Remember SOPA – the Internet censorship legislation that went by the misleading moniker Stop Online Piracy Act, which was rightfully sidelined by a backlash of public protest? You didn’t really think it would be that easy, did you? Indeed, never let it be said Congress is willing to let a bad and wholly misguided idea […]
And apparently I have a raging case of the Midland flats, according to this nifty little quiz on regional accents somebody sent our way that tagged me pretty spot on: born and raised in northeastern Ohio (Youngstown, specifically, dubbed Mob Town USA back in the day, which meant I hung around folks with names like Vincencio […]
People across Mecklenburg County were affected by the invalid, and in our opinion, illegal process used by the Assessor’s Office while conducting the 2011 Revaluation. We have heard directly from people in Matthews, Pineville, Charlotte, Huntersville, Davidson and Cornelius. Our group represents over 500 concerned citizens. Indeed than 200 people attended each of two Board of […]
Mitt Romney is an incredibly wealthy man and I am very happy for him. He certainly got a bit of a head start, coming as he did from a wealthy family, but Romney went out and earned the bulk of his millions on his own. I know that Romney is going to be continually portrayed […]
Faced with a potentially unfavorable outcome on his proposed resolution in opposition to Amendment One, Commissioners Chair Harold Cogdell this morning pulled the item from the board’s agenda to be discussed tonight. Cogdell informed his board colleagues that he would place the same resolution on the agenda of the board’s May 1 meeting. Tellingly, his […]
Senate Republicans shot down the so-called Buffett Rule taxing scheme last night with a largely party-line vote, but whether they won any long-term electoral points with the short-term victory to block debate on a measure that would have triggered a minimum effective tax rate of 30 percent for anybody earning $1 million or more a […]
Food for thought after watching your hard-earned dollars fly out the door. This from the Taxpayer’s Protection Alliance: This Tax Day, the federal government expects to rake in $945 billion in individual income tax payments from U.S. taxpayers. According to the Tax Foundation, the average American worked 32 days last year just to pay their […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina More than 60 restaurants, chefs and mixologists provided treats galore for the annual Taste of the Nation Charlotte at Two Wells Fargo Center Atrium, to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina and Community Culinary School of Charlotte. [nggallery id=24]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The Charlotte Checkers dropped their regular-season finale at TWC Arena last week with a 8-2 loss to Abbotsford, then went on the road where a loss at Milwaukee eliminated them from the playoff picture. [nggallery id=26]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina NC Supreme Court Justice Paul Martin Newby was the featured guest speaker at last week’s meeting of the North Mecklenburg Republican Women’s Club at the NorthStone Club. [nggallery id=25]
