Possibly right below the badges of Char-Meck police officers and firefighters, if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way. Reid, facing an uphill re-election bid in a state rife with union power and sway, is pushing federal legislation that would give public safety workers in North Carolina collective bargaining rights when negotiating for pay […]
Can only assume that he does, or at least not like or appreciate them as much as, say, librarians or social service workers or veterans. While we’re at it, might as well add district attorneys, court clerks and sheriff deputies into the mix, as well. How else to explain Foxx’s wholly irresponsible threat to veto […]
On Wednesday, Harold Johnson, Republican Candidate for the 8th Congressional District, announced the endorsement of six key players in the Tea Party movement: Craig Nannini, Mecklenburg County Tea Party Leader; Rev. Russ Fincham, Tea Party Patriot activist from Rockingham; Corey Thompson, Co-Founder of CAUTION (“Common Americans United To Inspire OUR Nation”), Tea Party activist, and […]
Mecklenburg County is in a fiscal mess because of the leadership of various people in positions of influence and power whose ambitions were to spend the taxpayer’s money on their own projects with no consideration of the future. The players were often led by Parks Helms. Helms was a member of the Board of County […]
Charlotte’s former boy mayor’s latest adventure in the political realm is the New Leadership PAC, which the site informs that McCrory established “to promote issues that he feels are critical to the future of North Carolina.” The organization purports as a goal identifying and supporting “future leaders and candidates” and concentrating on voter outreach efforts. […]
Taking a page from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ free- and reduced-price lunch program – latest motto, “We feed anybody, just ask” – the state is easing income restrictions for food stamp eligibility. The Wilmington Star-News has the rundown here. In a nutshell: The state’s federally funded Food and Nutrition Services program, commonly called food stamps, is currently […]
If at first you don’t succeed, move along and hope that extra support will help you catch up. That’s the philosophy critics contend is driving a new set of grade-promotion and graduation standards at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The new rules, which take effect next school year, strongly encourage principals to not retain a student more than […]
One of the most mind-jarring images of the current disaster in the Gulf, besides the thousands of dead wildlife in the water so far, has been the sight of lawyers and environmental activists getting out of their monster Escalades or Yukon SUVs in Louisiana to ‘investigate the damage caused by that awful oil company, BP […]
In a series of pricey votes Monday night, the city council approved more than $46 million worth of contracts that clear a flight path for major overhauls at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and puts the Queen City in business with tech titan Google. The council approved a nearly $700,000 change-order to a construction contract with Edison […]
After months of political machinations and public theater resulting from a sexual harassment complaint that was never really a formal complaint filed against Councilmember Warren Turner, the Charlotte City Council on Monday night unanimously adopted a code of ethics and harassment policy to govern the council and mayor. The new policy, which includes guidelines on […]
