I guess when you have America’s first gay president – crowned on the cover of Newsweek, no less, with a multi-colored halo – it was only a matter of time until the first openly gay superhero followed. That’s the direction DC Comics appears headed, with reports that one of its major characters is coming out […]
A proposal to outlaw the use of cellphones and hands-free cellphone devices while driving within Charlotte city limits has been forwarded to the city council’s community safety committee for review and possible recommendation for approval by the full council. The proposal’s referral to committee gained unanimous endorsement from councilmembers last month after Mayor Pro Tem […]
Has so-called national security become Kryptonite for the Tea Party? Seems to be the case, judging by the roll call vote for CISPA – the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which despite its inherent toxicity to individual privacy and liberty breezed through the House with significant help from members of the Tea Party Caucus. […]
The Charlotte City Council approved spending $541,000 this week to install decorative streetlights in two urban neighborhoods, but not before lighting up accusations of class warfare and reopening a contentious debate on the tens of thousands of dollars the city continues to pay every month for streetlights that don’t work. The city has an annual […]
Rest assured, citizen, that the always-vigilant Transportation Security Agency is one the ball, protecting you and your loved ones from the potential deadly terrorist threats of … cupcakes. This from USA Today: The Transportation Security Administration says its agents did the right thing in confiscating a woman’s cupcakes at a Las Vegas security checkpoint last […]
Charlotte is wheeling its way down a path to have a burgeoning bike-share program up and running in time for the Democratic National Convention, with an eye toward keeping the pedals churning long after the political circus leaves town. The city council’s Planning and Transportation Committee last month gave the green light to launch planning […]
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) this week released his annual report on what he considers wasteful government spending. Whether you’re a hardcore fiscal conservative or a big government-loving progressive, common ground should be found in the conclusion that most of the examples Coburn cites can appropriately be considered squandered loot. From the cover letter of his […]
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 […]
The City of Charlotte is plugged into a contract that requires paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for streetlights that don’t work, leaving taxpayers zapped with a high-voltage shock to the pocketbook. On any given week up to 10 percent of the city’s 80,000 streetlights are inoperable, usually the result of something as […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials are trying their best to convince the masses that a newly christened, so-called talent effectiveness project has nothing – positively, without a doubt, absolutely nothing – to do with teacher evaluation, assessments and performance pay. That sales pitch was going great at Tuesday night’s school board meeting, until those same officials were […]
