An email was sent yesterday with the following Panthers update. Raleigh, N.C. – North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) released the following joint statement today regarding the Carolina Panthers: “Conversations with the Carolina Panthers organization and local and legislative officials are ongoing and productive. The Panthers […]
By now everyone knows what “Too Big to Fail” means. But few people know the TBTF banner has become a bargaining chip that the largest US banks are using to steal money from taxpayers. See, some of these banks, through open and ongoing threats to Congress and the American people, have positioned their risk of […]
Harry Jones has logged more than a decade of history as manager of Mecklenburg County, complete with a wide-ranging mix of achievements and blunders, public acclaim and high-profile controversies that are all but certain to leave a lasting mark on local government. Last fall, though, Jones left a mark of a different sort; or more […]
China appears to be on the verge of closing, or, at minimum, seriously reforming its 350 forced labor camps, together with injecting due process into its system. It is an historic development, one under-reported in the mainstream Western media. The New York Times and Reuters, but far too few other media, are on this story. This may turn […]
Navigating the complex sea of public policy making can certainly make one want to pop a few Dramamine. The various processes involved to get from idea to action I’m sure sounded like a great idea at the time, but wow. This has certainly been the case with the continuing discussion surrounding subsidies for the Carolina […]
Even the local mainstream media can no longer ignore the shortage of ammunition that’s sweeping the nation. As demand soars in an environment of diminished supply, prices are following suit; they’re soaring to record, and in some cases obscene, levels. “We just didn’t see this coming,” said Larry Hyatt, owner of Hyatt Gun and Coin […]
First it was bailouts for Wall Street. Taxpayer cash for Fannie, Freddie, and AIG. Then bailouts for “automakers” (which was really code for Obama’s Union cronies.) Then the failed “stimulus.” Then a complete cave-in on the fiscal cliff, with taxes going up for everyone with no spending cuts. But that’s not enough. When it comes […]
The Odell Community had a Meeting last Sunday to discuss the Zoning on the Keith Wayne property. Based on some feedback I have received from my last e-mail I thought I would provide a some more information to help clarify some questions on this meeting and why we are proceeding with this path of taking […]
Our very own Robin-Hood-in-Reverse, Hizzoner Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and his sycophants on the City Council legally have the power to keep dipping into our pockets for every cockamamy glitter palace project that helps the fat cats in Charlotte! The problem is that they almost consistently hurt the “little people” here who pay the taxes. I guess they must be […]
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