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City Council Offered Cash To Change Its I-77 Vote.
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WBT Charlotte's News Talk
Source: Mark Garrison / Mark GarrisNormally, if you give a politician money to change his vote — it’s called a bribe.
The DOT is offering 300-million dollars —- if City Council will change its vote and allow toll lanes to be built on I-77 south.
In a written offer, the money seems targeted at black neighborhoods that fought the project because activists feared it would potentially bulldoze about two dozen homes.
City Councilman Ed Driggs who supports the toll lanes said the offer from the state brings accountability.
We’ll find out next month when Charlotte city council is supposed to re-consider the toll project