AP Photo-Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Michael Barnes, third from left, speaks to the media during a news conference held at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, on the arrest of Charlotte Mayor […]
AP Photo-Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Michael Barnes, third from left, speaks to the media during a news conference held at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, on the arrest of Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon on federal public corruption charges, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in Charlotte, N.C. City spokesman Keith Richardson says Cannon has resigned effective immediately, just hours after he was charged with federal public corruption and bribery. Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Robert Lahser