Davidson’s Town Board met with LNTC and NCDOT officials last week to discuss HOT Lanes in a special meeting. SeeDavidsonNews.net for the whole story. It’s commendable that this meeting occurred though it would have been much, much better if it had been allowed before the contract was signed for commercial close of the project. Davidson Mayor, John Woods, squashed that from […]
Mecklenburg County has two candidates for sheriff. Both seem qualified according to their resumes but there are some critical differences. Irwin Carmichael is a well spoken lifetime bureaucrat with the sheriff’s office who aspires to the top paying, best retirement available position. I was lucky enough to hear him speak at Don Reid’s breakfast recently […]
At our meeting last week (WidenI77 TownHall meeting in Cornelius on July 24. Click HERE for video.) we raised two issues regarding personal data. First was the breath of information that could be collected, including SSN’s and medical data. Second was that the private company- Cintra- could be collecting it. Last Friday the NCDOT disputed […]
What passes for reasonable thought by those opposed to religion is exemplified by the letter of Jeff McKelvey found in the Charlotte Observer’s July 9 edition. He says in part: “…But when religious schools receive public funds, the government is forcing me – through my taxes – to support a religious institution. That is precisely what […]
Last week, it was reported HERE that we may have been saved from a referendum fight over increasing the local sales tax. The NC Senate was looking to pass a bill that would cap local option sales tax at 2.5%. Since Mecklenburg already charges that, the referendum would essentially be voided. However, due once again […]
When the I77 HOT Lanes issue once again caught fire two weeks ago with the release of new information from NCDOT on potential toll rates, things got hot around North Mecklenburg among elected officials as well. As reported here last week, Davidson’s Town Board declined to have a special meeting to discuss the issue. What may be even more […]
This morning I attended the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum where County Commission Chairman Trevor Fuller spoke on behalf of increasing our sales taxes by ¼ percent. Also there was the principal of the new Commonwealth Charter High School, to speak about his new school. Among attendees was Bill Allen of MeckED, I presume, a non-profit […]
It’s not surprising that once the information NCDOT possessed on the projected costs of the I77 HOT became public, that the bureaucracy would go into full fledged spin mode. That appears to be what happened yesterday as the date for signing the 50 year contract with the Spanish contracting firm, Cintra, looms later this week. One could expect that when […]
Greetings! CAUTION’s Summer Sessions are in full swing…and it’s really Summer now as well! Join us Monday evening at the Dilworth Neighborhood Grille from 6-7:30 for some great conversation with fellow conservatives. This is a long newsletter, so let’s dive in!! This week, in addition to our This Week in History presentation, we’ll also hear […]
On Tuesday night the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners adopted the County Manager’s proposed budget. During discussions, I made a substitute proposal. My proposal would continue to fund everything in the Manager’s budget, but would lower the tax rate by one penny by reducing the allocation to the Debt Service Fund by one penny. **The […]
