North Carolina’s own Mel “My Fat Wallet” Watt was one of only 15 esteemed members of Congress who this week voted to give themselves a de facto pay hike. A raise. When his state’s unemployment rate tops 11 percent and approval ratings for Congress are lower than a snake’s belly. Wonderful. Watt’s money grab came […]
Less than 48 hours after one of Mayor Anthony Foxx’s campaign boosters released the results of a sexual harassment investigation the city paid for her to conduct, questions abound regarding a key element of its findings. Specifically, why was former mayor Pat McCrory not interviewed as part of the investigation into allegations that Councilmember Warren […]
A majority of school board members seemed receptive to a pay-to-play proposal pitched Tuesday night to save middle school sports, while discussion was curbed over applying a similar fee-based structure for transportation services. The notion of having students pay for bus rides to and from school was floated by board member Trent Merchant, tangential to […]
From teachers and their assistants to students and their parents, people lined up Tuesday night to blast the Board of Education and Superintendent Peter Gorman over proposed budget cuts that could lead to what many speakers called unacceptable and disastrous consequences in classrooms next year. Faced with a potential budget shortfall that could top $75 […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg got hit with conflicting doses of news on the economic front this month. While the N.C. Employment Security Commission last week announced that Mecklenburg’s unemployment had inched downward to 11.1 percent for March from 11.8 percent in February, the marginally good news was tempered by the release yesterday of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, […]
“This is a political lynching and the ones doing it, they ain’t wearing white hoods. They got black ones, if you know what I mean.” That was Warren Turner, from an interview with PunditHouse a few days after he was outed as the councilmember at the center of a sexual harassment allegation brought by a […]
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The incessant braying and ballyhooing from Charlotte’s uptown lunch bunch over the purported success of the Lynx light-rail line is brought to task in a recently released Cato Institute policy report, penned by transportation guru and transit realist Randal O’Toole. While sleek trains and streetcars might look grand in full-color, glossy brochures distributed by local […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons The Queen’s Cup Steeplechase, held the last Saturday of every April at Brooklandwood in Mineral Springs, never fails to bring out fancy hats, big smiles, and equestrian racing at its best. [nggallery id=30]
Photos by: Glen Simmons Revelers celebrated for a good cause at the Charlotte Wine & Food Weekend, held at a variety of locations around town April 23 and 24, culminating with the Big Bottles & Blues party uptown at Gateway and the Grand Gala at the Ritz Carlton. [nggallery id=29]
