With Gun-Friendly legislators in charge of the North Carolina House and Senate, many various amendments to the State’s firearms laws have occurred over the last couple of years. Below is a list of the more interesting ones. The legal changes have done the following: Authorizes a concealed carry permit holder to have a handgun in […]
As the nation prepares for the incoming 114th Congress, it is no secret that Speaker John Boehner is already less than popular among the conservative grassroots. The recent “Cromnibus” budget certainly didn’t help his standing. Strategically, it is possible that 30 conservative House members could unite and deny him the slot by refusing to vote […]
Violations Range from Misdemeanors to Felonies Current North Carolina law prohibits the operation or procurement of an “unmanned aircraft system” (UAS) by any State or local governmental entity, without the approval of the State Chief Information Officer until December 31, 2015. An “Unmanned aircraft” is defined as “an aircraft operated without the possibility of human […]
Charter schools are private businesses funded in part, but only in part, by tax dollars. Since they provide educational services to children and are in competition with public schools for children, those who oppose them make every effort to destroy them. This despite, or maybe because of, the fact that charter schools often bring improved […]
PunditHouse author and activist Nicole Revels took to the streets of Huntersville, NC last weekend to gauge the level of support for the proposed HOT lanes on I77 between Charlotte and Mooresville. She went seeking petition signatures in support of the toll lanes. The results were…well…watch for yourself. 🙂
Consider this more an informative piece for Pundithouse readers rather than an attempt to persuade. If you’re a buy local supporter, great, good for you. If you want to buy all your presents from Amazon this year, good for you too. But in an effort to prepare Pundithouse readers to be inundated with #shopsmall hashtags […]
Defrauding the federal government, and in turn the United States taxpayers, out of tens of millions of dollars: not exactly the kind of record that instills confidence in the NC-DOT’s chosen design firm for the I-77 HOT lanes scheme. Page 251 of the 923-page I-77 HOT lanes agreement names the Louis Berger Group, Inc. as […]
Just when we thought that our government should enter into partnerships with private enterprise to fix, build and sometimes operate our infrastructure comes the news that the Public Private Partnerships (otherwise known as P3’s) that our elected officials have become so enamored with are nothing but a cheap contrivance by International Investors and Contractors to […]
Investigative journalist and agent provocateur, James O’Keefe, of Project Vertias, today, released video evidence of how one person can easily steal “a busload of votes” during the early voting period of an election as he successfully demonstrated how any criminal-minded voters could steal elections in states lacking effective voter ID laws. “In most states and currently in North […]
With Halloween upon us this week, we bring you the latest transportation spending monster being planned for Mecklenburg County. This one involves new ways to fund a project that just won’t die – the Red Line commuter rail from Charlotte to Mooresville as part of the regional 2030 Transit Plan. The Red Line received an apparently fatal blow […]
