Mr. Bob Morgan, president of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, says in a report about Mayor Anthony Foxx taking an all expense paid trip to China that, “Relationships matter whether you’re doing business in the Southern United States or … China. We’re making this investment in time and resources because we believe there is business […]
When a neighbor asked me Tuesday afternoon for tips on the best way to keep up with election results that would come rolling in later that evening, my advice was fairly simple: start drinking early and hope to pass out before things get too ugly. I should have taken my own advice. With 100 percent […]
Let’s start with the obvious, which in this case would be yet another possible security breach at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. This time around it involved a Nov. 1 incident of a US Airways employee “accessing airport premises by not using proper protocol,” in the vicinity of an allegedly secure baggage area. The employee has been […]
Former Meck Deck chieftain and guerilla blogger Jeff Taylor dissects the gross hypocrisy inherent in Pat McCrory’s recent criticism of the Occupy Charlotte movement and the former mayor’s previous propensity to embrace the Teamsters occupation of Queen City transit ops. The fact is that one of the greatest bumps ever given to organized labor in […]
Seems some other local media have clued into the fact that Occupy Charlotte comes with a bill. One that’s growing bigger by the day. When we first reported last week on the cost, the tally stood at $92,224 for services related to policing the Occupy movement since it started on Oct. 1. The price tag […]
Now here’s a fine use of political capital and taxpayer resources, all in one swoop: having the CMPD round up campaign sign thieves at the behest of Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon, a Democrat councilmember running for at-large reelection. “Justine Tobin a local activist and ‘Occupy Charlotte’ protester who has hosted at least one fund […]
For a city government that insists it’s trying to help bolster the region’s business climate and spur economic development, Queen City bureaucrats sure have a funny way of showing it. And not ha-ha funny. Charlotte’s latest attempt at subverting private property rights and killing the relative prosperity of small businesses is no laughing matter. Not […]
To the tune of nearly $100K, which is how much the Occupy Charlotte movement has cost local taxpayers just for policing Occupy events and ongoing encampment, as of this afternoon. “The total cost for police services in relation to Occupy Charlotte since its inception is approximately $92,224.38,” informs Capt. Jeff Estes, commander of CMPD’s Central […]
It’s probably a safe bet this wasn’t what Mayor Anthony Foxx was expecting when he released his first TV campaign commercial that focused on job creation: a nearly total collapse in local confidence of economic conditions in Charlotte-Mecklenburg for the fourth quarter of 2011. That’s the take-away from the latest release of the Charlotte Business […]
By now I am sure you know about the OccupyCharlotte group which is campi–er, protesting outside of the government center. This morning I dropped by to see what the hullabaloo is all about. I counted 39 sleeping tents, two mess tents (food), one first aid tent, and one welcome tent. There were only about 6 people […]
