The recent release from the Urban Ministry Center of a survey of the homeless in Charlotte yielded a dizzying array of numbers, some of which contracted themselves, some of which were based on best estimates, and all of which, by the Center’s own acknowledgement, were impossible to judge for accuracy. That said, out of Charlotte’s […]
With President Barack Obama demanding a straight up-or-down vote to ram home a horribly flawed, government-orchestrated healthcare reform package, a few examples floating around the ‘Net about how government has fared with other programs under its control should have folks running for cover and popping heartburn pills by the dozen. To wit: The U.S. Postal […]
Always-vigilant HouseGuest columnist Tom Ashcraft spotted Charlotte popping up in The Huffington Post, which riffed on a fascinating video featuring the Queen City. The stop-action paper animation film, produced by Rob Carter, plays out a futuristic version of Charlotte’s rise and fall. Carter’s critique of Charlotte as “one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, […]
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 […]
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 […]
A controversial set of development guidelines on schedule to become law later this year, along with some equally controversial regulations and ordinances already being enforced, drew heat at Monday night’s city council meeting. And it wasn’t the stereotypical, much-maligned, money-grubbing, big, bad developer who was breathing fire. It was advocates for affordable housing, or more […]
