I thought I had the perfect lede lined up for an article that tied into yesterday’s Meck Dec anniversary. It was going to compare the original patriots who told a king to take a flying leap to the mass of concerned citizens who showed up at Thursday night’s public hearing to protest the county manager’s […]
County Manager Harry Jones’ proposed tax hike budget is taking what has become the county government’s catch cliché – doing more with less – and twisting it to a new mantra of grabbing more from less. As Jeff Taylor notes earlier this week, Jones’ proposed budget and its $907.1 million revaluation harvest of property tax […]
Says here that the Chamber of Commerce doesn’t think now is the time to be creating new taxes. Great, glad to hear it. So I’m certain all of the chamber chieftains will be at the Government Center tonight to strongly encourage commissioners to scuttle the county manager’s recommended budget, which creates millions of dollars in […]
The latest in roadway wizardry is soon to hit the Queen City. This from WSOC-TV: A complicated traffic pattern designed to ease congestion that has never been used in North Carolina will soon be used in at least four locations in the Charlotte area … The model, called a diverging diamond interchange, essentially allows two directions of […]
There’s a little known law of Cardassian physics that states if a government bureaucrat travels fast enough along the space-time continuum, he can turn a tax decrease into a tax increase. Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones hit warp speed with his $1.4 billion recommended budget, which simultaneously trims the tax rate by about a penny […]
From the MeckGOP and CAUTION: There will be a public hearing on May 19th. Register and make your voice heard over our property revaluation and a host of other fiscal issues that our county has handled so poorly. The Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, May 19, […]
Nearly half of Mecklenburg homeowners, about 158,000 households, would be in line for a tax hike under the county’s proposed revenue-neutral budget plan, according to the latest numbers from the county’s budget department. Rolling with a revenue-neutral plan would dip the county property tax rate from 83.87-cents to 78.83-cents per $100 assessed value, and still […]
A government-managed agency in partnership with a boatload of other government directed and subsidized agencies has produced a so-called community consensus that shows most folks wouldn’t mind paying more in taxes if it means – wait for it – more money for more government services. What a shocker. As forewarned earlier this year, the astroturf […]
A posh fundraiser for Mayor Anthony Foxx reportedly snagged a cool $140,000 this week, while the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners managed to save a tepid $137,000 by approving the consolidation of some library services. Super. The consolidation plan will roll the library system’s human resources, technology, and capital project management departments under the umbrella […]
Or in the wallet, to be more precise, as Mecklenburg County commissioners unanimously approve a massive rate hike for fees to rent athletic fields. How massive? Try nearly 90 percent in some cases. This from WBTV: The cost of renting athletic fields under the lights at county parks will jump from $22.50 an hour to […]
