In North Carolina, it is a new political day. The Republicans take over and promise cuts, but they will find some proposed changes will be thwarted by court rulings and will find it is illegal to cut some areas of the budget. No longer do we live in an independent state, but in one of […]
Mr. Kojo Nantambu, head of the local NAACP chapter, calls for a boycott of Charlotte. Boycott: To refuse to have dealings with, in order to force acceptance of certain conditions. Extort: To obtain from a person by intimidation. Let us be clear: a boycott is legal extortion. Mr. Nantambu recommends extortion because he’s not getting […]
A mentally unstable man kills six, injuring more and, no surprise, the left wing uses the ‘crisis’ to write and shout that it is the fault of the right wing. The list of those making such attacks is extensive. It makes one suspect collusion. I hate to join in the fray, but it needs addressed. […]
The New Year is here and revaluation lurks. If county commissioners are serious about producing a “revenue-neutral” tax rate, as they have indicated is their desire, it would mean cutting the existing tax rate of 0.83 cents per $100 valuation to 0.59 cents, according to analysis of information provided by county staff. “Revenue neutral” meaning […]
Mr. Anthony Foxx is the mayor of Charlotte. He tells the voters it is important to consolidate Charlotte and Mecklenburg County government. He is a lawyer. What is wrong with this picture? Over the years Charlotte and Mecklenburg have consolidated a number of functions. Not all of them have been a great success, but for […]
What is it about the Tea Party that is so objectionable? The attacks are too regular and varied to require recounting. It appears the Tea Party is a movement back to our anti-federalist origins; a movement advocating the restrictions on government found in our Constitution. If that is true then the attacks are from those […]
Let us pretend. If you were told that you could save $15 per week by lying and there was no possibility of getting caught, would you lie? Would you do it for $30 or even $45 per week? No, forget about the tort lawyers, they lie for big bucks; this is about the common man. […]
Why should the state of North Carolina own the hydroelectric plants that Alcoa built? Environmental groups want control of the plants and believe state ownership is a step in that direction. But what exactly do environmental groups want? Certainly they are varied in their goals, but they all seem to lead to less instead of […]
Who is Gloria Pace King? What has she done to obtain her 15 minutes of infamy? Actually, nothing that any other local CEO hasn’t done. WIth the permission and endorsement of her board of directors, she paid herself a lot of money. So far so good. Nothing the Kens or Hughs of Charlotte haven’t done […]
One of the methods of the left is to question who funds which advocacy group. The assumption is that if it’s a business or someone of fiscally conservative politics, then they are automatically suspect and shouldn’t be allowed to speak or write. This is a broad assumption based on many anecdotes of stories where some […]
