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Best Of 2010
LOCAL ZERO
TIM D’ANNUNZIO
Staff Pick
The wild man from Raeford, N.C., isn’t strictly “local,” but he certainly got the attention of Charlotteans during his run for the 8th District congressional seat. In fact, D’Annunzio was so bizarre, he became a national story. First, he framed his campaign as a war against “the wicked,” hosted a fundraiser where donors got to shoot submachine guns, attacked fellow Republican and former sportscaster Harold Johnson as part of “the left-wing media,” and called for the abolition of 10 different federal departments. Then Timmy D topped himself on Keith Larson’s popular conservative WBT talk show, where he got into a shouting match and told Larson there’s “a special place in hell” for the show’s host. Timmy, we hardly knew ye — and that’s a good thing.
Previous Winners
- 2012 Local Zero - Bill James
- 2012 Local Zero - Harold Cogdell
- 2011 LOCAL ZERO - THOM TILLIS
- 2011 LOCAL ZERO - BILL JAMES
- 2010 LOCAL ZERO - Bill James
- 2009 LOCAL ZERO - Peter Gorman
- 2009 LOCAL ZERO - (tie) Gloria Pace King & Mayor Pat McCrory
- 2008 LOCAL ZERO - Nick Mackey
- 2008 LOCAL ZERO - Bobcats Owner Robert Johnson
- 2007 Local Zero - Mayor Pat McCrory
- 2007 Local Zero - Jim Pendergraph
- 2006 Local Zero - Ric Flair
