Wayne Powers took Leap Year to heart on the last day of filing for elected office, jumping into the Republican primary race for an at-large seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Powers enters a wide-open and already crowded contest where all three at-large seats on the board are up for grabs. And with […]
Let’s start with agreement that Tim Newman was grossly overpaid during his tenure at the helm of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. Just gross, no other word for it, to the tune of more than $300,000 a year combined salary and benefits. But there are boatloads of chieftains who oversee taxpayer-supported money pits and rake […]
On a recent episode of the Glenn Beck Show, Beck had an exchange, summarized here, with presidential candidate Rick Santorum. “I think you’ve got to put the Fed back in the business of just managing the money supply for the purposes of holding inflation in check,” Santorum said. “If the Fed’s only mission was dollar […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The Charlotte Motorcycle Show shifts into high gear at the Convention Center. [nggallery id=15]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The Charlotte Speed Demons drop a home-opener heartbreaker, 114-102, to the Appalachian Rollergirls. [nggallery id=14]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The division-leading Charlotte Checkers skate by the Oklahoma City Barons with a 6-2 win. [nggallery id=13]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Concord Mills hosts a party to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Dr. Seuss’ first book, “And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.” [nggallery id=12]
King Solomon wrote in his Proverbs: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Solomon intended for parents to base their children’s future on the Creator’s morals and integrity. A child’s mind is a sponge. Filling those sponges with worthwhile attributes — […]
The 8th Congressional District Candidate Debate was held Tuesday night February 21 in Concord, N.C. featuring the five Republican candidates running for the U.S. House seat currently held by Rep. Larry Kissell (D). The Candidates are Richard Hudson, former Republican staffer and activist and owner of Cabarrus Marketing Group; Dr. Scott Keadle, former Iredell County […]
It is common knowledge that different types of economic systems have different results. The reason for these varied results has to do with how decisions are made to distribute the material gains of our work. Capitalism has, historically, accumulated wealth as commodities. Commodities translate as those material things that have exchange value; they can be […]
