Says its movement is “unsustainable” and “will die out” and predicts that Republicans who will likely be elected in this year’s midterms will be “more like me, not less like me.” Graham let forth the droplets of wisdom as part of a piece for the New York Times Magazine, titled “Lindsey Graham, This Year’s Maverick,” […]
No, seriously, at least according to the braintrust of 238 “presidential scholars, historians and political scientists” who took part in the latest Siena College Research Institute’s Survey of U.S. Presidents. Barack Obama ranked as the 15th most effective commander-in-chief, sandwiched between Ronald Reagan at 16 and Bill Clinton at 13. Obama drew high marks for […]
Just as the N.C. General Assembly is getting ready to loot millions of dollars in lottery money from counties around the state, former state lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings snags an early release from prison, courtesy of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on so-called “honest services” fraud charges. The Raleigh N&O lays out the details […]
Maybe if Charlotte lands the Democratic National Convention, the Queen City can finally drop the pesky N.C. from its national moniker. And really, wouldn’t that alone be enough for the uptown lunch bunch to throw gobs of money at the effort – what Mayor Anthony Foxx predicts as upwards of $45 million to meet the […]
It now appears that Mecklenburg County will have to plug at least a $4.1-million gap in its recently approved budget, courtesy of the state withholding lottery revenue from counties. The latest from a memo County Manager Harry Jones sent today to commissioners: Obviously, one of the major questions is the impact of reduced State appropriation […]
Send us your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the rotation. This is the Beastie Boys. Enjoy.
The red ink has barely dried on Mecklenburg County’s recently approved budget but commissioners might soon find themselves back at the chopping block looking for more places to cut, if a proposal being floated by state legislators comes to pass. In a shell game of grand proportions, the N.C. General Assembly is looking to withhold […]
What are the latest honey pots of political patronage worth these days in Mecklenburg County? No chump change, according to the most recent disclosure of compensation for members of various advisory boards, ranging from the high profile and controversial ABC Board to the more mundane zoning board of adjustments. Advocates of advisory boards contend they […]
In a classic case of the inmates running the asylum, an outspoken critic of enforcement of illegal immigration laws by local authorities has been picked by the Obama Administration to coordinate partnerships between federal and local officials dealing with the issue of illegal immigration. Harold Hurtt begins his new job next month as the director […]
After leaving upwards of $11 million in potential advertising revenue on the table over the last decade, when former Transit Czar Ron Tober and the erstwhile braintrust of the Metropolitan Transit Commission perpetuated the charade that exterior ads on city buses was visual clutter that would ugly up Center City, it appears that commercialism might […]
