Gang of thieves writ large: The City of Rock Hill will shut off the water to over 100 homes on Monday because the homeowners don’t want to be annexed. These people already pay for the water they’re getting, and pay twice as much as city residents already. A majority of the Rock Hill City Council […]
What’s the difference between Osama bin Laden, the terrorist, and Mick Mulvaney, the hard-charging conservative challenging entrenched incumbent Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.)? Not much, according to Spratt’s spiel. This from a profile of the two candidates in Columbia’s Free-Times: “If Osama bin Laden ran in this district as a Republican, he would get 38 to […]
Many thanks to Paul Valone over at the Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner for pointing out a somewhat unknown, but incredibly important, result of Governor Beverly Purdue’s declaration of a State of Emergency in advance of Hurricane “My name is” Earl. By signing Executive Order No. 62, N.C. General Statute 14-288.7, which prohibits transporting a “dangerous weapon” […]
Somebody forgot to tell Myrtle Beach about the recession. Despite a sluggish economy, the South Carolina travel destination is thriving this summer; beaches are packed with bikinis, restaurants filled with hungry appetites, and hotels booked with travelers from up and down the coast and across the country. Take the Hampton Inn & Suites Oceanfront in […]
a.k.a. the NC Democrat Party, which was all toked up at its state convention this summer for urging legislators to legalize marijuana for medical use, according to this report from the N&O’s Under The Dome: The state Democratic Party wants the legislature to legalize marijuana for medical use. At its state convention this summer in […]
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 […]
At the recent state convention of the NC Latino Coalition, in front of 1500 Hispanic immigrants and special interests promoting Amnesty, B.J. Lawson had a clear message: Assimilate. It takes some serious backbone to stand alone in a crowd and espouse a viewpoint unpopular to the vast majority in it. Nice to see some folks […]
Judy Kidd, President of the North Carolina Classroom Teachers Association, recently addressed Charlotte’s CAUTION (Common Americans United to Inspire Our Nation), with a message rather critical of the National Teachers Association (NEA). The question asked can not be any clearer. Between the two organizations, which is actually supporting teachers while simultaneously seeking practices that are in the […]
N.C. Senate leader Marc Basnight, a Down East Democrat, might want to reconsider his latest power move to insert big government into every facet of the private market. Recall that Basnight was the driving force behind a total ban of plastic bags on the Outer Banks, going so far as to mandate that retailers offer […]
And not in a good way, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures. North Carolina ranks with Texas, New York and California as states that are projecting budget deficits larger than $1 billion next year, as federal stimulus handouts dry-up. And that doesn’t include a potential double-whammy facing North Carolina, when […]
