The Charlotte budget battle heats up! Seemingly, the only plan which has the votes to pass Council (disturbingly still containing a tax increase and yet supported by the two Republican City Council members) faces the veto threat of Mayor Foxx due to the exclusion of funding for the Streetcar, something he mentioned in campaign mode […]
There was a disturbingly fascinating juxtaposition of links over at Memeorandum late Sunday night that gives chilling insight not only to the Obama administration’s abject shortcomings in the realm of foreign policy, but also its stunning tone deafness to political perceptions and realities: The perspective from Congressman West: A year ago there were those of […]
If not angry, one can only be bemused at the lies foisted upon the public by recent claims that a property tax increase this year would only be the third tax hike in 25 years. Tell that to those in the annexed areas, where every two years the city raised taxes on those it annexed. […]
PerTwo being the new GOP-adopted nickname for Democrat gubernatorial candidate Walter Dalton, a slam on his ties to incumbent Beverly Perdue and the notion that he’d continue the administration’s failed policies (Perdue/PerTwo ~ get it? Those wacky Republicans). In any event, speaking of failed policies under the Perdue/Dalton administration, North Carolina ranks at the top […]
Gary Ackerman, a career politician from New York, recently announced that he will retire after feeding at the public trough for three decades. Ackerman has devoted his time over the years to advocating for every ill-conceived, left wing idea and his public pronouncements have all come from the leftist playbook. Never once in 30 years […]
So says MSNBC, via “Hardball” guest host Michael Smernconish and Salon senior writer Steve Kornacki, who advance the preposterous and insulting notion that any one who challenges or questions the motives of Attorney General Eric Holder, and by direct extension the Obama administration, in refusing to release relevant information about the disastrous and deadly Fast […]
Money that is, to the tune of about $10 billion (yes, with a B) for a few hundred jobs. This from The Washington Beacon: The Obama administration spent $10 billion to create 355 renewable energy jobs per year, according to testimony offered Tuesday before Congress by a Congressional Research Services expert. Asked by Rep. Cory Gardner […]
Oxford Dictionaries definition of ‘obfuscate’: make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible Which is exactly what the public is getting from the self-proclaimed Most Transparent Administration Ever and its efforts today to provide cover for Attorney General Eric Holder’s attempts to bury relevant detail concerning the disastrous gun-running operation that left two Federal officers and more than […]
First it was New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg who decided that he was really everybody’s mommy. A few weeks back Momma Mike took steps to outlaw the sale of large sodas in New York. No more super sizing for you. As the fizz was still settling on the big gulp grab, Ma Bloomie’s Board […]
Many thanks to all the activists who made phone calls, sent emails, and protested the City Manager’s proposed budget and 8.2% property tax increase! In a 6-5 vote last Monday, the Charlotte City Council voted down the proposal. (Read HERE for additional information.) As exciting, and frankly unexpected, as the vote was; a budget still […]
