How dysfunctional is the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners? Here’s a good barometer: this week they managed to simultaneously pass a new ordinance without adopting it, essentially hanging out a “Campers Welcome” sign and leaving a door open for the Occupy movement to take up quarters on county-owned property. An ordinance that would prohibit camping […]
Charlotte resident Michael Hobbs announced his Republican candidacy for Mecklenburg County Commissioner at Large in the upcoming election. Michael hopes to claim one of the vacant seats created by the decision of Jim Pendergraph and Jennifer Roberts to not seek re-election to the board. Hobbs is a fiscally conservative and active member of the community who […]
Over/Under on how much local GovCo will end up spending in its pursuit to contain or eradicate coyote: I’ll put it at $365K and roll with the Over. In any event, county commissioners heard an update on the area’s burgeoning coyote trouble during their meeting this week. This from WCNC: Over the past few months, there’s […]
Yes, Sue Myrick did admirable work during her early term-limit pledge years to advance the conservative cause; but after nine terms, a borderline-irrational obsessive fixation on Muslims, and wrangling to land fed funds for Charlotte’s light-rail Lynx Blue Line boondoggle, her act had grown somewhat tiresome. Myrick announced yesterday that she wouldn’t be seeking re-election, […]
The election results yesterday are wake-up calls on a number of fronts. It is a reminder of what so many of us know: Mitt Romney is simply not liked by nor is he trusted by the conservative base of the Republican Party. In fact, if you look at the numbers, the better Republicans know Romney; […]
In case you missed it, the Charlotte City Council held its annual planning retreat last week and in a move of fiscal responsibility and general sanity, councilmembers elected to hold forth in the basement of the Government Center. Wait, what? That can’t be right. And of course, it isn’t. Councilmembers shacked up for the three-day […]
By Sharon Hudson At their Monday, February 6 meeting at Dilworth Neighborhood Grille in Charlotte, Common Americans United to Inspire OUR Nation (CAUTION) held its first Prospective Candidate Forum for anyone thinking of running for elected office. The goal, according to CAUTION President Dennis Peterson, was to engage people considering a run for office with […]
February 6, 2012-Charlotte, NC- Charlotte resident Sarah Cherne today announced her candidacy for Mecklenburg County Commissioner, District 5, a seat long held by respected Republican Neil Cooksey who is stepping down from his second term. Cherne is a fiscally conservative, experienced not-for-profit executive who believes her education, successful leadership record and 15+ years of practical […]
The latest assault on people of faith is under way and not surprisingly you can thank Barack Obama for it. Obama’s Health and Human Services Department has now decreed that every employer in the nation, including religious institutions, will be forced to provide health insurance to employees that will include sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs and contraception. […]
Air Force One sparkled beneath the brilliant Arizona sun as President Obama and Governor Jan Brewer met one fine day on the tarmac. Then, for no reason, Brewer spat on Obama’s foot. Oh, she didn’t? Then she asked him for a shoeshine. No? Did her dog mark Air Force One’s tires? Wrong again? So what […]
