The story of “exorbitant pay hikes” for the North Carolina Speaker of the House’s staff has lingered since a June 11, 2011 article in Raleigh’s News and Observer Newspaper. At odds was a Tillis statement in January vowing to cut his office payroll, followed by news that raises of up to 27% had been granted […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina. Narroway Productions and Chik fil A teamed up to offer camel rides for charity. Sheba and Gabriel “the democrat” were gracious under the very warm conditions. [nggallery id=168]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina. Charlotte Speed Demons lost big to The New River Valley Rollergirls out of Christiansburg, VA. [nggallery id=165]
Driving home from the mountains this morning I kept seeing signs for the Folkmoot Festival in Waynesville, which put me in sort of a “folky-ballady” mood. I broke out the iPod and pulled up a few of my favorite bands which occasionally break from their normal genre to have some fun with an accoustic folky tune or […]
This 3-minute video is a visualization of the House Republicans’ budget, “The Path to Prosperity,” presented by Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee. For more information on our plan to avert the US’s nearing debt crisis and chart a path of growth and prosperity, visit http://budget.house.gov
Growing up in New Hampshire, I was exposed firsthand to politics at a very young age. When you live in a small state famous for playing an important roll in the Presidential Primary, it was hard to escape. My first political memory was formed at about the age of 7 when then Vice President Bush […]
Curtis Watkins, Republican candidate for Charlotte City Council At-Large, met with the press on July 18 to give a primer on his campaign. He was joined by former Mayor Pat McCrory, who introduced him.
The initial redistricting proposals for the North Carolina House and Senate have been released. You can view the proposed districts HERE. On Monday, July 18, public hearings will be conducted across the state from 3pm until 9pm to solicit feedback on the proposed districts. In Mecklenburg, the hearing will take place in CPCC’s Central Campus […]
Forty-year-old business analyst Ken Nelson has filed to run for Mecklenburg County School Board. Married, with a three-year-old daughter, Nelson has been a Charlotte resident since 2006. This will be his second run for a School Board seat, being narrowly defeated in 1997 in his hometown of Clark, NJ. Nelson is known locally as a […]
