing to give enough taxpayer money to build the stadium.

The Charlotte Knights have been working for years to move the team from Fort Mill to uptown Charlotte. The move has been a tough sell in a time when the city budget has been tight.

But in Tuesday night’s meeting the council discussed a deal that could be offered to the franchise: $8 million from the city of Charlotte, $8 million from Mecklenburg County and the land, which is valued at $20 to $24 million.

To come up with the $8 million, the council pulled $2.5 million from the property tax stadium, added money from taxes that come from hotel and motels in the city, and added $750,000 from Center City Partners.

“This will be a tremendously successful franchise. This is an opportunity for all of us to have a great entertainment facility year-round,” said Knights General Manager Dan Rajkowski.

The team projects attendance would double to 600,000 by leaving  Fort Mill and moving into the Third Ward.

The proposal had the support of Knights leadership.

“Breaking ground in October and playing baseball on April 14, you’ll see the benefits of what this investment will have,” Rajkowski said.

But the proposal is not yet an offer or a completed deal. Council members will take a formal vote on the subsidy on June 11. 

_{Tue, 29 May 2012 22:39:09 -0400}

City residents blast council for property tax discussion

People laid into Charlotte city leaders Tuesday night, telling them not to raise property taxes. 

Speakers at the Charlotte City Council meeting did not hold back. They attacked the proposal and even called for City Manager Curt Walton’s job.

City Manager Curt Walton is recommending an 8 percent hike to pay for the $926 million worth of projects he thinks the city will need over the next eight years. 

"You guys come along and say this is a great time for the city to increase its tax rate by 8 percent,” said Ed Driggs. “It is politically, absolutely tone deaf. I can't understand why you reach the conclusion that this is needed at this time."

Eight percent means an extra $72 on a $200,000 home.

"I fail to understand how taking even more money from the pockets of the consumers and job creators for more of the same is going to result in anything other than greater economic despair for Charlotte," said Jay Privett.

Taxpayers talked about the high unemployment rate, projects they did not see as necessary and how the recent revaluations hit some homeowners especially hard.

As one sign said, they were begging for mercy.

"Business owners and their employees are finding ways to survive in the new normal. City government should do the same," said Larry Huelsman.

The way things work, city leaders just listened Tuesday night.  They discuss the budget Wednesday.

_{Tue, 29 May 2012 22:20:32 -0400}

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