The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority’s board of directors has handpicked PricewaterhouseCoopers to serve as an “independent advisor in support of the Board’s own internal audit, review and assessment of the CRVA’s operating policies and procedures and organizational structure,” according to a memo sent to Mayor Anthony Foxx and Charlotte City Council. Say what? How does […]
Practitioners of radicalized Islam are opposing a Muslim girl’s decision to pose for Playboy by taking to the streets in peaceful protest and calling for civil debate. Which of course translates in reality to calling for her head on a platter and issuing death threats. Same thing, right? This from The Sun: Sila Sahin has […]
Shortly after moving into the White House, Barack Obama returned the statue of Winston Churchill that had been given to President Bush by British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Not too long after that, Obama saw fit to give the Queen of England a pack of movie classics on DVD that were in the wrong format […]
May 9th: Scott Stone Campaign Kickoff Event featuring Special Guest Mayor Pat McCrory Join Scott Stone, Special Guest Mayor Pat McCrory, and other Charlotte residents to help kick off Scott Stone’s campaign for Mayor of Charlotte Monday, May 9th at Jay M Robinson Middle School. The event will begin at 7pm and is open to the entire […]
The North Carolina Association of Educators has kept busy this year organizing rallies and lobbying efforts to protest education cuts in the state’s budget, gnashing teeth about the potential impact on teacher salaries. At the same time, the North Carolina Association of Educators has also kept busy lining its own pockets, a trend that dates […]
Or in the wallet, to be more precise, as Mecklenburg County commissioners unanimously approve a massive rate hike for fees to rent athletic fields. How massive? Try nearly 90 percent in some cases. This from WBTV: The cost of renting athletic fields under the lights at county parks will jump from $22.50 an hour to […]
For years I have been listening to talking heads discuss the best interests of America through the lens of the federal government. I have even tried to give them the benefit of the doubt by remaining open-minded for arguments sake. But the truth of the matter is politicians in Washington have driven our nation’s debt […]
A rejection by the South Carolina House of Representatives to offer corporate giant Amazon.com an exemption from collecting sales tax in the state for five years in exchange for building a new facility in Lexington County has created a firestorm of debate on the proper role of government in attracting business to the state. This […]
Following is a segment that is most ironic about how rail transit negatively impacts a portion of society that most depends on mass transit. It is from page six of Randal O’Toole’s “A Desire Named Streetcar”. In the early 1980s Los Angeles increased transit system ridership by 35 percent in just three […]
And it’s not just from massive deficits and out of control spending, two standards of her disastrous administration. No, Perdue makes it clear in this town hall meeting that she plans to use barrels of red ink in vetoing any GOP-led legislation designed to right-size government and get spending under control. I guess all the […]
