NC Public Charter Schools Association to Hold Job Fair The NC Public Charter Schools Association will host a charter school job fair on June 13 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at 1000 Anderson St. in Charlotte. Anthony Rodriguez from the NC Public Charter Schools Association said, “The job fair will be a great opportunity for new […]
It is said that if you tell a lie over and over again, eventually you start believing it yourself. This is clearly happening in the continued debate over high occupancy toll lanes (HOT lanes). How many times have we been told that without the use of HOT lanes, widening on I-77 with general purpose lanes […]
Google him and see who he is. He’s more important than you think. He was the precursor to the Ronald Reagan Revolution that enveloped the nation in 1980 by spearheading the passage of Proposition 13 in the somewhat unwieldy California direct plebescite system. Many people don’t realize that without Howard Jarvis, Ronald Reagan might not […]
**Submitted by Kurt Naas of WidenI77.org Dear Commissioner McAulay, The Mecklenburg Union Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MUMPO) Public Involvement Plan states that MUMPO is “committed to meaningful public involvement in the regional transportation planning process. MUMPO believes public participation is not a simple “add on” or “after thought,” but a method that guarantees high quality transportation […]
As Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. said in his Memorial Day address in 1884 at Keene, Memorial Day ‘celebrates and solemnly reaffirms from year to year a national act of enthusiasm and faith.’ With changing times, Memorial Day is more celebrated as a holiday than the glum occasion it was meant for. We must remember that […]
The monthly meeting of the Charlotte Bastiat Society was held last week with speaker Robert Hellebush, the managing director of the original Bastiat Society in Charleston, SC. He gives a very enjoyable primer to Capitalism in this presentation. Recommended viewing by all.
Many thanks to Chuck Suter of Constitutionalwar.org for attending and filming the MUMPO meeting last night where public commentary was cancelled after Kurt Naas, the spokesman for the WidenI77.org group, attempted to clarify that the 10 minutes his group was allocated shouldn’t take the place of the others who were in attendance and signed up to […]
The political world has been breathlessly watching as the Obama Administration has been rocked by three political scandals. The suppression of details surrounding the death of four in Benghazi (including a US Ambassador), the targeting of certain political groups and individuals by the IRS, and the disturbing amount of investigation by government officials into the […]
*Submitted by Kurt Naas, spokesman for WidenI77.org About thirty people made the trek to downtown Charlotte for the big MUMPO I-77 toll lane vote tonight (Wednesday). Eighteen people signed up to speak during the public comment period. Individuals are allotted three minutes apiece; groups have ten minutes. Before the meeting, MUMPO Chair Sarah McAulay came […]
The Town of Pineville, NC held its annual Tribute to Veterans Ceremony on May 19. The Ceremony includes the reading of the names of all Pineville Veterans who are no longer with us. The Pineville Fire and Police Departments along with The American Legion Post #337 make a great contribution to this celebration of public […]
