For those who missed it, South Carolina Congressman Mick Mulvaney hosted a town hall meeting on June 8, 2011 in Lake Wylie, SC. He began with a roughly half an hour long presentation on the dire fiscal situation that the US finds itself in and then took questions from the audience. This is the video […]
Less than a day after Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools snagged a $26-million budget bump from the board of commissioners’ Democrat majority, which fretted that providing less would leave to a massive layoffs of teachers – because, you know, Superintendent Peter Gorman and the school board said so – CMS announced that $30 million from the state had […]
Politicians and media experts readily adopt the latest notions, often without question. No one wants to miss their seat on the politically correct bandwagon. Toward that end media personalities and worldly politicians gush and swoon over the so-called Arab Spring. However, rhetoric and wishful thinking aside, the jury remains out on the forces driving Middle […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons Comic book collectors, fans, writers and artists swoop in for fun at the 29th Annual Heroes Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center. [nggallery id=158]
Photos by: Glen Simmons The Cigar Dave Show kicks off its annual road tour with a trip to Ballantyne Resort. [nggallery id=157]
Photos by: Glen Simmons Pineville Volunteer Fire and Rescue, along with members of the community, commission the department’s new Engine 4 truck. [nggallery id=156]
Mayor Anthony Foxx is stomping his feet and gnashing teeth that a $25,000 audit of the CRVA conducted by the CRVA with PricewaterhouseCoopers tagging along for the ride, has produced little but empty words. Literally. The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority today released a two-and-a-half page missive, penned by a CRVA board member, that is supposed […]
After five years at the helm of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Peter Gorman today announced his resignation, effective Aug. 15, as he heads to greener pastures with the Education Division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation as its newly minted senior vice president, according to this press release. Gee, give a guy an extra $26M and you get […]
It was only a few months ago that the county manager and budget director openly acknowledged that Mecklenburg could not afford the government it has. So naturally, the Democrat majority on the board of county commissioners, with a party line vote Tuesday night, approved a budget that grows government by upward of $70 million. The […]
It seems the FBI has some questions and is investigating two local taxicab companies that took the Mecklenburg Department of Social Services for a ride – or not, in multiple cases allegedly bilking the taxpayers for phantom trips. This from WCNC: The two cab companies made up about two-thirds of the DSS billing in 2009, […]
