In for a pound; or upwards of $125K in this case. Local leaders are already in steep denial and full obfuscation mode with assurances that the city’s attempt to lure the Democratic National Convention to the Queen City won’t require local tax dollars to bait the hook. Then turning right around with the next breath […]
Not sure what else you can call Charlotte’s continued mad lust for all things rail transit, other than flat-out crazy, although misguided, irresponsible and irrational pop to mind pretty quick. Not content with hitting the federal government up for $25 million to help build a $37 million streetcar line that will stretch all of 1.5 […]
By 8 points according to the latest from Rasmussen Reports. Republican Rand Paul, a Tea Party favorite, is outpacing Democrat Jack Conway, the state’s attorney general, 49% to 41%, a margin that’s held pretty consistent over the last three polling cycles. Paul is also racking up a 3-1 lead with unaffiliated voters.
Stories about local politicos taking half-day walking tours of soup kitchens and emergency shelters always make me cringe. Claims that the experience is somehow supposed to give them a better appreciation for the challenges facing the homeless echo as either disingenuous or delusional. In this case, it’s city and county leaders hiking along with Mecklenburg […]
Leave it to Hollywood to find a way to neuter an American superhero, in pursuit of a more multi-cultural, one-world friendly, kind of super, but not in a potentially offensive way, hero. That’s the direction a new movie based on the comic book hero Captain America, slated for release next summer, is reportedly headed. This […]
After barely escaping official censure in May from his colleagues on the Charlotte City Council, stemming from an investigation into whether he had sexually harassed city staffers, Warren Turner on Monday was fired from his job as a probation officer with the N.C. Department of Corrections. Secretary of Correction Alvin Keller said in a statement […]
Despite seeing its massive billion-dollar-plus budget contract over the last two years to a slightly less massive billion-dollar-plus budget, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools posted gains in preliminary results released this week for end-of-grade and end-of-course exams for 2010, while also managing to improve the district’s dropout rate with 70 percent of students nabbing a diploma in the […]
A report today on NPR noted that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham “bucked his party” by voting in favor of the nomination of SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan. His party? Republican Lindsey Graham has become the ultimate oxymoron, based on recent precedents. Add this one to the list: Graham was the only GOP member of the […]
Plastic bags are getting the boot from the barrier islands of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, under a crafty piece of legislation tucked neatly into the General Assembly’s budget plan. The new law, which goes into effect Oct. 1, expands a plastic bag ban that was enacted last year and prohibited large retail stores from distributing […]
In the run-up to passing the new national healthcare law, the Obama Administration consistently tossed around assurances that no federal dollars would be used to fund abortions and promises that the same law wouldn’t restrict or limit your choice of doctor. So much for assurances and promises. CNSNews reports that Maryland is set to join […]
