I was forwarded a great email by a reader this afternoon. Apparently, Davidson College is playing host to an event for middle and high school students called the “YouthDavidson Impact Summit”. Sounds great. Young folks getting involved, making a difference. Here is the program description from the Davidson College website as part of an ask for […]
On Thursday, January 17th, the Lake Norman Transportation Commission (LNTC) met in Mooresville to discuss the group’s future plans, how to remain relevant, and hear presentations on the impacts of growth in the LKN Area. (See below for video of the meeting, courtesy of Jay Privette.) Attendees including elected officials, staff, and other interested parties talked […]
Just when you thought Mecklenburg County’s flawed 2011 property tax revaluation Big Heist couldn’t possibly get any more criminally incompetent and professionally bungled, we learn that yet another shoe might be about to drop. It starts with an email that Commissioner Karen Bentley received from a constituent expressing concern over the county’s recently hired new […]
Grassroots organization WidenI77.org sponsored a public forum last night at the Cornelius Town Hall to discuss the state’s current plan for widening I-77 through the Lake Norman area using HOT, or high occupancy toll lanes. Well over 125 were in attendance and their ranks included concerned citizens, elected officials, and employees of the NC Department […]
Cornelius, N.C. – WidenI77.org, a recently formed citizen’s group, invites the general public, elected officials and the media to a presentation and discussion of the state’s current plan for widening I-77 through the Lake Norman area using HOT, or high occupancy toll lanes. This stretch of Interstate 77 has never been widened since its construction […]
North Mecklenburg saw the addition of new Republican leadership in the area this week. Monday night, former Cornelius Mayor Jeff Tarte took the oath of office to become Senator Tarte as the area’s Senator in the General Assembly. As Senator, Tarte represents the new NC Senate 41 district created as part of the last round of […]
City Council is being asked by the Carolina Panthers football team to provide them a subsidy so the firm will continue operations in Charlotte.
The Carolina Panthers do business as part of the National Football League. The NFL has been exempted from anti-trust laws by the US Congress. It is a cartel, and operates under the exact same economic principles as OPEC.
A micro-social philanthropy movement hit the holidays last year at stores like Kmart and Wal-Mart, when people across the country took to anonymously paying off layaway accounts for families in need, all in the spirit of Christmas giving. The so-called “layaway angels” made an appearance in Charlotte, including one group led by Brianne Willard, Curtis […]
Al Capone and John Gotti could have learned a thing or two from Mecklenburg County officials. The two mob bosses clocked hard time for running organized criminal enterprises that reaped millions of dollars through theft, extortion and racketeering; county officials in Mecklenburg get off with a slap on the wrist and another chance behind the […]
Mecklenburg commissioners this week started down what promises to be a long, painful and pricey, but wholly necessary road to fixing the fatally flawed 2011 property revaluation and its accompanying fleecing of taxpayers. And while a growing number of elected officials are calling for a complete redo of the revaluation, accompanied by refunds to any […]
