The real “ass” Obama should be kicking is the donkey “icon” of his Democrat Party. That particular beast of burden is floundering under the Obama administration’s heavy load of an impending $19 trillion debt by 2015 and trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see; a 50-day-old oil spill in the Gulf that’s […]
Charlotte’s contentious rules on where to locate so-called affordable housing would see subtle but significant changes under a new policy that the city council’s Housing and Neighborhood Development (HAND) committee unanimously approved Tuesday afternoon. The proposed policy would scuttle existing criteria that define areas where the location of subsidized, multi-family housing developments is prohibited, permitted, […]
If you’re anything more than a casual observer of conservative North Carolina politics, you know that this past weekend saw the 2010 NCGOP State Convention in Winston-Salem. As the marquee Republican event in the state leading up to what could be a historic mid-term election, most of the official attention paid to the event was […]
When it wasn’t staying busy Tuesday night driving the final nails into the reduction-in-force coffins of nearly 540 teachers and upwards of 1,000 total personnel, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education took time to yap and nip at its own heels. Several board members voiced skepticism and concern over a wide-ranging review of the district that’s […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons Revelers toast a good time at the Lake Norman Wine and Food Festival at Kenton Place in Cornelius. [nggallery id=44]
Photos by: Glen Simmons The Union County Sweet Union Rollergirls skate into action at Kate’s Skating Rink in Indian Trail. [nggallery id=45]
Interesting article from Politico – “Robert Gates may get lift from tea parties” – that ties to the argument of shrinking the federal government by changing foreign policy, from Philip Giraldi’s column that we posted over the weekend. From Politico: As Defense Secretary Robert Gates takes on General Electric, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and other “powerful […]
When Commissioner Bill James, a white Republican, tried to cut $200,000 from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ budget and give it to the Veterans Service Office as part of last week’s straw votes, Commissioner George Dunlap, a black Democrat, went off the deep end, exploding with a race-baiting diatribe laced with egregious distortions and flat-out nonsense. “I was […]
You Won’t See Me ever buying a ticket to a Paul McCartney concert after his remarks in the east room of the White House after being given the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. And I’ve Got a Feeling that many McCartney fans won’t Dig It when they find out. After the ceremony and concert, Paul […]
One day after Mecklenburg commissioners ballooned the county manager’s recommended budget, gambling that an improved economy would produce stable sales tax collections next year, the stock market plunged to a new four-month low on the release of a lethargic and disappointing national jobs report, while local snackmaker Lance Inc. announced it had reduced its workforce […]
