Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James blasted out an email this week that pretty much speaks for itself and is sure to ruffle some feathers as 1) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools enters its budget season with a request of $27.5 million in additional funding from the county and 2) a group of residents, largely from Mecklenburg’s southern and northern […]
They probably don’t know it, but the Occupy Charlotte movement is gearing up to protest the exorbitant cost of light rail. Their specific target is bus/rail fare increases being proposed by the Charlotte Area Transit System, which Queen City occupiers – last seen being rousted from their uptown encampment – are encouraging folks to speak up […]
CNN’s Howard Kurtz seems perplexed over why MSNBC would allow Al Sharpton to be both an active and leading participant in rallies that have erupted around the Trayvon Martin shooting case and also a news anchor covering the same. This from NewsBusters: “How can MSNBC allow that?” Kurtz wondered about Sharpton whom he sees as […]
The Supreme Court is geared up for what will be one of the most significant legal showdowns in its history, when arguments will be heard over the next three days on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a.k.a. Obamacare. The nuances and legalities are many, the importance equally huge. To set the stage, Adam Freedman over […]
I mean aside from that Heels/Bobcats squeaker last night. Or that Wolfpack heartbreaker. No, I’m talking here more along the lines of government subsidies, to the tune of $2.7 billion. That’s how much the 13 venues hosting games during the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament have received in the form of government largess, a.k.a. local, state […]
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What happens when police get the bright idea that it’s perfectly acceptable to detain and handcuff reporters, and ignore that pesky little First Amendment thing? This from Chicagoist: Chicago Police detained two reporters outside a hospital where a drive-by shooting victim was being treated Sunday. Apparently at the request of Mt. Sinai hospital security guards, […]
Former WBT talk show host and award-winning journalist Tara Servatius resigned yesterday from her freelance writing gig with the John Locke Foundation’s Meck Deck blog, in the wake of criticism for posting a crude image of President Obama that accompanied an article she wrote. The image – a photoshopped picture of Obama in garish drag, […]
How’s this for synergy in action: this week the city rolls out a tax-hike budget; next week the city rolls out a new fleet of electric cars and charging stations. Shocking, right – but not to worry. The electric cars venture is being funded with support from a grant through the Department of Energy; so […]
City Manager Curt Walton this week pitched a $1 billion budget plan that calls for a 4-cent property tax hike, a 9-percent increase that would surely help Charlotte remain a contender in its apparent bid to have its citizens continue shouldering the highest total tax burden in the state. Walton and city staff said the […]
