Charlotte’s city council named Rob Harrington interim mayor. And for once, the process worked.

The Advocate Health CEO has taken Charlotte’s community hospital and turned it into the nation’s third-largest nonprofit health system. But it hasn’t come without criticism. At $25 million a year and in the middle of a fight over WakeMed, he may be the most consequential — and questioned — leader in modern Charlotte.

Inside the I-77 rescission vote, and what it says about the city’s next chapter.