If Commissioner Bill James finds historical records of voting and advocating for public television station WTVI reasons that his Republican primary opponent Ed Driggs is not a “real conservative,” then the record needs to also show that by the same type reasoning, Bill James is not a fiscal conservative. In my possession is a copy […]
Commissioner Jennifer Roberts might not be at the head of the table anymore, but tax increases seem to be the order of the day unless what we are reading is leaving something out. County officials are working on a scheme to levy a new tax. They call it a “new funding vehicle for delivery of […]
Recent stories have informed the public about the politically unhealthy relationship between Democrats and the North Carolina Association of Educators. Knowing no more than what is reported, one can only wonder about why the state payroll system would be making deductions for membership in any group that is not part of the state. In the case […]
“Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective. …There is the (moral) code which he professes to live by, and there is the code to whose standards he actually does adhere.” ~Tom Robbins “Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. It is a force, like fire: […]
For all of you who are concerned about how the police are used in support of the Ruling Class – see Codevillas defining essay – the following is a description with links to an international story of which you should be aware. What is described as Climategate2, another batch of emails showing the fraudelent thoughts […]
According to a report in the Charlotte Observer, the poor now make up 16.3% of the population of the Charlotte metropolitan area. This is a curious number primarily because being poor means having an income of $43,000 or less. Next step up is ‘Low Income’ which means having an income between $43,000 and $51,500. But let […]
Mayor Anthony Foxx continues to advocate for city/county government consolidation. Why? There is no place for serious savings to the taxpayers. Those changes were made long ago. The city gave parks to the county; the county gave police to the city. The city has fire, public transit and roads; the county funds CMS, social services, […]
Mr. Bob Morgan, president of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, says in a report about Mayor Anthony Foxx taking an all expense paid trip to China that, “Relationships matter whether you’re doing business in the Southern United States or … China. We’re making this investment in time and resources because we believe there is business […]
Some newspapers in North Carolina would have one think that a reorganization of the wasteful policies of Medicaid would “imperil health care for the poor.” Actually, nothing could be farther from the truth. Medicaid is a wasteful raft of policies that have little restrictions on the use of taxpayer money to pay for every ailment […]
Carolinas HealthCare tells state regulators they want to expand. Here we have another regulated business having to ask the state for permission to add capacity. That wouldn’t be so bad except regulation, which is always touted as serving the people, has only served the medical business, not the public. Using the information given in their […]
