Theresa Hunt
Landscape Architect
“I care very deeply about what the mayor has to say regarding art. Almost as deeply as I care about that gnat on your camera lens.”
Harriet Ellison
Tupperware Salesperson
“He’s right. They could buy some of those big paintings I see at yard sales — nice frames, too — and save money. At least I can tell what they’re supposed to be; well, most of them.”
Dave Vellini
Bartender
“He says he wants to be sure the taxpayers’ money is well-spent, so I assume he’ll be eating in school cafeterias and supervising road crews next, right?”
Jason Schwartz
Limo Driver
“Oh. Charlotte has a mayor?”
This article appears in Oct 13-19, 2004.
