Mecklenburg commissioners learned this week that county projections are pointing toward revenues exceeding budget by about $5.4 million for the current fiscal year, a dramatic swing from last February when the county was facing a shortfall of nearly $34 million, leading to steep mid-year budget cuts. “We’re not now looking at any mid-year budget reductions,” […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The circus is in town. No, not the school board; the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, through Jan. 30 at Time Warner Cable Arena. [nggallery id=119]
On Tuesday February 1st, the Mecklenburg County Young Republicans (“Meck YRs”) will host a forum to discuss the use of political rhetoric in the media and its effect on our country. The Meck YRs have confirmed the following Distinguished Guests: Tara Servatius, WBT Radio Personality; Mary Newsom, Charlotte Observer Associate Editor; Joel Ford, Mecklenburg County […]
I am speaking about Pat McCrory, the leading Republican candidate for governor and longtime mayor of Charlotte. Pat’s policies left Charlotte the highest taxed metropolitan area in the Southeast. He aggressively expanded his tax base through annexation and put priority on numerous projects that benefited downtown interests. Examples: Pat tore down a perfectly good arena […]
Ignore the drivel that flowed during this week’s national kumbaya address. Social Security: bankrupt Unemployment claims: climbing, up 51K Federal deficit: through the roof, hitting $1.5 trillion Obamacare: a flood of more waivers, surging from 222 to 729 Tidy how all the numbers were released after The One’s big show.
My mother used to tell me a story about villagers who were unhappy with their lives. She said they each put their own troubles in a bag with their name on it and then carried the bags to a hilltop. When all of the bags were presented, they each had the opportunity to go to […]
There is absolutely no reason for Center City Partners chief Michael Smith to be pocketing $346K-plus a year, other than our city council is loaded with gullible toads lacking spine enough to buck the uptown mafia. That they’re apparently willing to sit there and swallow an arrogantly defensive rationale hustled by Smith, that his uptown […]
Before the Moscow airport bombing, terrorists had planned a New Years Eve bombing in Moscow’s Red Square. It was foiled because the suicide bomber received a “Happy New Year” text message from her cell phone company before leaving her apartment to go and carry out her deadly deed. Cell phones are used to activate suicide […]
That would be Sen. Rand Paul, in his response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. Some folks might think Paul is too over-the-top unrealistic with his proposal to cut the federal deficit by $500 billion. In one year. Yet at the other end of the spectrum, we have Obama feigning a new fiscal […]
To the tune of more than $160 million worth of legal bills in civil lawsuits accusing the mortgage finance companies and former top brass of fraud. This from the New York Times: The bulk of those expenditures — $132 million — went to defend Fannie Mae and its officials in various securities suits and government […]
