Back In Black
Inveterate liar, thief, drug addict and alcoholic Jim Black is getting back into the eye doc biz. What could possibly go wrong.
Inveterate liar, thief, drug addict and alcoholic Jim Black is getting back into the eye doc biz. What could possibly go wrong.
That’s the message floating down from Canada, where the Albert Human Rights Commission (AHRC) recently unveiled its new taxpayer-funded “Racism Free Edmonton” campaign. According to the group’s logic, the best way to solve the problem of racism is for white people to accuse themselves of being racists, acknowledge their “white privilege,” and maybe start displaying […]
Let’s see. How, oh how, could we possibly trim the projected $1.3 million shortfall over at the uptown racing museum? Let’s ask the three cheerleading chieftains supposedly in charge of driving tourism in the greater CharMeck region for some answers. Surely, with their combined salaries that approach nearly, well, what do you know, nearly $1 […]
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The Veteran’s Day Parade marches through uptown Charlotte last weekend. [nggallery id=98]
Faced with a budget crisis in New Jersey that’s impacting services across the board, including education, Republican Gov. Chris Christie pushed through a bill that would cap the salaries of school administrators based on the number of students in a district. The bill would also cut the salaries of administrators who make more than the […]
There will be a revaluation of property in Mecklenburg County this year. Look out for a tax increase. Did Jennifer Roberts really get reelected? Well it could be worse. If she transmorgrified into Parks Helms there would be no question about the chances of a property tax increase. With Helms out and Roberts in there […]

Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s Board of Education meeting Tuesday night to consider closing nearly a dozen schools and bring wholesale upheaval to dozens more started and ended with heated protests, accusations of racism, and often exasperated board members struggling with weighty decisions that all agreed provided no pleasant options. When the dust had settled, after a meeting that […]
Retribution is his, sayeth Obama. There is a psychology behind this President that turns talking heads into bobble heads. Before and after this election, I’ve heard the media wagging on, speculating about Obama’s reaction to the voices of the people. They go back and forth on whether he will move to the center out of […]