Another chance to hear from local and state candidates, this time at a public forum on Thursday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m., at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 301 Caldwell Lane, in Davidson. Slated to attend: at-large candidates for Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners (minus incumbent chairman, Jennifer Roberts, a Democrat, who has a prior commitment); state […]
Bill James is his own worst enemy. The Republican county commissioner from suburban south Mecklenburg has a history of raising valid questions and concerns about serious policy matters, sometimes even proposing legitimate solutions, but doing so using such inflammatory language and over-the-top rhetoric that it obscures the issue at hand. James was at it again […]
The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners spent nearly 45 minutes Tuesday night bumbling and bickering through an agenda item that was meant to – wait for it – improve the effectiveness and efficiency of board meetings. Commissioners ultimately approved a set of recommendations that was crafted by the board’s oxymoronically named Effective and Efficient Government […]
Eastland Mall could reopen as early as Christmas 2011 with a major facelift to include a Hispanic theme and dozens of small businesses, instead of a handful of major anchor stores, as the catalyst to drive future development. Texas-based Boxer Properties bought the main section of the now-shuttered mall – about 500,000 square feet – […]
And it isn’t pretty: 55 percent of North Carolina voters disapprove of President Obama’s job performance, a record high for his two years in office, according to the latest poll from the Civitas Institute of 600 likely voters. Only 42 percent said they approve of Obama’s job performance. “The worst time possible for a President […]
Stone-broke Mecklenburg County is looking to hit up the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services for grants totaling upwards of $385,0000 to support “family planning services to the Latino population.” The funding would include a one-time grant of $10,000 to purchase “expensive long-acting contraceptives.” Mecklenburg commissioners will be asked at their meeting Tuesday night […]
Two popular Montessori magnet schools have gotten a reprieve from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ proposed massive upheaval for continuous improvement: Chantilly and Highland Mill were targeted to be mothballed and consolidated at Oakhurst Elementary, under recommendations rolled out last week. That plan got nixed today at a school board workshop, TCO’s Ann Doss Helms is reporting. Board […]
Former N.C. House Speaker Jim Black, a Charlotte Democrat, has been released from federal prison six-months ahead of schedule and will serve the balance of his time in either a halfway house in Mecklenburg County or under house arrest, WRAL is reporting. Black, whose full sentence for 2007 corruption, bribery and obstruction of justice guilty […]
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UPDATE (10/04): After meeting behind closed doors Monday night, City Attorney Mac McCarley emerged to announce that no settlement has been approved in the Jackson case. But that doesn’t mean the city isn’t getting ready to shell out some big bucks. While no official settlement was announced, the uptown paper of record is reporting that […]
