Charlotte, NC – Dennis Peterson will join supporters and fellow candidates as he files for Charlotte City Council At-large on Thursday, July 18, at 11:30am in the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections offices. “We live in an amazing city with untold potential, but we are under performing and our communities are struggling to pay for […]
*Submitted by former Cornelius Town Commissioner Jim Bensman. You will have read in the Observer that Debbie King decided not to accept the consultant position offered her by the County. The reason is easy to understand. The County was not prepared to give her the authority or the time to get the job done. If […]
*Editors note: This post was submitted anonymously in response to this post by Madeleine McAulay. Why should we oppose gay marriage? Most often the argument is religious in nature, but in fact there are many reasons why a secular society should oppose gay marriage (or more precisely support traditional marriage), the recent SCOTUS decisions notwithstaning. […]
*This article written jointly by Kurt Naas and Sharon Hudson of WidenI77.org For months the citizen’s group WidenI77.org has been trying to have a conversation with our N.C. House Representative, Thom Tillis, regarding plans to build HOT lanes on I-77. During that time we heard from a number of surrogates, but never from the Speaker himself. […]
In response to the editorial ‘The Decline of North Carolina’ published by the New York Times editorial board on July 9, 2013, newly elected Chairman Claude Pope of the North Carolina Republican Party submitted an open letter to the New York Times. The pleasantly snide commentary is a welcome retort. While elected officials often have to […]
In their race to become the new Mississippi, Republicans in the North Carolina House, led by Representatives Ruth Samuelson and “Skip” Stam, stealthily slipped unpopular anti- abortion restrictions into SB353 – a MOTORCYCLE SAFETY BILL approved by the senate in April. The move came on the heels of a rebuke of the Senate by Governor McCrory […]
The Voter Integrity Project of NC has found lots of breathtaking loopholes in North Carolina’s election laws; but very few are as loopy as policies that enable people we call “bogus-addresses” (or BA) voters. They do this by voting from an address that is NOT their true “domicile.” They could be using post office boxes, […]
Disclaimer: I’ve been dreading writing this article for months. Last year North Carolina passed a constitutional amendment stating that marriage is only between one man and one woman. I not only supported this amendment – I campaigned for it. But in light of the ACLU’s latest challengeagainst the amendment, I think it is only fair for me to […]
I am a Christian man of faith, but those who know me well, also know that I normally wear my religion in my heart, not on my sleeve. I love and respect people of different faiths, and those with no faith at all. In light of recent events, however, I feel the calling and need […]
*Written by Jim Bensman, former Cornelius Town Commissioner and very active participant in the battle for correcting the failed revaluation. Last week the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners finally voted to engage Debbie King as a consultant to work in the Assessor’s department working for Dena Diorio. While I have not seen the terms of her engagement, […]
