The Democrat majority on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners is prepping for a push to fork over $10 million to save the Bright Beginnings pre-kindergarten program, via a special grant in addition to any normal operating funding the county provides CMS. It’s slated for discussion at the board’s meeting next week. Below is the […]
Mecklenburg commissioners learned this week that county projections are pointing toward revenues exceeding budget by about $5.4 million for the current fiscal year, a dramatic swing from last February when the county was facing a shortfall of nearly $34 million, leading to steep mid-year budget cuts. “We’re not now looking at any mid-year budget reductions,” […]
After a bruising budget year for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library that saw branch closings, reduced operating hours, and scores of layoffs, library chief Charles Brown is checking out after seven years at the helm. He announced his retirement this week, effective June 30 at the end of the fiscal year. Until then Brown will continue […]
It’s like WikiLeaks, only better. Nobody has to steal any top-secret documents; it’s all out there in the open, at least every other week. What’s amazing is that Mecklenburg Commissioner Vilma Leake, a former school board member, continues to get away with it, year after year dating back several, spouting increasingly inane gibberish from the […]
In party leadership campaigns across America this year and every year, it’s typical to line up behind the name of a particular candidate for chairman.
As we approach the 2011 Mecklenburg County Convention and think about who the right person is to lead our party into the future, the answer to the question “Who should I
In traffic and criminal citations, that is, which were issued over the holiday’s “Booze It and Lost It” campaign. That’s no real surprise, what with greater Char-Meck being the state’s most populous area and all; stands to reason we’d have the largest number of citations. Another convenient explanation, though, might come down to straight economics, […]
You might recall last year when Commissioner Vilma Leake proclaimed that Mecklenburg County had its own fire department (it doesn’t) and expressed confusion over why volunteer firefighters are being paid for their volunteer service (they aren’t). Or when Leake let slip that she considered business incentive grants the equivalent of a personal slush fund to help […]
And right on cue, Commissioners Chairman Jennifer Roberts floats warnings about how it might be impossible to avoid a tax increase as part of the reval process, given the dramatic cuts looming for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. And now along comes Mayor Anthony Foxx, with a crafty piece of politicking that pitches a plan having the city […]
Leftist politicians know they’re successful when they can get people to not only accept, but also rejoice having their rights stripped away, accompanied by the expansion of government control. Such is the case this month for Mecklenburg County, where the public policy police were in town to help the masses celebrate the one-year anniversary of […]
