After a bruising budget year for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library that saw branch closings, reduced operating hours, and scores of layoffs, library chief Charles Brown is checking out after seven years at the helm. He announced his retirement this week, effective June 30 at the end of the fiscal year. Until then Brown will continue […]
Send us a youtube clip of your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix. This is Nellie McKay, submitted by guest DJ BossLady of The House: Followed up with some vintage Blondie:
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The Charlotte Checkers top the Manchester Monarchs with a 6-5 win. [nggallery id=118]
On Tuesday, January 18, President Obama signed Executive Order 13563 – Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. ( Federal Register text |pdf ) When calculating benefits and costs of regulation, Section 1(c) states, “Where appropriate and permitted by law, each agency may consider (and discuss qualitatively) values that are difficult or impossible to quantify, including equity, […]
I really wish that somebody had explained to me earlier in life that it’s just plain stupid to actually work for money, when you apparently can just create it out of thin air. This from Forbes: The giant US banks have been bailed out again from huge potential writeoffs by loosey-goosey accounting accepted by the […]
As of this month, Roe v. Wade, making abortion a constitutional right, is 38 years old and still standing. No state may enact a criminal law protecting unborn children from death through abortion without having it swatted down by federal judges under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 mandate. On the other hand, the idea and […]
Mr. Kojo Nantambu, head of the local NAACP chapter, calls for a boycott of Charlotte. Boycott: To refuse to have dealings with, in order to force acceptance of certain conditions. Extort: To obtain from a person by intimidation. Let us be clear: a boycott is legal extortion. Mr. Nantambu recommends extortion because he’s not getting […]
Folks, regarding what is supposed to be the Mecklenburg County GOP, it is time we come to grips with the reality of the situation we find ourselves in. The Ruling Class Elite in this community controls every major institituion: both political parties, the major private employers, the mainline churches, the media, the charitable foundations, the […]
It’s like WikiLeaks, only better. Nobody has to steal any top-secret documents; it’s all out there in the open, at least every other week. What’s amazing is that Mecklenburg Commissioner Vilma Leake, a former school board member, continues to get away with it, year after year dating back several, spouting increasingly inane gibberish from the […]
Opponents of an ambitious renovation planned for Quail Corners shopping center in southeast Charlotte showed up ready for a food fight at Tuesday night’s city council zoning meeting. Crosland development wants to give its 30-year-old shopping center a multi-million-dollar facelift, but the plan hinges on an expansion to include a drive-thru fast-food restaurant that company […]
