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It seems the NYC brigade is pulling out all the stops, with the Bloomberg administration “blocking food donations to all government-run facilities that serve the city’s homeless.” Because the mayor is worried about their intake of salt, or something. This from the New York Post: In conjunction with a mayoral task force and the Health […]
March 21, 2012 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »
Facing a bleak financial future and the near certain death of its programming this summer, public broadcast station WTVI got a million-dollar, midnight-hour reprieve when county commissioners late Tuesday night approved merging the station with Central Piedmont Community College. As part of the deal CPCC, which will take over administrative management, operation and programming of […]
March 21, 2012 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
Hoke County officials rightfully came under fire last month when it was revealed that a student was forced to eat a school lunch – of chicken nuggets, no less – after a government inspector determined her home-made lunch didn’t meet nutrition standards. Now the state food police is looking to extend its reach into private […]
March 20, 2012 | Posted in Carolinas,House Blends,Mark Pellin | Read More »
“A pint of plain is your only man.” – Flann O’Brien Slainte!
March 17, 2012 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »
… Anybody else’s brackets just go up in flames? Twice, in less than 12 hours? Really?
March 17, 2012 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials this week unveiled a budget plan for the 2012-13 school year that tops out at $1.2 billion, an overall increase of 2.3 percent, and includes an ask of an additional $27.5 million from the county, after CMS endured wholesale financial calamity in the current year budget that saw the district receive an […]
March 15, 2012 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,CMS Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
Aside from being a flagrant misogynist, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz is also a serial cheerleader for big union labor. Schultz likes to play at being a regular man of the working class in his support of their cause. He particularly likes to excoriate the evil, rich one-percenters who rake in bucks by gaming the system through […]
March 13, 2012 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »
Go on, spring forward:
March 10, 2012 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »
A plan to save struggling public broadcast station WTVI is drawing lousy ratings from County Manager Harry Jones, who calls the proposal “a government-funded bailout of a failed business model.” The station, which last year ran a deficit of about $300,000 and has seen fundraising tumble, has been pushing a proposal that would have it […]
March 9, 2012 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
The IRS has set its sights on at least 20 Tea Party groups, demanding that they “reveal the internal workings of their organizations, including the identification of members, how they are selected, who they associate with, and even what they discuss.” The American Center for Law and Justice is rightfully none too pleased and has […]
March 9, 2012 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »