Lloyd Scher brings to the NC State House 100 race a proven track record as a community leader, businessman and public servant in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Lloyd served as a Mecklenburg County Commissioner from 1992 to 2000. As a Democrat his first win, in 1992, was over an incumbent Republican commissioner in a Republican-leaning district.

As a County Commissioner, Lloyd Scher served as President of the Aging Commission of the National Association of Counties. At the state level Commissioner Scher served as chair of a state study of senior issues and presented the report to the 1998 General Assembly.

Lloyd was instrumental in North Carolina increasing the Homestead Senior Property Tax Exemption into law in 1999. He was also a leader in getting a helmet law passed to protect children under 16.

In the 1990’s, before being elected to the County Commission, Lloyd Scher helped organize county neighborhood organizations and assisted several neighborhoods such as Amity Gardens, Farm Pond, and Merry Oaks to become active associations.

Lloyd has served on:

• The Regional Film Council
• The Cable Oversight Committee
• Senior Studies Committee
• Study Commission on Building Standards

A 1968 graduate of Myers Park High School in Charlotte, Lloyd attended Central Piedmont Community College before serving in the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard. Following his military service, Lloyd Scher worked for two years as a customer service representative for the City of Charlotte Finance Department. He attended Miami-Dade Junior College where he obtained an Associate Degree in Industrial Relations.

In 1972, Lloyd transferred to UNC-Chapel Hill where he was active in the following campus activities:

• Working with the UNC College Democrats
• Serving as a basketball manager
• Admissions student representative
• ACC and NCAA tournament ticket chairperson

He graduated in 1976 with a BA degree in Political Science.

Lloyd Scher founded Video Taping Services in 1979. He grew the business to operate in three states.

In 1985, Lloyd became a foster parent and helped his ‘kids’ attend college, begin careers and continues to be a parent to them and a grandfather to their children.