The controversial micro-loan lender Grameen America is getting ready to hit Charlotte taxpayers up for a permanent loan – a.k.a. subsidy grant – of $200,000. A local organizing committee is already raising funds to launch a Grameen America branch in Charlotte and says it needs the grant largess to help fill its revolving loan pool, […]
I’d like to still be able to celebrate this day four, eight years from now. Vote like it matters; because it does.
You know liberals are on the run when the MSM picks up on any and every gaffe by conservative candidates, using words as weapons to paint them as nut jobs; that’s expected, par-for-the-course politics. But the latest O’Donnell bashing from the ultra-leftist Media Matters is a stretch. This from POLITICO: The trickle of media hits […]
Remember a few years back when the Board of Education approved a new anti-bullying policy for CMS, when Larry Gauvreau and Kaye McGarry voted against it because they said it was being used as a way to gain a foothold for promoting and advancing a pro-homosexual agenda in classrooms. Gauvreau and McGarry were lambasted as […]
Again. This time in Delaware and New York, where upset wins by insurgent candidates in Republican primaries have the GOP ruling class with its collective panties in a wad. The MSM is also approaching meltdown mode, jumping on the bandwagon to echo party pronouncement’s that Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware spells certain doom for a […]
As if the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department hasn’t already found itself mired in myriad controversies and concerns during the tumultuous tenure of Chief Rodney Monroe, there’s more potential trouble brewing on the horizon. Investigative blogger and professional agitator Cedar Posts roots out the latest swirl surrounding CMPD, this one involving Monroe cohort Vicki Foster, who has […]
In case there was any doubt about who is actually in charge down at City Hall, this should clear things up nicely. Hint: it ain’t the potted plants sitting behind the council dais. No, that would be city staff chieftains Curt “We’ll get back to you on that, councilman” Walton and Mac “Give me my […]
Get a load of Mayor Anthony Foxx smacking down a group of boosters who showed up at city council’s Monday night dinner meeting to do a little cheerleading for the north Meck commuter rail line. “I’m growing increasingly irritated with conversation I’m hearing about whether Charlotte considers the north corridor a priority,” Foxx scolded before […]
Taking a page from the Vilma Leake campaign playbook, House Democrats up for reelection are increasingly dodging voters, scuttling public appearances, and keeping tightly guarded wraps on their events calendars. This from POLITICO: But a year after tea party protesters disrupted their town hall meetings — and with control of the House hanging in the […]
Call it a case of bad timing and even worse judgment. Shortly after receiving a report Monday night that showed quality of life ratings have slipped for seven neighborhood areas, sinking them into the dreaded “challenged” category, the city council approved giving City Manager Curt Walton a sweet pay hike. Walton scored an annual compensation package […]
