Eyebrows were raised last December when the C.D. Spangler Foundation gave Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman a quarter-million-dollar gift, with the money to be used for Gorman’s “personal growth and development,” or as he saw fit to help the district. Maybe Gorman should use some of the loot to pay for flying lessons. The skill […]
A year ago this week, President Barack Obama put his stamp of approval on the massive $787-billion stimulus bill. To date, about the only thing it’s managed to stimulate is itself, with an official cost estimate ballooning to $862 billion. Meanwhile, some 3 million Americans have lost their jobs and the national unemployment rate, which […]
Superintendent Peter Gorman has his eyes on that pack of gum in your pocket, or maybe that bottle of Yoo-hoo on your desk, and the schools chief has already launched lobbying efforts to wrest them from you. Gorman didn’t come out and directly say as much when he unveiled a series of dire budget forecasts […]
Or at least that’s part of the rationale offered by the city’s top spokesperson for the skyrocketing number of, well, spokespersons on the city’s payroll. About half of her time on the job, Kim McMillan explains, is “spent coordinating public records requests from the media,” and she singles out nontraditional media for much of the […]
Thanks to everyone who was able to make our last meetup! We had a great turnout of around 25 people, with both new faces and veteran activists represented. Before I discuss the next month’s event, scheduled for Monday, March 1st 7pm at Skyland Restaurant, I’d like to take just a moment to recap our last […]
It’s only fitting that after years of rampant and wildly misguided spending, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners got its first look at budget projections for the coming fiscal year during a meeting that was held last month on Fat Tuesday. That’s when commissioners learned the county faces a financial shortfall of at least $15.9 […]
David Schmidt recently uncovered the unedited version of Audi’s “The Green Police” commercial. This version was too long to air given the expense of ad time during a Super Bowl.
The Meck YRs (commonly referred to as “The Elephant Club”) is a social group that enjoys creating an environment where people can share their political views among friends. Outside the social/networking aspect of each meeting, our meetings will provide an opportunity for citizens to become educated on political issues at the local, county, state, and […]
Two days ago, PunditHouse.com was introduced to a little website you may be familiar with…Google. Since then, faster than anticipated, the number of unique hits to PunditHouse.com’s web server have increased twenty fold. While this is wonderful news to those of us at the ‘House, many of
Facing a potential $9 million shortfall in the city budget, Mayor Anthony Foxx has pounced into action – and hired a newly minted, personal mouthpiece that’s costing taxpayers $70,000 a year. No cheap talk there, folks. The money quote from Foxx: “We’re in such a challenging time, and it’s more important than ever that I […]
