It’s all but self-evident that Mecklenburg County Sheriff Chipp Bailey, a Democrat up for reelection, broke state law, or at least purposefully skirted its intent, when he used a taxpayer-funded county database for campaign purposes. Bailey even admits to nabbing a list of employee names and addresses from his office’s computer, which he used to […]
While of obvious importance to the functioning of our government, the Judicial races in North Carolina have historically seen a tremendous drop-off in terms of votes cast as compared to offices higher up on the ballot. Among the reasons for this would be the “non-partisan” nature of these offices. Many who vote straight party ticket […]
Bill James is his own worst enemy. The Republican county commissioner from suburban south Mecklenburg has a history of raising valid questions and concerns about serious policy matters, sometimes even proposing legitimate solutions, but doing so using such inflammatory language and over-the-top rhetoric that it obscures the issue at hand. James was at it again […]
The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners spent nearly 45 minutes Tuesday night bumbling and bickering through an agenda item that was meant to – wait for it – improve the effectiveness and efficiency of board meetings. Commissioners ultimately approved a set of recommendations that was crafted by the board’s oxymoronically named Effective and Efficient Government […]
Stone-broke Mecklenburg County is looking to hit up the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services for grants totaling upwards of $385,0000 to support “family planning services to the Latino population.” The funding would include a one-time grant of $10,000 to purchase “expensive long-acting contraceptives.” Mecklenburg commissioners will be asked at their meeting Tuesday night […]
I just showed at the Speak Out Charlotte studios and walked in the door with… Harold Cogdell? Looks like the democrats have had a change of heart. More to come… Indeed, for a debate scheduled to begin at 7:00pm, at 6:10pm Speak Out Charlotte was made aware that the Democrat incumbents had had a change […]
Democrat commissioners have pulled out of participating in a debate that was scheduled for tonight at the Access 21 studio of Speak Out Charlotte. We’ll have more as details become available. Here’s the presser issued by the three debate-dodging Democrats: Democratic Mecklenburg County Commissioners Dan Murrey, Jennifer Roberts and Harold Cogdell, Jr. have declined to participate […]
Speak Out Charlotte is still soliciting questions to ask at-large county commission candidates in their debate, slated for 7:00 tonight. Submit questions via Facebook – search “Speak Out Charlotte – 2010 County Debate Questions”. UPDATE: Never mind. Be quiet, citizen. Pay your taxes and move along.
Mecklenburg County’s jobless numbers budged slightly in August, dropping the unemployment rate to 10.5 percent from July’s 10.8 percent, with the county totaling 413,945 jobs compared to the previous month’s 411,416. The incremental good news is tempered, though, when compared to earlier in the year, when Mecklenburg totaled just shy of 415,000 jobs with an […]
The Democrat majority on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday night voted to reaffirm the county’s existing “Buy American” policy, which was originally adopted in 1985 and gives preference in purchasing American-made supplies except when they would cost more than the lowest qualified bidder or when the quality of material doesn’t meet desired […]
