In this case, it consists of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority spreading around thousands of dollars in gifts and perks to Charlotte’s uptown lunch bunch crowd and their enablers and benefactors to further the agenda and interests of the same, at the expense of the rest of us mere mortals, the unwashed masses. This comes […]
The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority’s board of directors has handpicked PricewaterhouseCoopers to serve as an “independent advisor in support of the Board’s own internal audit, review and assessment of the CRVA’s operating policies and procedures and organizational structure,” according to a memo sent to Mayor Anthony Foxx and Charlotte City Council. Say what? How does […]
Let me get this straight: a heavily redacted report issued by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identifies a dearth of security staffing at CLT-Douglas airport as a contributing cause in the stow-away death of Delvonte Tisdale, but federal and state funding of nearly a half-million dollars is being used to buy Segways, Harleys, BMWs, and dirt bikes […]
After meeting Monday to discuss how to best handle the latest scandal to rock the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, the tourism group’s board of directors announced it would hire a consultant to review its policies and procedures, or something. They also said they’d hold off renewing the contract of embattled CRVA chieftain Tim Newman, last […]
Wholesale earnings whiff, slashing jobs, and scrambling to stay whole: Jeff Taylor runs down the horror show that has become Bank of America here, here and here. Required reading if you’re at all interested in Charlotte’s future as anything more than a hollow uptown shell adorned with a few glittery baubles as a crown.
The would be CRVA for short, also known as the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, last seen coming under fire from councilmembers who earlier this year were thumping their chests and demanding more accountability and better oversight of the tourism booster squad. Since then, CRVA chieftain Tim Newman, who pockets an annual pay package in excess […]
Charlotte City Council is set to get a report tonight on the next study for High Occupancy Toll lanes – or HOT lanes. The concept is pretty straightforward. When congestion is the worst, people will be able to pay to get around the traffic snarls. The worse the congestion, the higher the cost. Call it […]
Mired in confusion, unanswered questions, and allegations of corruption, the Charlotte City Council on Monday night delayed a vote to award lucrative contracts to three companies to provide taxi service at Charlotte/Douglas International airport. It was the second time in as many months that a vote has been scuttled because of concerns with the process […]
Shocking, isn’t it; would’ve never seen that coming. Charlotte Area Transit Systems is slated to ask the city council to adjust the preliminary engineering contract for the Blue Line Extension Light Rail Project. The adjustment? A mere $5 million bump. “The amount being requested is the culmination of various changes that have been determined necessary for […]
The Mecklenburg Union Metropolitan Planning Organization paved the way this week for Charlotte’s streetcar project to roll down the tracks, voting to amend its long-term 2035 transportation plan to allow the streetcar to leapfrog other projects in order to secure federal funding. The MUMPO’s decision was the last hurdle that needed to be cleared for […]
