CAUTION Calls for End to Incentive Deals Charges Levied Against Mayor No Surprise in World of “Pay to Play” Politics Charlotte, NC – March 26, 2014 – Common Americans United to Inspire OUR Nation (CAUTION) announced today its disappointment that Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested on public corruption charges and that it seeks an end […]
Monday’s copy of the local state organ, the Charlotte Observer, brings us another story about how the “environmentalists” are ‘pulling their hair out distraught’ about Duke Power’s coal ash. In fact, the fawning by reporters over what any self proclaimed environmentalist might have to say bad about how Duke is such a poor steward of the […]
A controversy is brewing within the Mecklenburg County Republican Party. On March 15, the Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner will be held at the Carmel Country Club. This event is the single largest fundraising opportunity held every year for the County Party, which is by and large responsible for it’s own funding. It has not […]
At the February 19th town board meeting, Commissioners voted unanimously toacknowledge that affordable housing restrictions no longer applied to a single unit in the South Main Square Condos. This was due to a foreclosure that happened on the property in 2011. The Board did not vote to remove the restrictions. They simply voted to acknowledge that the restrictions […]
Yesterday the East Coast P3 Conference wrapped up in downtown Charlotte. Sponsored by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, the event focused on how to build public projects via public-private partnerships (P3). About two hundred movers and shakers attended, including Gov McCrory, Transportation Secretary Tata, Mayors John Woods and Jill Swain, Commissioners Sarah McAulay and Brian […]
The Charlotte City Council will be asked to approve spending $12 million at tonight’s City Council meeting. The reason? To reach 65% completion of the design phase for the CityLYNX Gold Line..ie, the streetcar. This is the level of “local investment” that will be seen by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as a commitment to the project by the […]
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 […]
Citizens in the Lake Norman area are announcing this week the launch of a new group called Lake Norman Conservatives. Monthly meetings are open to the public and are designed to inform citizens about issues impacting our community, state, and nation. The founders of the group are Carole Gibbons, Mary Lou Richardson, and Sharon Hudson […]
It’s been an ugly two days on a couple of Mecklenburg County boards. On Monday, the new town of Huntersville board was sworn in and shortly thereafter returning mayor Jill Swain called for a vote on her committee recommendations…recommendations that altered tradition and left top vote getters off of important committees. House Guest Rick Short […]
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 […]
