As in torpedoed and blown out of the water: House Speaker Thom Tillis, an alleged fiscal conservative Republican from north Mecklenburg, has twisted enough arms and cut enough backroom deals to stuff upward of $28 million back into the Senate budget to help pay for an extension of the vaunted light-rail Lynx Blue Line. The […]
As county manager Harry Jones was pitching his recommended $1.4-billion budget that accelerates county spending while dramatically increasing the tax burden on a majority on homeowners, he assured that the moment was right for a so-called “re-investment” spending spree. “Although the winds of change continue to swirl around us, we find ourselves once again standing […]
GOP mayoral candidate Scott Stone is planning a visit this afternoon to the uptown transit hub, the scene of the latest gang riot to rock center city. We said earlier that Stone should push Democrat Mayor Anthony Foxx on his Katrina-flyover response to the riot; this is a good start. From Stone’s media release: Stone […]
Ever since my youngest ratted me out for dropping the F-Bomb in the car on the road trip home from an extended Memorial Day weekend, I’ve been thinking a lot about the power and importance of words. How and when they’re used. What impact they can have. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about the link I […]
Two quality and local talk show hosts gone in two months over at WBT, as Massachusetts-based Greater Media cuts loose Tara Servatius, a powerhouse behind the mic during the afternoon drive-time slot for the last two years. The station in March dropped Pete Kaliner and the regular doses of overnight wit and wisdom he brought […]
It still has to be reconciled with the House budget and clear Gov Bev’s desk, two high hurdles to be certain, but for now it appears the latest leg of Charlotte’s vaunted light rail express has been derailed. Or not. The NC Senate budget unveiled yesterday clips $22.5 million that would help fund the state’s […]
Fresh off squashing the CIAA tickets kickback scheme with a revision to their ethics policy, Mecklenburg County commissioners were informed last week by the county’s legal department that they could not accept free tickets to attend the NASCAR Sprint Cup All Star Race, courtesy of an invitation extended by Charlotte Motor Speedway. The same prohibition […]
The joys of high-density zoning mixed with rail transit. And, oh, I see we’re getting that uptown faux farmers market. Wonderful. Should fix right into the mix. Sure, the vid below is a stretch, but just sayin’ – Central Ave. 2025?
I’m sure it’s wholly coincidental that Mayor Anthony Foxx gets his Democrat-controlled city council to approve a renewed push for an amped-up jobs program for youths during the same week GOP mayoral hopeful Scott Stone officially rolls out his campaign with a signature platform of job creation and hammering Foxx for failing to adequately address […]
Pete Kaliner takes his new website out for a test drive with a review of City Manager Curt Walton’s freshly released recommended budget. The highlights: a $1.67-billion total spending plan that sweeps up about $16 million through a revenue neutral pitch, after revaluation, dipping the existing city property tax hit of 45.86-cents by 2-cents per […]
