If necessity is truly the mother of invention, in some cases stupidity has to rank at least a distant cousin. Case in point: catapulting drug-smugglers on the Arizona-Mexican border. This from FoxNews: National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station say they observed several people preparing a catapult […]
Former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich apparently has more terrestrial menaces jeopardizing his health and safety than the off chance of being abducted by aliens: namely, the deadly olive pit. Specifically, the one that launched a surprise attack on Kucinich and prompted him, naturally, to file a lawsuit. This from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Rep. Dennis […]
Yet another global warming, run-around-like-your-hair-is-on-fire claim has apparently bitten the dust, this time the whopper about the Himalayan glaciers imminent demise. This from The Telegraph UK: Researchers have discovered that contrary to popular belief half of the ice flows in the Karakoram range of the mountains are actually growing rather than shrinking. The discovery adds […]
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The request to place a $10 million funding grant for Bright Beginnings on the agenda for next week’s board of commissioners’ meeting, submitted by Commissioners Chairman Jennifer Roberts at the request of Commissioner Vilma Leake, two Democrats, set off an e-mail exchange between several commissioners, in addition to an earlier reply from Republican Commissioner Bill […]
School Board member Rhonda Lennon drew some strange looks at last week’s meeting when she started shooting from the hip with gun metaphors during a budget debate. “We cannot continue to have bullets in our arsenal and not put them in the gun,” Lennon said, supporting a proposal to study the outsourcing of some CMS […]
The Democrat majority on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners is prepping for a push to fork over $10 million to save the Bright Beginnings pre-kindergarten program, via a special grant in addition to any normal operating funding the county provides CMS. It’s slated for discussion at the board’s meeting next week. Below is the […]
No real surprise here: the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 34-0 yesterday that Rahm Emanuel’s name can remain on the Chicago mayoral ballot. OK, I kid: it was a 7-0 ruling, but with Chicago politics… This from the Chicago Tribune: The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot for mayor […]
Mecklenburg commissioners learned this week that county projections are pointing toward revenues exceeding budget by about $5.4 million for the current fiscal year, a dramatic swing from last February when the county was facing a shortfall of nearly $34 million, leading to steep mid-year budget cuts. “We’re not now looking at any mid-year budget reductions,” […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The circus is in town. No, not the school board; the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, through Jan. 30 at Time Warner Cable Arena. [nggallery id=119]
