That’s the standard that must be met by the prosecution’s evidence to convict in a criminal trial, regardless of how horrendous the crime or suspected guilt of the accused. Just ask some guy named O.J. Or maybe Demeatrius Montgomery, currently on trial for the brutal slayings of police officers Jeff Shelton and Sean Clark. The […]
In the wake of a booze and debauchery scandal that ultimately claimed the resignations of the local Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s chairman and executive director, Mecklenburg commissioners have reaffirmed a salary structure for the currently serving ABC Board members and its new chairman, to align with new state ABC rules. Meanwhile, the board’s new CEO […]
This seems logical and consistent, given that the same age bracket is fair game for the military – where they, um, you know, kind of use firearms. From the NRA’s news release yesterday: Fairfax, Va. — The NRA is challenging federal laws that prohibit law-abiding Americans eighteen through twenty years of age from legally purchasing a […]
This from Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James, posted on his Facebook page: Disclosure: County has been called on the carpet for its lack of management of a HUD grant totalling (sic) $1.3 million. The result of this is that the sub-contractor of this program has been terminated (or in process of termination). I understand that the […]
The Rev. Jesse Jackson recently became the latest high-profile figure to receive a hearty Detroit welcome to the Motor City, and it came with an ironic twist. This from The Michigan View: Add Jesse Jackson’s ride to prominent vehicles being stripped in Detroit. Following the embarrassing news that Mayor Dave Bing’s GMC Yukon was hijacked […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials have released a list of 32 schools that could face major changes next year, from reconfigured student-assignment boundaries to shutting down individual schools. Or not. School officials stress the list is only preliminary, crafted around and aligned with the school board’s newly concocted set of so-called guiding principles that covers the likes […]
November is just around the corner. It is the first time in recent memory that we have had this many highly qualified conservative candidates to vote for. Now that the primaries and the run-off elections are in the rearview mirror and we’ve had a little time off, it is now time to start taking stock […]
Lee Ann Patton has been trying to track down Vilma Leake. Patton, the Republican candidate who faces Leake in November’s election for the District 2 seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, needs to contact her Democrat opponent about participating in the League of Women Voters’ debate. If Leake can’t be contacted and convinced […]
As we move into the last couple of months of the midterm election season, things are looking up for Republicans all across the board. According to a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, the GOP leads the Democrats by 7 points on the “generic ballot” question, 52 percent to 45 percent. That 7-point advantage is up […]
Only a few days after Barack Obama declared combat over for U.S. troops in Iraq, American military forces found themselves fighting heavily armed terrorists attacking the Iraqi Military Headquarters in Bagdad. Dozens were wounded and 12 people were killed in the battle. As reported before, this should come as no surprise to anyone, except maybe […]
