You read it here first. It will not be long before your local store shelves do not have everything on them you have come to expect. Due to a variety of issues there will not be enough trucks on the road to deliver all the products and food that the growing economy demands. A major […]
For this week’s House Party, I’d like to share a song that I’ve been enjoying for the last two weeks, but only yesterday when I actually purchased the CD and was reading along with the lyrics did I realize the song was written in memory of the lead singers recently passed father. Many of you […]
A different sort of March Madness: Click the image for full sized version to share with your friends!
The national media, along with a great deal of Americans, has been plugged into what is happening in Wisconsin over collective bargaining rights. While public sector unions have certainly helped cripple our nation’s economy the bigger crisis we face is the reality that more Americans today are on the government dole than ever before. Call […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
The Mecklenburg Union Metropolitan Planning Organization paved the way this week for Charlotte’s streetcar project to roll down the tracks, voting to amend its long-term 2035 transportation plan to allow the streetcar to leapfrog other projects in order to secure federal funding. The MUMPO’s decision was the last hurdle that needed to be cleared for […]
Billions, that is, and it still had some alleged fiscal conservatives on their heels bemoaning what amounted to a drop in the bucket of much needed spending cuts. This from CNSNews: The national debt jumped by $72 billion on Tuesday even as the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution to fund the […]
Stealing a page from the county manager’s playbook, the city manager and police chief have apparently taken to treating the city council and the public like mushrooms: keep them in the dark and feed them crap. In this case, it takes the form of City Manager Curt Walton coming before council last month and explicitly […]
A contingent of Charlotte councilmembers and city staff is living large in the nation’s capital this week, soaking up lessons on how to grow government and spin the public at the annual National League of Cities Congressional City Conference. Charlotte taxpayers will likely shell out in excess of $15,000 for the five-day event, to include […]
The Charlotte Tea Party came together on short notice to sponsor a counter protest to MoveOn.org’s rally at the Charlotte Government Center on March 15. The Tea Party’s head count was between 62 and 70, easily doubling, and perhaps tripling, the MoveOn attendence. Well played, patriots! [nggallery id=136]
