The Taxman Cometh
This week. In the mail. Courtesy of local GovCo. WBTV has the rundown here.
An award-winning journalist and former editor of The Rhinoceros Times in Charlotte, Pellin has been called everything from a misguided troglodyte to a professional agitator. He prefers the label of a realist, the guy in the crowd telling everybody that not only doesn’t the emperor have any clothes; he’s trying to steal ours. Pellin has covered the Char-Meck scene for the better part of two decades, earning his fair share of fans and more than a few critics who wish he’d move to Nome, Alaska, and be eaten by wild bears. When he’s not writing, he stays busy enjoying time with his wife and two kids. When he can break away for some R&R, he likes to fly fish (even if he doesn’t catch anything) and camp (even if it rains).
SODDI: Demeatrius Montgomery Style
It’s a classic criminal defense attorney strategy, typically employed when the evidence of a case is stacked against your client and particularly potent if even a smattering of that evidence carries the slightest taint. Hence we have accused cop killer Demeatrius Montgomery playing the SODDI card: Some Other Dude Did It. In this case, one […]
School Board Wants To Stash $25M
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education this week backed a recommendation from Superintendent Peter Gorman to bank $25 million in new federal funding that’s headed the district’s way, instead of spending it immediately to rehire teachers that lost their jobs because of budget cuts earlier this year. CMS pink-slipped about 400 teachers, but a recent influx […]
McCain Flip-Flops Way To AZ Win
The odds, and big-time money, were against J.D. Hayworth pulling out a win in Arizona’s Republican primary, but the 27-point clobbering he took from John “I was a maverick for amnesty before I wasn’t a maverick against it” McCain came as a surprise. The fact that McCain blew through upwards of $21 million and sold […]
CMS: At Least They’re Consistent
So the kiddos, 7 and 9, were all geared up and jazzed early this morning for the first day back to school. Their enthusiasm began to wane after 15 minutes at the bus stop, with no bus in sight. Then 20 minutes, which turned into a half-hour. A call to the school confirmed there had […]
Gov. Bev’s Problem With The Truth
The problem mainly being that she keeps getting tripped up by it; not that anybody like the State Board of Elections seems to care. Perdue’s high-flying campaign was fined all of $30,000 this week for failing to report as donations 42 flights on private planes during her 2008 gubernatorial run. This after a newly released […]
Thanks From The Pellins
Many thanks for all of the e-mails, phone calls, and kind words that my family has received over the last several days, while dealing with the death of my father-in-law; the thoughts and prayers have provided a wonderful comfort and have been greatly appreciated. Thanks, also, to our many House Guests and to my PH […]
What Is Going On With The CMPD?
Many fine officers, tainted by the inept and/or alleged illegal actions of a few? or is it something more pervasive that goes to a failure of leadership, a command either willing to turn a blind eye toward gross misconduct or incompetence within the department or unable to change a culture that has led to a […]
Blago Jury Deadlocked
After 11 days of deliberations, the federal jury stuck deciding the fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial apparently hit a wall Wednesday, sending the judge a note indicating they can’t reach a verdict – at least not on all the counts Blago is facing. What that means is anybody’s guess; even the attorneys […]
About That Magic-Bean Money …
Would be nice to know how the Democrat majority on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners is feeling about the turbo-charged revenue projections it concocted to beef up the county budget, what with an ongoing commercial sector real estate implosion; home foreclosures in Mecklenburg tops in the state; the Charlotte-area’s average per-capita personal income tumbling nearly […]
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