With the NASCAR Hall of Fame racing into the red and the chiefs of uptown booster groups making headlines for their exorbitant salaries, the Charlotte City Council on Monday night unanimously voted to review the city’s dealings with four of its so-called financial partners. The council’s budget committee is being tasked with the chore, but […]
I received a phone call yesterday from a friend of mine saying “you will not believe what just happened to me.” OK, I’m game. He told me that he went to get his car inspected and that the service technician refused to inspect his car… because he has a bumper sticker on his car with […]
In other news, CMS boosters say CMS is awesome. Really, what did we expect a study of Mecklenburg County parks, commissioned by the county parks and recreation department and conducted by a conservation group that supports parks, to say? The only outcome more certain and preordained than the results of the Trust for Public Land’s […]
According to the current definition by some people, that is. It’s amusing when we read that some wag has tagged a politician with a shorthand slap such as ‘RINO’ (Republican-in-Name-Only) and then slaps himself on the back for being so clever and funny. Many times, the facts just don’t support the accusations. RINOs are Republicans […]
A 16-year-old Air Force JROTC student apparently eludes airport security at Charlotte-Douglas International, climbs into the wheel well of a US Airways jet bound for Boston, and plummets to his death from the sky over that city. A Massachusetts prosecutor investigating the case calls it a “major breach of security,” while Charlotte airport director Jerry […]
Speaking as a collective and united voice, we the people of the Boone Tea Party are disheartened with the GOP regarding their stance on the current tax bill. As it now stands, this bill is nothing more than a progressive spending trap disguised as “tax cuts for the middle class.” The GOP will forever be […]
A federal judge in Virginia delivered a blow today to the Obama Administration’s new healthcare law, ruling that one of its major components – a requirement for people to purchase healthcare – is unconstitutional. This from FOX News: Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled Monday for the state’s claim that the requirement for people to purchase […]
WikiLeaks. It’s dominated the news cycle for days now and with new information being released on a regular basis, there’s no end in sight. The media can’t stop talking about it, and anyone who pays even the slightest bit of attention to current events has an opinion about it. Many passionate arguments against WikiLeaks and […]
Let us pretend. If you were told that you could save $15 per week by lying and there was no possibility of getting caught, would you lie? Would you do it for $30 or even $45 per week? No, forget about the tort lawyers, they lie for big bucks; this is about the common man. […]
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