The Queen City could’ve been a contender, if only there were fines attached to our new spy-bin recycling program, similar to what they have in the Rust Belt metropolis known as Cleveland. Maybe next year – until then, here’s an enlightening list ranking some of 2010’s busiest busybodies, from CNSNews and Michelle Malkin. Making the […]
Cribbing off the Bard of Avon: an earmark by any other name would still smell as rotten. Such appears to be the case with the so-called fiscally conservative majority set to take control of Congress. You know the ones, those Republicans who were all fired up for a ban on spending earmarks. Turns out they’ve […]
When South Carolina’s General Assembly convenes its 119th Session on Jan. 11, 2010, legislators will have an opportunity to create the 10th state without a personal income tax. The soon to be introduced South Carolina FairTax Act eliminates the state’s 7% personal income tax (which most small businesses also pay), the 5% corporate income tax, […]
Mr. Anthony Foxx is the mayor of Charlotte. He tells the voters it is important to consolidate Charlotte and Mecklenburg County government. He is a lawyer. What is wrong with this picture? Over the years Charlotte and Mecklenburg have consolidated a number of functions. Not all of them have been a great success, but for […]
Less than a month after surviving a coup to unseat her as chairman of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, Jennifer Roberts, a Democrat, is back to playing party politics and stirring up partisan ploys. Roberts earlier this month hatched an idea to send a letter of support and thanks to Congressional members of Mecklenburg’s […]
Luke 2:1-14 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up […]
For those that are concerned about the runaway spending, priorities, etc. that have made Charlotte/Mecklenburg the highest cost metropolitan area in the Southeast, I recommend opening the following link. This link opens a Podcast selection of the Keith Larson show on WBT Radio. The segment from 10:00 AM on 12/23/2010 to ~11:30 AM features a […]
Recently, Anthony Foxx gave a speech about the state of the city (LINK) and stated that his concerns were about the city budget because the current budget is unsustainable without budget cut or tax increases. Yeah, told you that a year ago, buddy. Let’s be honest… Anthony Foxx has done little to nothing of value […]
“Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.” – Ronald Reagan ———— “The Supreme Court has ruled that they […]
I thought global warming alarmists had hit rock bottom with revelations that their research books had been cooked with faulty facts, but I was wrong. This is a new low, courtesy of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who stoops to using Santa as a political weapon to advance a radical environmentalist agenda. This from The Huffington […]
