Early voting for the five primary races taking place in Charlotte began on August 25 at the Hal Marshall Annex. With 124 voters having beat down the door to exercise their right to vote since then, an additional eight locations opened on Tuesday across the city to accept the throngs of eager partisans…all 241 of […]
On Wednesday, August 10th, Scott Stone filed the papers to become an official candidate for Mayor of Charlotte at the Board of Elections. He gave these brief remarks following his filing.
Dr. Mike Beitler of Guilford County announced this morning on the Curtis Wright radio program that he is seeking the Republican nomination for North Carolina Secretary of State. “I, Mike Beitler, am an official candidate for Secretary of State,” Beitler said. “The reason I am seeking the position is because Elaine Marshall has been there […]
The story of “exorbitant pay hikes” for the North Carolina Speaker of the House’s staff has lingered since a June 11, 2011 article in Raleigh’s News and Observer Newspaper. At odds was a Tillis statement in January vowing to cut his office payroll, followed by news that raises of up to 27% had been granted […]
Driving home from the mountains this morning I kept seeing signs for the Folkmoot Festival in Waynesville, which put me in sort of a “folky-ballady” mood. I broke out the iPod and pulled up a few of my favorite bands which occasionally break from their normal genre to have some fun with an accoustic folky tune or […]
Growing up in New Hampshire, I was exposed firsthand to politics at a very young age. When you live in a small state famous for playing an important roll in the Presidential Primary, it was hard to escape. My first political memory was formed at about the age of 7 when then Vice President Bush […]
Curtis Watkins, Republican candidate for Charlotte City Council At-Large, met with the press on July 18 to give a primer on his campaign. He was joined by former Mayor Pat McCrory, who introduced him.
The initial redistricting proposals for the North Carolina House and Senate have been released. You can view the proposed districts HERE. On Monday, July 18, public hearings will be conducted across the state from 3pm until 9pm to solicit feedback on the proposed districts. In Mecklenburg, the hearing will take place in CPCC’s Central Campus […]
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 […]
Through all it’s twists and turns, the three year old trial of Casey Anthony finally came to an end yesterday with a verdict that many consider shocking. Anthony was found guilty on four counts of lying to investigators, but not of killing Caylee Anthony, her two year old daughter. While this case didn’t involve a high profile […]
