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With solid majorities on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners and the Charlotte City Council, local Democrats should be living high on the hog. They find themselves, instead, floundering in a political pigpen of self-churned mud. After nearly a year of fruitless endeavor and intra-party squabbling, the Democrat-led city council is stuck without a capital [...]
May 16, 2013 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,City Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
Something happened quietly at the last meeting of the NC House Transportation Committee which should disturb and anger anyone who believes our government should operate in an open an honest manner. There’s simply no other way to put it. As readers of aShortChronicle know, House Bill 267 was filed in early March with the title - NCGA Prior [...]
May 14, 2013 | Posted in Carolinas,County Beat,Rick Short | Read More »
With all the hoopla surrounding the surprise termination of County Manager Harry Jones at last night’s Board of County Commissioners meeting, there was another victory for grassroots conservatives perhaps lost in the shuffle. In February, the County Parks and Recreation department submitted a proposal to the Board that would place restrictions on the ability of [...]
May 8, 2013 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,Christian Hine,County Beat | Read More »
At a Sunday press conference in Mooresville, NC, State Representative Robert Brawley joined the HOT lane opposition movement WidenI77.org. Here is the full video from the press conference. Brawley’s written statement is below. Statement by Representative Robert Brawley Regarding I-77 HOT Lane Proposal We are here today because new information that I had not seen before [...]
May 7, 2013 | Posted in Carolinas,Christian Hine,County Beat | Read More »
Last night in Cornelius we gave the Cornelius Town Board a presentation on all the recent positive developments that would get us general purpose lanes sooner. With the metropolitan planning organization (MUMPO) scheduled to amend their plan to include toll lanes, this new information is critical. Cornelius has a seat on MUMPO and the purpose of the presentation was to [...]
May 7, 2013 | Posted in Carolinas,County Beat | Read More »
Since March, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners has been faced with a proposal from the Parks and Recreation Department to limit the ability of concealed carry permit holders to lawfully carry a firearm in county parks. This proposal has been deferred twice now, but will be up for discussion again this Tuesday night at [...]
May 2, 2013 | Posted in Christian Hine,County Beat | Read More »
**The Mecklenburg Libertarian Party sent the following email this morning. I’m posting this a little short notice, but there is still time to act! Please join us at 6pm tonight at the Government Center to let your voice be heard. Mecklenburg Co. to Vote on Park Concealed Carry Restrictions on April 2, 2014 Let the [...]
April 2, 2013 | Posted in Christian Hine,County Beat | Read More »
With a twist of ironic timing, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library officials have tagged April Fool’s Day to launch expanded hours at a dozen community branch libraries where services had shrunk and positions were cut in response to previous budgetary reductions. The move, which will cost about $1.2 million drawn from the library system’s current budget, is [...]
March 28, 2013 | Posted in County Beat,House Specials,Mark Pellin | Read More »
For the past few months as the WidenI77.org citizens group in North Mecklenburg questioned the effort to install HOT Lanes on I-77, the Mecklenburg County Republican Party remained noticeably silent on the subject. To a degree, that silence was understandable considering the push to install these toll lanes is being led by local Republicans in the State [...]
March 25, 2013 | Posted in Carolinas,County Beat,Rick Short | Read More »
With the General Assembly pondering legislation that would allow for a reval redo in Mecklenburg County, the fiscal fallout at a local level is starting to take shape. Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James, a Republican who represents District 6, donned his cub reporter’s hat and blasted out an e-newsletter today that recapped some the latest developments: [...]
March 20, 2013 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
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