When it’s time to vote, do you know where your candidate stands? Do you know what a bond vote actually means? A bond vote is to allow government to borrow money from the future to pay for projects today. Over the past decades, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, led by the spendthrift Parks Helms, […]
RINO, that is. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski last night conceded that state’s Republican Party primary election to Tea Party-backed, Sarah Palin-endorsed challenger Joe Miller, who moves on to face Democrat Scott McAdams in November’s general election. The Anchorage Daily News runs down how it unfolded last night in the Land of the Midnight Sun: “We […]
The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners last month threw its support behind an effort to win a $3.5-million federal grant that would be used to help craft a regional plan to create sustainable and livable communities. The initiative centers on the principles of so-called smart growth, ripe with an emphasis on social equity for housing […]
In a ‘nothing surprises me anymore’ move, the Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, sent a letter to over 4000 school employees ‘recommending’ they attend the ‘Anti-Glenn Beck Restoring Honor’ rally in Washington, D.C. hosted by the Reverend Al Sharpton. This is just another good reason to eliminate the Department of Education. It is not there to […]
