Currently in the news is the Charlotte Airport. For years, decades even, the Charlotte City budget shows the airport as a stand alone entity. Its expenses and revenues always equal each other exactly. It is a curious thing which I’ve never quite believed, but had no reason to suspect it to be wrong. An operation the […]
The political world has been breathlessly watching as the Obama Administration has been rocked by three political scandals. The suppression of details surrounding the death of four in Benghazi (including a US Ambassador), the targeting of certain political groups and individuals by the IRS, and the disturbing amount of investigation by government officials into the […]
With solid majorities on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners and the Charlotte City Council, local Democrats should be living high on the hog. They find themselves, instead, floundering in a political pigpen of self-churned mud. After nearly a year of fruitless endeavor and intra-party squabbling, the Democrat-led city council is stuck without a capital […]
With all the hoopla surrounding the surprise termination of County Manager Harry Jones at last night’s Board of County Commissioners meeting, there was another victory for grassroots conservatives perhaps lost in the shuffle. In February, the County Parks and Recreation department submitted a proposal to the Board that would place restrictions on the ability of […]
As a conservative grassroots political activist, defeat is something that just goes with the territory. That, along with a certain amount of beating one’s head against the wall wondering where in the world all the people with any common sense at all have hidden themselves. As a majority volunteer driven movement, we often find ourselves […]
What do you do when someone doesn’t want to listen to you? When it comes to the folks who decide on the HOT lane plan, it’s not a hypothetical question. HOT lanes on I-77 are the most far-reaching transportation project since the interstate was built in the 1970’s. The current plan calls for the lanes […]
On Monday, April 22, Charlotte City Council will vote on a proposal to grant $87.5 million of public money towards the Carolina Panthers’ plan to renovate Bank of America Stadium. The official Charlotte Tea Party (CAUTION) position on this falls in line with each and every other attempt by government to provide public funding to private, for […]
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. […]
In a letter emailed Monday to voting members of the Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization (MUMPO) and the local media, the citizen’s group widenI77.org urged MUMPO to allow them to present a 30 minute presentation explaining why HOT lanes are the wrong way to widen I-77 at their next meeting on Wednesday, April 17th. Here is […]
No real shocker here. Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, hot on the tails of speculation that he’s been shortlisted for a cabinet position in the Obama Administration, announced today that he isn’t seeking reelection for another term as the Queen City’s majordomo. “As we get older, we remember things shared by our elders when our own […]
