The Charlotte City Council is diving headfirst into the microcredit lending pool, unanimously voting this week to shell out up to $230,000 in taxpayer money to help establish a Grameen America Bank in the Queen City. Mecklenburg County officials are also being tapped to contribute a matching $230,000, but have not yet voted on the […]
The former governor gets a bad joke of a fine; the citizens of North Carolina get a giant one up the – This from WRAL: Former Gov. Mike Easley pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single campaign finance violation as part of a deal to end long-running state and federal investigations into his dealings with friends […]
Send us a youtube link of your favorite tunes and we’ll work them into the mix. First up tonight, getting ramped with some Flogging Molly, submitted by House Guest DJ Matthew Ridenhour: Followed by some clowning around with Dwight Yoakam, submitted by House Guest DJ Adam Love: And a little Jordan Page, submitted by guest […]
Not sure where our esteemed city leaders are in their contemplation of forking over $200K to help jump start a local microcredit Grameen America branch in the Queen City, but they might want to check out what’s happening in India before they start doling out taxpayer loot. This from The New York Times: MADOOR, India […]
The braintrust behind the 2020 Center City Vision Plan wrapped its last community forum this week, prepping for a release next month of what promises to be a wish list of wild uptown spending. Still in play, apparently, the mind-numbingly expensive pipedream to cap I-277 with an open space promenade that will better connect uptown’s […]
We need them, because we are obviously too dumb and irresponsible to make informed decisions for ourselves. Following up the federal government’s decree this week to essentially outlaw adult beverages that contain a mix of caffeine and booze, the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission, at Gov. Bev Perdue’s urging, has voted to allow retailers to return […]
Faced with falling revenues and rising costs, the Metropolitan Transit Commission this week declared full steam ahead for its now self-professed, out-of-control rail transit building plan. Never mind that there’s no money to pay for it. The 11-mile, $1.2-billion Blue Line light-rail extension to UNCC is short some $200 million. The solution? Fast track the […]
Just another page in the ongoing saga of CMS. Violence erupted yesterday at Garinger High School, where 10 students were arrested for disorderly conduct after a rolling brawl broke out on the school’s campus – again. It’s the fourth time this year that police have been called to the school in response to melees. Recall […]
North Carolina lawmakers have for years been violating the state’s constitutional balanced budget requirement by playing funny money tricks with employee salaries and promised benefits, leading to a $32 billion shortfall for the state’s retiree health fund and adding at least an extra $3 billion in real-time money to this year’s projected $3 billion budget […]
Maybe there’s hope yet for Mecklenburg County. For whatever it’s worth, and admittedly it’s not much, results from the “Kids Voting Mecklenburg” project show Republican Corey Thompson topping the at-large commissioners race. Thompson, a local tea party activist and first-time candidate, finished out of the running in actual election results, trailing top vote-getters Jennifer Roberts, Jim […]
