Either as publisher of the uptown paper of record, or as co-chair of Charlotte Center City Partner’s 2020 Vision Plan. It’s bad enough that Caulkins is a member of the uptown lunch bunch’s board of directors; it is patently egregious that she’s co-chair of the Center City 2020 Vision Plan. Why? For starters, the county […]
It might not be an exact apples-to-apples comparison, but Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James raises the interesting question of how it is that the governor of New York comes under fire for violating state ethics laws by snagging five free tickets to last year’s World Series opener, “but the Democrats on the Mecklenburg County Commission get […]
All, Don’t forget about the fun night of spirits and politics on Thursday! Presto will be offering us ALL their wines at 1/2 price so this is officially our first “WINE NIGHT”. For all you wine connoisseurs, the wine list is on their website at http://www.prestobarandgrill.com/wines.html. Again, we will start with a networking/happy hour from […]
Today, StrengthenCharlotte released its formal opinion on the Streetcar project undertaken by the Charlotte City Council. The group, a nonpartisan advocate, held its kickoff meeting on January 13 at Dilworth Neighborhood Grille. “This is a ‘what we’ve been doing’ statement from StrengthenCharlotte to the public at large” said President and Founder Tariq Scott Bokhari. “We […]
It was equal parts amazing and amusing watching Commissioner Vilma Leake in action Tuesday night, but mostly it was flat-out scary. At issue was a vote by the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners to approve a change in the structure of the Fire Commission and receive an update on the county’s fire service assessment. The […]
Big Haps tonight, when The House Report debuts on The Pete Kaliner Show, WBT 1110 AM. PunditHouse will have a weekly segment with Pete every Wednesday at 9 p.m., so tune in your dials, kick back (unless you’re driving, if you’re driving don’t kick back) and enjoy. Kaliner is one of the best in the […]
Why? Dunno. But he is, with the federal Bureau of Prisons website now identifying Black’s release date as March 2011, a full year ahead of his projected release date of March 2012. Maybe Parks Helms, last seen huddling under his own cloud of shame and corruption, could provide a reason, probably plenty of them. Black […]
Jason Lewis, former drive time host of Charlotte’s WBT radio and current host on KTLK in Minneopolis when not filling in for Rush Limbaugh, will be in Charlotte on Friday, March 5, for a luncheon honoring SC-5 Congressional candidate Sen. Mick Mulvaney. The lunch is scheduled for noon at the Greek Isles Restaurant at 200 East Bland […]
While pressing for a full-frontal assault to ram through a government takeover of your healthcare, President Obama is still having trouble managing his own. Despite the official line that he had kicked cigarettes to the curb, the president remains a nicotine junkie. As part of his first medical check-up since taking office, White House physician […]
A controversial set of development guidelines on schedule to become law later this year, along with some equally controversial regulations and ordinances already being enforced, drew heat at Monday night’s city council meeting. And it wasn’t the stereotypical, much-maligned, money-grubbing, big, bad developer who was breathing fire. It was advocates for affordable housing, or more […]
