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Bananas for Charlotte, or Charlotte Just Bananas?

City of Charlotte to small entrepreneur: “Your business privilege tax is due immediately.”  City of Charlotte to billion-dollar mega-corp: “Here’s millions of dollars from our citizens and existing businesses. We know we have an unfavorable tax climate, but we like *you* so we’ll help you out.  The rest of the local riff raff can just […]

December 5, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,Christian Hine,County Beat | Read More »

Inventing Power: What is the Catawba River District?

Over the past few years I have watched as environmental non-profits have multiplied like a veritable plague of locusts across the land.  I’ve researched the origins of this all the way back to the Federal government agencies feeding these locusts with money our Federal government does not have and must borrow or print.  Billions of […]

November 30, 2011 | Posted in Carolinas,Char-Meck Beat,Cheryl Pass,County Beat | Read More »

Commission Cage Match – Round II: Cogdell vs. Roberts

It was almost a year ago when Mecklenburg Commissioner Harold Cogdell seemed poised to pull off a palace coup, challenging fellow Democrat Jennifer Roberts for the chairmanship of the board of commissioners she had held for the last two terms. Aligned with the board’s four Republican minority members, Cogdell appeared to have the votes needed […]

November 28, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Coda: Jenny and The Debts

Jennifer Roberts announced this week that she won’t seek another term on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, which she joined in 2004 and has held sway over as chairman for the last four years, a tenure that has spanned massive government growth and outrageous spending tempered only by a recent and far too late […]

November 17, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Last Chance to Vote for WBT’s “Next Talker”

Over recent weeks, Charlotte’s 1110 WBT radio has been promoting a contest for wannabe radio stars where entrants submit a short YouTube video outlining their idea for the station’s next Sunday evening broadcast.  Over 100 entries have been received, and now it is up to fans of WBT to vote for their top ten submissions.  […]

November 10, 2011 | Posted in County Beat | Read More »

Price Tag Balloons For Occupy Charlotte

Seems some other local media have clued into the fact that Occupy Charlotte comes with a bill. One that’s growing bigger by the day. When we first reported last week on the cost, the tally stood at $92,224 for services related to policing the Occupy movement since it started on Oct. 1. The price tag […]

November 3, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,City Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Mecklenburg Voter Turnout Down – Update

If ever there was a year where your single vote could make the difference in an election, 2011 is shaping up to be that year.  Without the benefit of “up ballot” races to generate publicity and excitement amongst the electorate, off year elections typically enjoy a significant drop-off in voter participation when compared to the Congressional […]

November 1, 2011 | Posted in Christian Hine,County Beat | Read More »

James Launches Preemptive Strike To Prevent #Occupy MeckCo – UPDATE: County Officials Respond

Disgruntled with the ongoing Occupy Charlotte encampment in front of the old City Hall building, Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James is looking for ways to prevent the same type of occupation from occurring on county-owned property. “I would like to know if we have a regulation for County Parks that prohibits protests from going through the […]

October 26, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Cooking Classes For Gangs Get Grilled

A $340,000 grant from the federal government to help launch a culinary arts program to provide job training and employment opportunities for gang-involved juveniles has apparently been smoldering on the backburner for nearly a year, leaving county officials scrambling for answers about how the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Gang of One program has been administering the […]

October 20, 2011 | Posted in County Beat,House Specials,Mark Pellin | Read More »

OccupyPortaJohns

By now I am sure you know about the OccupyCharlotte group which is campi–er, protesting outside of the government center.  This morning I dropped by to see what the hullabaloo is all about.  I counted 39 sleeping tents, two mess tents (food), one first aid tent, and one welcome tent.  There were only about 6 people […]

October 18, 2011 | Posted in City Beat,County Beat,Matthew Ridenhour | Read More »

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