Consultants, consultants, everywhere… Is North Carolina transportation decision making beholden to big consulting? Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert EinsteinBig Government, like Big Business, often uses consultants in large decision making and project delivery efforts. Consultants bring expertise as well as additional manpower to the table. […]
In a letter emailed Monday to voting members of the Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization (MUMPO) and the local media, the citizen’s group widenI77.org urged MUMPO to allow them to present a 30 minute presentation explaining why HOT lanes are the wrong way to widen I-77 at their next meeting on Wednesday, April 17th. Here is […]
On April 11, just ONE DAY after submitting a budget proposal to Congress that would RAISE income taxes on the middle class while CUTTING Social Security benefits on the elderly, veterans and disabled, Obama met with Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase (whose firm is under an FBI investigation for losing $6.2 billion of […]
It’s official……. North Carolina House Republicans have introduced legislation last Wednesday in the state General Assembly to give all illegal immigrants in North Carolina a driver’s license. The Bill is HB786. They are calling it a driver’s permit, but outside of not being able to vote with it, it is in fact a driver’s license. They also have […]
**The following was an open letter sent by Lt. Governor Dan Forest. As the General Assembly debates the Voter-Photo ID Bill, you will hear opponents of the bill say that there is little to no evidence that voter fraud is taking place in North Carolina. One only has to look at my race for Lieutenant […]
The citizen’s group called WidenI77.org that is opposed to tolling Interstate 77 from Charlotte to Mooresville will host an informational meeting on Monday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. at the Iredell County Government Center, 200 S. Center St. in Statesville, NC. The meeting is open to the public, elected officials, public employees and the media. […]
Rep. Jason Saine (R-Lincolnton) introduced House Bill 794 Voter Freedom Act of 2013 today to dramatically lower the ballot access barrier for new political parties and unaffiliated candidates. House Bill 794 has bipartisan sponsors, Representatives Paul Luebke (D-Durham), David Lewis (R-Dunn), and Rodney Moore (D-Mecklenberg). A broad and diverse coalition of political parties and public […]
The Fiscal Cliff, the Sequester, and the Continuing Resolutions now are behind us. The next Episode in the Continuing Saga is looming: the Debt Ceiling. President Obama has put down his table ante, as described by the Washington Post headline, “Obama budget would cut entitlements in exchange for tax increases.” In plain English Team Obama is offering the Republicans a […]
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died after suffering a stroke. “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning,” Thatcher spokesperson Lord Bell said in a statement. Thatcher, an outspoken woman known to many as “The Iron Lady,” was […]
Let your voice be heard! I’m passing along this information from the SC District 5 Patriots (located in Rock Hill, SC) about the upcoming, April 15th Tax Day Rally in Washington, DC. Our neighbors to the south (with a sponsorship from FreedomWorks) are chartering a 1 day bus trip from Rock Hill to DC and […]
