Either as publisher of the uptown paper of record, or as co-chair of Charlotte Center City Partner’s 2020 Vision Plan. It’s bad enough that Caulkins is a member of the uptown lunch bunch’s board of directors; it is patently egregious that she’s co-chair of the Center City 2020 Vision Plan. Why? For starters, the county […]
It might not be an exact apples-to-apples comparison, but Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James raises the interesting question of how it is that the governor of New York comes under fire for violating state ethics laws by snagging five free tickets to last year’s World Series opener, “but the Democrats on the Mecklenburg County Commission get […]
It was equal parts amazing and amusing watching Commissioner Vilma Leake in action Tuesday night, but mostly it was flat-out scary. At issue was a vote by the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners to approve a change in the structure of the Fire Commission and receive an update on the county’s fire service assessment. The […]
Big Haps tonight, when The House Report debuts on The Pete Kaliner Show, WBT 1110 AM. PunditHouse will have a weekly segment with Pete every Wednesday at 9 p.m., so tune in your dials, kick back (unless you’re driving, if you’re driving don’t kick back) and enjoy. Kaliner is one of the best in the […]
Why? Dunno. But he is, with the federal Bureau of Prisons website now identifying Black’s release date as March 2011, a full year ahead of his projected release date of March 2012. Maybe Parks Helms, last seen huddling under his own cloud of shame and corruption, could provide a reason, probably plenty of them. Black […]
Jason Lewis, former drive time host of Charlotte’s WBT radio and current host on KTLK in Minneopolis when not filling in for Rush Limbaugh, will be in Charlotte on Friday, March 5, for a luncheon honoring SC-5 Congressional candidate Sen. Mick Mulvaney. The lunch is scheduled for noon at the Greek Isles Restaurant at 200 East Bland […]
While pressing for a full-frontal assault to ram through a government takeover of your healthcare, President Obama is still having trouble managing his own. Despite the official line that he had kicked cigarettes to the curb, the president remains a nicotine junkie. As part of his first medical check-up since taking office, White House physician […]
The Mecklenburg County Republican Party will host its precinct meetings and county convention tonight, March 2, at the Charlotte School of Law located at 2145 Suttle Avenue, Charlotte, NC. Registration begins at 6:30pm with precinct meetings beginning at 7:00pm. Immediately following the precinct meetings, the county convention will be conducted. The event is open to registered […]
Or at least that’s the take-away from a POLITICO analysis of RNC expenditures under Chairman Michael Steele, which showed spending on everything from chartered private planes and limos to flowers and fancy food shooting through the roof. Hire top-dollar, celeb chef Wolfgang Puck to cater the annual Christmas party? Why not. Move the committee’s annual […]
As usual, Jeff Taylor over at The Meck Deck is ahead of the curve, this time breaking the story about a cool, new local website. It usually takes the uptown paper of record at least a few days to catch up with MeckDeck. Clock’s ticking.
