Jackalope Jacks Chili Cookoff
Photos by: Glen Simmons The Second Annual Jackalope Jacks Chili Cook-off & Block Party, presented by The Go Social Club and the The Good Eats & Meets Club, serves up some tasty fun on Saturday, May 15. [nggallery id=39]
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Charlotte DragonBoat Festival
Photos by: Glen Simmons The annual Charlotte Dragonboat Festival makes waves Saturday, May 15, at Ramsey Creek Park. [nggallery id=36]
RNC Women’s Summit Attended by North Mecklenburg Women
The Republican National Committee (RNC) kicked-off its new Women’s Interactive Network on May 13th with a Women’s Summit in Washington, DC. More than 280 women from across the nation were nominated by their GOP state party chairmen, Republican National Committeemen and Committeewomen, and Republican Members of Congress based on their leadership ability and commitment to […]
WWJD? Support Huge Bond Package, According to WBT’s Chadwick
By Sharon Hudson In an interview with Charlotte Democratic Mayor Anthony Foxx which aired May 16th on WBT Radio, WBT Commentator and Pastor David Chadwick called for citizens to vote for the estimated $198.6 million bond package which may appear on the November ballot. The package would include $10 million for affordable housing, or about 5 percent of the […]
Feds Sniffing Around NCDOT
Along with, not surprisingly, a boatload of folks tied to some of the state’s top Democrats, including former Gov. Mike Easley, again, and former Senate leader Tony Rand. The N&O breaks it down here – be sure to read the link on Law Enforcement Associates: Federal investigators have issued a subpoena for next week’s grand […]
CMS: Insert Knife, Twist, Apply Salt
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is going to have to get every dime’s worth out of its multi-million-dollar PR budget to spin their way out of this one: firing teachers in front of their students. Nice touch. Next up, the school board clubs baby seals during CMS-TV’s penultimate episode of UpFront! with Superintendent Peter Gorman.
The Big Number On Your Ballot
Could be $198.6 million. That’s the size of the bond city leaders are currently floating: $156.6 million for transportation (79 percent of total package); $32 million for neighborhood improvements (16 percent); and $10 million for affordable housing (5 percent). Call me crazy, but asking voters to approve spending nearly $200 million when unemployment continues to […]
Read My Lips! No New Pledges!
We have been wondering when and how American politics got to the point where it seems as if hardly anything can get done anymore. On a truly bi-partisan basis, at least. We think we crossed the River of Rubicon when President George H.W. Bush, 41, uttered these (in)famous words at the 1988 Republican convention: “Read […]
Pay Day and Property Tax
Submitted by Dale Johnson Let’s just “imagine” for a moment. What if all CMS salaries were capped at $100,000, which is double the average median income in Charlotte. Principals and above–all make that same amount. I’m thinking we’d have two kinds of folks interviewing for top positions–unqualified and qualified. It would be the job of […]
Pelosi Bossing Around Bishops
… and Cardinals and Archbishops, too. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken to the pulpit, almost literally, her zealous pitch to legalize the status of millions of illegal voters, er, aliens. Earlier this month, Pelosi was staying busy encouraging Catholics of the cloth to start using their preaching powers to push immigration reform. “The cardinals, […]
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