Scott Stone Files for Mayor
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.
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City Eyes Possibility Of Race-Based Program For Awarding Contracts
Based on the results of a study that has missed two deadlines for the release of its findings, the City of Charlotte could see a shift from its current race-neutral program used for awarding public contracts to a race-conscious program similar to one that landed the city a lawsuit less than a decade ago, sparking […]
Train Robbers: The Scaleybark Heist
If anybody needed further proof that the promises and assurances of grand economic development spurred by Charlotte’s half-billion-dollar McCrory Blue Line ring as hollow today as they did pre-recession, the uptown paper’s Steve Harrison delivers with this devastating catch-up of how the vaunted Scaleybark development has floundered. This should come as no surprise, least of […]
Campaign Cash and Unemployment Rates
As Mayor Anthony Foxx was busying fundraising a record $532,000 to stock his campaign war chest, the Charlotte-area unemployment rate was continuing its sobering trajectory, climbing to 11.2 percent in June from 10.4 percent in May. Ironically, one of the area’s hardest hit by the city’s unemployment woes is one of Foxx’s big constituencies – […]
Powers To The People
Love him or hate him, you have to at least give credit and kudos to frequent House Guest columnist and WBT guest show host Wayne Powers for always stepping up to speak his mind. I just got a chance to watch tape from Monday night’s city council meeting, where Powers was in full swing, taking […]
CRVA, CMS, BOCC: Assorted Acronym Lunacy
Jeezums – I leave town for a few days of fun and sun at the beach and all kinds of bat guano crazy breaks loose. Where to start? How about with our esteemed city council and mayor, which for weeks have been gnashing teeth over the out-of-control and unaccountable bureaucracy at the Charlotte Regional Visitors […]
Morgan/McCrory: Puppetmasters?????
The hardest thing about being a conservative politically in this community is that some member (s) of the local Ruling Class Elite is always trying to manipulate you for their purposes. Two recent events which occurred at Don Reids’ Thursday Morning Breakfast Meeting prove my point. First Tim Morgan, one of the RCE’s on the […]
Hall of Fame Hypocrisy
Mayor Anthony Foxx tells the uptown paper that he’s still pushing for the ouster of Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority chief Tim Newman, and cites as a reason inflated attendance projections for the NASCAR Hall of Fame that the tourism booster group rolled out to help land the racing museum in the Queen City. I wasn’t […]
Curtis Watkins for Charlotte City Council Press Announcement
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.
NASCAR Museum Racing Into The Red
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 […]
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