Some great political theater came to Huntersville Thursday night. The show was put on by the new Lake Norman Conservatives activist group with all the ingredients for a solid performance – good speakers, good organization, and a good crowd. If they can repeat it on a regular basis, the group could be in for a long run on […]
cannot stand is the saying. While I don’t think that saying really applies to the Republican Party here in North Mecklenburg, things are going to get very messy over the next few months. Tuesday saw the announcement of a new group forming in the area called Lake Norman Conservatives. The group’s first event is ambitious – a candidate forum for the […]
Monday night looked like it might be “revenge”… After a tough campaign for Mayor, one that became personal and fairly nasty at times particularly around the widening of I77 with HOT Lanes, Mayor Jill Swain was quoted in the Lake Norman Citizen as saying “my next step is to start working to help Huntersville heal from […]
The storyline of who will replace NC Speaker, Thom Tillis, as the North Mecklenburg Representative in the General Assembly started to officially take shape this week with outgoing Cornelius mayor, Lynette Rinker (Rep), throwing her hat in the ring. Her announcement comes in the last month before she steps down to be replaced by Mayor-elect Chuck Travis. When […]
The good folks over at PunditHouse.com posted audio last week covering the debate on HOT Lanes from the previous Sunday’s NCGOP Executive Committee meeting. It’s about 30 minutes long but well worth a listen. At stake was an official resolution by the State Republican Party against HOT Lanes providing more emphasis to the anti-HOT plank already added to the […]
Politics is a numbers game – always has been, always will be. But the numbers behind the politics of widening I-77 are not just the ones you read about in the papers. They aren’t just about spending over $500,000,000 dollars to add lanes to less than 30 miles of road. It’s not just the 20, […]
Something happened quietly at the last meeting of the NC House Transportation Committee which should disturb and anger anyone who believes our government should operate in an open an honest manner. There’s simply no other way to put it. As readers of aShortChronicle know, House Bill 267 was filed in early March with the title – NCGA Prior […]
Back in early March, H267 – NCGA Prior Approval/Interstate Tolling – was submitted and promptly sent to the House Transportation Committee. Upon its submission, those opposing the I77 HOT lanes project were initially encouraged that this may be an effort to find a way off the toll road track by allowing the General Assembly a way save […]
Consultants, consultants, everywhere… Is North Carolina transportation decision making beholden to big consulting? Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert EinsteinBig Government, like Big Business, often uses consultants in large decision making and project delivery efforts. Consultants bring expertise as well as additional manpower to the table. […]
…or something like that. After last Saturday’s resolution at the MeckGOP convention where County Republicans rejected I77 HOT Lanes, circling the wagons was bound to happen. Those wagons appeared in the form of dozens of HOT lanes supporters, consultants, NCDOT officials, and two hand & picked media outlets at a meeting today in Raleigh. For […]
