Opposition to crony capitalism, we’re told, is motivating Occupy Wall Street. The protesters, we’re told, are simply fed up with a business cycle wherein politicians push legislation to benefit large corporations, receiving campaign cash and other perks in return. In this the age of TARP bailouts, stimulus packages, and quantitative easing the complaint sounds reasonable, […]
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Recall the super-sized set of pompoms Peter Gorman routinely waved for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools when he was the district’s golden boy? Seems his tune has changed since stepping down from the helm. WBT’s Jeff Sonier digs up audio of Gorman speaking at a recent education forum, where he blasted his former bosses (that’d be the school […]
Carolinas HealthCare tells state regulators they want to expand. Here we have another regulated business having to ask the state for permission to add capacity. That wouldn’t be so bad except regulation, which is always touted as serving the people, has only served the medical business, not the public. Using the information given in their […]
For a city government that insists it’s trying to help bolster the region’s business climate and spur economic development, Queen City bureaucrats sure have a funny way of showing it. And not ha-ha funny. Charlotte’s latest attempt at subverting private property rights and killing the relative prosperity of small businesses is no laughing matter. Not […]
Giving new meaning to political royalty, the State Department, and by direct extension taxpayers, have been helping pad the sales of books penned by The One. This from the Washington Times: The State Department has bought more than $70,000 worth of books authored by President Obama, sending out copies as Christmas gratuities and stocking “key […]
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) “movement,” which spread to 951 cities in 82 countries on October 15[1] and is also known as the “Days of Rage,” is dangerous for America because… 1) It has been endorsed by the American Nazi Party[2] and the Communist Party USA.[3] 2) It has a strong anti-Semitic bent[4]and no one […]
To the tune of nearly $100K, which is how much the Occupy Charlotte movement has cost local taxpayers just for policing Occupy events and ongoing encampment, as of this afternoon. “The total cost for police services in relation to Occupy Charlotte since its inception is approximately $92,224.38,” informs Capt. Jeff Estes, commander of CMPD’s Central […]
Disgruntled with the ongoing Occupy Charlotte encampment in front of the old City Hall building, Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James is looking for ways to prevent the same type of occupation from occurring on county-owned property. “I would like to know if we have a regulation for County Parks that prohibits protests from going through the […]
Does this government represent you? 78% of us say that America is on the wrong track. Only 15%, near an historic low, feel America is headed in the right direction. This implies that a supermajority says that their intention, their well being, and their very dignity are being violated. The “ruling junta” governing the U.S. […]
