As part of the board of commissioners’ discussion Tuesday night to approve spending $156.4 million on capital projects, Commissioner Vilma Leake, a Democrat, offered this nugget of wisdom about paying for school construction as it related to the board’s decision to delay funding for Stumptown Elementary, a move that drew fire from folks living in […]
Attendance at the NASCAR Hall of Fame plummeted 39 percent in June compared to the same month one year ago, attracting a scant 17,604 visitors according to numbers released yesterday by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, which operates the $200-million, city-owned facility. The drop in attendance continued a downward spiral for the racing museum: in […]
Mecklenburg commissioners on Tuesday night approved spending $156.4 million to launch 18 capital projects, from parks and greenways to school renovations and new-school construction. But not Stumptown Elementary, a planned $15 million school that parents and education advocates in north Mecklenburg say is long overdue and desperately needed to relieve severe overcrowding at Torrence Creek […]
Apologies – that header should read Habitual Criminals Catch More Breaks. Because our revolving door of criminal justice isn’t spinning quit fast enough, new legislation will apparently add more grease to the hinges. It comes courtesy of HB 642, co-sponsored by Mecklenburg County’s very own Becky Carney, and is already drawing backlash from district attorneys. “I used […]
Forty-year-old business analyst Ken Nelson has filed to run for Mecklenburg County School Board. Married, with a three-year-old daughter, Nelson has been a Charlotte resident since 2006. This will be his second run for a School Board seat, being narrowly defeated in 1997 in his hometown of Clark, NJ. Nelson is known locally as a […]
The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority’s two top chief executives will be performing their high-flying, tourism-attracting circus act without a safety net for the immediate future. “We wanted to let everyone know that the CRVA Board has decided that with the expiration of their contracts at the end of June, Tim Newman and Mike Crum will […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools interim chief Hugh Hattabaugh used his inaugural presser this week to make clear his intention of staying the course when it comes to fully implementing a barrage of new, pricey, and unproven tests that come part and parcel with the district’s drive for teacher performance pay. The initiative, championed by former super Peter […]
Center City boosters and CharMeck police chieftains are heralding the success of Monday night’s July Fourth celebration, which managed to avoid a repeat of the melee that produced more than 70 arrests and one shooting death in the wake of last month’s Speed Street festival. Police reported only four arrests associated with the July Fourth […]
Like the mythical cat, the man just keeps on keeping on. Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones, who five months ago, embroiled in yet another scandal, was reduced to cutting a shameless video to proclaim he wasn’t leaving his $243K manager’s post any time soon, has been tapped as president of a statewide GovCo leadership group. […]
A mixed bag of news on the local media front, with word that former WBT talker and PH contributor Pete Kaliner has landed a gig with News 14 covering the education beat, effective this Friday. That’s a huge win for Charlotte; Kaliner for years was one of the best and brightest reporters on the local […]
