Taking the first local steps in opposition of the recent healthcare legislation, Huntersville Town Commissioner and At-Large County Commission candidate Charles Jeter will be submitting two separate binding resolutions for consideration by the Huntersville Town Board at their April 5th meeting. Each of the resolutions will request the North Carolina state government to intercede on behalf of […]
Last weekend’s open house at Knights Castle was a big hit with fans. Photos by: Glen Simmons [nggallery id=18]
Charlotte skated by Trenton last Friday with a 4-3 win. Photos by: Glen Simmons [nggallery id=17]
Making Nonsense Out of Sense Your taxes will go up. The level of your medical care will go down. The time that you will have to wait for care will go up, and the national growth rate will slow significantly. All of these maladies we can plant at the doorstep of Obamacare and you heard […]
Eliminating middle school athletics has become a nearly perennial threat used by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to help rally support for more local funding come budget season. Usually it works and somehow a last-minute, Hail Mary pass comes through to save sports, along with band, arts, and music programs. But this year, with CMS facing upwards of […]
Parks Helms summed it up best with his famous quote, “I’m mad! I’m angry!” He wasn’t speaking about healthcare, but he’s not alone with that sentiment. With the passage of the “Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform” bill Sunday night by a 219-212 vote in the United States House of Representatives, millions of Americans who had actively […]
Some things appear too good to be true….but this is true….so please listen up! In 2003, the N.C. legislature joined a growing number of other states, across the country and with General Statute GS 143-64-17 authorized Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) as a method for funding energy related improvements for public buildings, both state and local. […]
I am very excited to be writing a guest column for www.PunditHouse.com. I am not the most eloquent or technically perfect writer of all time. In fact, I sometimes end sentences with prepositions and dangling participles. I write the way I talk: No nonsense, possibly a bit long winded, but with passion and a steadfast […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is in the midst of adjusting its budget to new economic realities. Tax revenues are reduced and will remain at lower levels for years to come. Higher tax rates, being counter productive both economically and politically will remain at current levels, which means local governments and agencies will have to adjust to having […]
“KILL THE BILL!” That was the message that rang out from a giant crowd of 30,000 – 50,000 tea party activists who gathered in Washington, D.C. on Saturday for a last-minute protest against Congress’s efforts to pass the Obama-Pelosi-Reid government-run healthcare plan. Here’s just a few pictures from the massive gathering. Realize that this rally […]
