Here in North Carolina, I’ve always been particularly proud that our state motto is “Esse quam Videri” – to be rather than to seem. If you think about it, that’s reason enough for the Charlotte Chamber and Regional Visitors’ Authority (CRVA) to finally adopt a truth-in-advertising campaign. And here’s a great starting suggestion: Welcome to […]
Early this morning, a PunditHouse source provided us with the audio from the now famous Executive Committee debate on an anti-HOT lane resolution during this past weekend’s NCGOP Convention. There have been several stories posted to date regarding the shenanigans that led to the resolution not passing the committee. This post by Kurt Naas of […]
“The most important human resource, the only true natural resource, is the human mind.” — John Allison (now Cato Institute president), quoted in Knowledge and Power, by George Gilder George Gilder, whose new book publishes this week, is one of the original pillars of Supply Side economics. As stated by Discovery Institute, which he co-founded, “Mr. Gilder pioneered […]
This just in from Grassroots North Carolina: Senate improves on HB 937 House Bill 937 passed the NC Senate Judiciary I Committee yesterday and will head for the Senate floor as early as today. Please see below for immediate actions required. Due to the efforts of Senator Buck Newton (R- , GRNC ****), Senate President Pro Tem Phil […]
This weekend’s Republican State Convention was a victory for party members and citizens of North Carolina opposed to the NCDOT’s plans to add High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes. With overwhelming support, two amendments were added to the platform that demonstrate the Party’s opposition to the plan to implement HOT lanes on I-77 and other highways […]
At this weekend’s North Carolina GOP convention, some Widen I-77 supporters introduced an amendment to the party platform and a resolution opposing toll lanes. What happened over the course of the last couple of days was nothing short of high political theater. First some background. The current GOP platform states: We oppose government-sanctioned tracking of […]
Currently in the news is the Charlotte Airport. For years, decades even, the Charlotte City budget shows the airport as a stand alone entity. Its expenses and revenues always equal each other exactly. It is a curious thing which I’ve never quite believed, but had no reason to suspect it to be wrong. An operation the […]
More than you think. Ask yourself this: Why do drug dealers beat, shoot, kill or otherwise harm their customers, suppliers, and competitors when they disagree? Some say it’s because they don’t know any better. Others will say it’s because they’re all low life, no good <insert your favorite racial slur here>. I disagree. Regardless of […]
The NC Speaker of the House Thom Tillis has announced what many Tarheel pundits already assumed – that he’s running against US Senator Kay Hagan. Can the man who led the effort to turn the General Assembly Republican for the first time in a century beat a vulnerable Democrat? Of course, that question assumes he […]
I have never been a class warfare kind of person. Honestly, the whole script of envy left me when I was very young, thanks to parents who taught me how much of a waste of time and emotion that was. Not to mention the Biblical lessons on coveting. I’m grateful for those lessons. Not to say I […]
