The Mecklenburg Republican Party found itself in an awkward position last month, when it had to revise its official 2012 Voter Guide that included a candidate who had posted upwards of 4,000 messages on a white supremacist website. Thousands of the MeckGOP Voter Guides that were printed and distributed originally listed Doug Hanks as the […]
After having to scrap their trip earlier this year to London, a gaggle of elected officials and GovCo staffers from Mecklenburg County, the city of Charlotte, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are off this week taking a bite out of the Big Apple, and lifting a chunk of change from the taxpayers’ pocket in the process, as […]
I spent a large part of the last month recovering from a surgery post-op regime that left me floating through a hydrocodone haze, frequently unable to discern reality from drug-induced stupor. When the pain meds finally cleared my system, I thought I was good to go. So imagine my shock when I read the uptown paper’s […]
Amidst the swirl of news, headlines and distractions surrounding the DNC (wholly coincidental, I’m sure), Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones announced today that Mary Wilson has been “terminated” as director of the Department of Social Services. Sources say Wilson was given the option to step down from her post, or be fired. Apparently, she preferred […]
Democrat Mayor Anthony Foxx appears to be the driving force behind a letter that has been quietly circulated to a select group of “thoughtful” community leaders, encouraging them to lobby Mecklenburg commissioners to support moving forward with a so-called Charter Study Commission to be charged with preparing a report on and plan for consolidating the […]
North Carolina Speaker of the House Thom Tillis was the featured, ahem, speaker at the July meeting of the Mecklenburg County Young Republicans on July 24. He spoke to a filled room of about 75 Young Republicans and local elected officials about the need for being involved in this election cycle. It eventually transitioned into […]
One-stop early voting is underway for the July 17 slate of runoff elections, including the hotly contested GOP tilt between Sarah Cherne and Matthew Ridenhour for the District 5 seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Ridenhour and Cherne were the top vote-getters in the May 8 primary, but neither managed to crack the […]
Mecklenburg Commissioner Neil Cooksey has put up a champion’s battle against pancreatic cancer since early 2010; this week we learn that after complications from surgery last month, Neil has decided to discontinue treatment and enter hospice. “It has been my honor and privilege to serve the people of Mecklenburg County these past few years,” he […]
While the city council’s recent flash of fiscal responsibility and its predictable propensity for doling out taxpayer largess, coupled with the squabble between county commissioners and school board members over restricted CMS funding, have taken center stage in the latest budget sagas, nearly lost in the shuffle has been the ruse of what county leaders […]
Like a wayward kid who can’t be trusted with his allowance for fear it will all be blown on candy and trinkets, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education needs an adult to ensure it makes the right budget decisions, specifically honoring a commitment to provide pay raises for teachers and school employees. Enter the Mecklenburg Board […]
