Graham city council member Bonnie Whitaker floated the idea this week of stripping the city’s mayor – currently Chelsea Dickey, who was elected to a two-year term in November 2025 – of the right to vote on matters which come before the council, except when needed to break a tie. Whitaker claimed this week that the city’s charter is incorrect and that state law only gives the mayor the right to vote “when there are equal numbers in the affirmativ…
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