Just for the sake of argument, let’s say you’re a school district that has a large number of economically disadvantaged, mostly minority kids with low academic achievement levels attending schools that are badly underutilized, some of them near half-capacity; and you have a bunch of relatively affluent, mostly white kids with decent to above-average achievement […]
That’s the standard that must be met by the prosecution’s evidence to convict in a criminal trial, regardless of how horrendous the crime or suspected guilt of the accused. Just ask some guy named O.J. Or maybe Demeatrius Montgomery, currently on trial for the brutal slayings of police officers Jeff Shelton and Sean Clark. The […]
This from Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James, posted on his Facebook page: Disclosure: County has been called on the carpet for its lack of management of a HUD grant totalling (sic) $1.3 million. The result of this is that the sub-contractor of this program has been terminated (or in process of termination). I understand that the […]
Let’s see. Mayor Anthony Foxx is tapped to chair the new Small Business Task Force of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and – presto! – we’re hit with a nicely dovetailed op-ed piece of pure hyperbole from U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis in the uptown paper of record. Coincidence, I’m sure. Or maybe it has […]
This time it’s police officer Marvin Bell, who has been charged with DWI, the latest in a string of officer-related incidents and arrests under the command of Chief Rodney Monroe. Meanwhile, an independent audit team led by former Superior Court Judge Shirley Fulton, and comprised of retired internal affairs supervisors and investigators, will begin examining about […]
CMS officials have acknowledged that they learned well in advance of the official start of this year’s football season that a Butler High player had been arrested for rape, but that Ed Shed brass failed to notify the school for more than week. As a result, Osvaldo Sombo, 17, was able to play in the […]
Michael Jordan and the Bobcats drove the funding lane Monday with a slamdunk of a PR move, cutting one whopper of a check to help Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools fill its pay-to-play equity gap for middle school sports. WCNC runs down the details here: CMS Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Gorman said, “This gift will mean students can […]
Gotta love this sub-hed from the uptown paper of record’s story on the city’s looming bond referendum: Foxx: Charlotte leaders will emphasize taxes won’t rise to repay $204 million Of course taxes won’t rise to repay bonds, just like they never rise to repay enormous debt on any other boondoggle the uptown lunch bunch concocts. […]
And possibly permanently disconnected; Judge Forrest Bridges on Friday morning abruptly adjourned the trial of accused cop killer Demeatrius Montgomery, before it even had a chance to get started. This from News 14: After meeting with both the prosecution and defense before court, Judge Bridges ruled that both sides needed more time to look into “certain […]
This week. In the mail. Courtesy of local GovCo. WBTV has the rundown here.
