Local talk radio station WBT has landed smack in the middle of a national controversy swirling around Rush Limbaugh, the polemical midday talker who has come under fire for calling Georgetown law student and free contraception-on demand advocate Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute.” But despite receiving hundreds of emails and calls from people […]
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was last seen pushing hard for laws that would ban drivers from using cell phones, even hands-free devices, behind the wheel. LaHood argued the gabbing created distracted drivers and endangered public safety. Guess what he’s doing now. This from Reason, via D.C. radio station WTOP: “I drive around on the weekends […]
Not sure how much weight it’ll have with fiscal conservatives, given Sue Myrick’s voting record of late, but it probably can’t hurt in the highly crowded and competitive GOP primary for the 9th Congressional District. Here’s the email Myrick sent out to her “dear friends”: Dear Friends, Thanks for the support that you have given […]
Send us a link with your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix. For anybody of a certain age, The Monkees likely ranked as one of several touchstones for your formative musical years. RIP Davy Jones:
A decision by the Obama Administration to eliminate funding for programs that train and authorize local law enforcement officers to act as immigration agents could jeopardize the status of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office 287(g) program. Under the program, which Mecklenburg has had in place since 2006, the federal Immigration Customs Enforcement agency provides local […]
Terribly shocking news to process today, as the political blogosphere grew considerably darker with the untimely death of Andrew Breitbart. Whether you loved or hated his work, appreciate the dialogue and discussion his efforts produced and the dimensions he added to the brave new media. Via Big Journalism: Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes […]
Wayne Powers took Leap Year to heart on the last day of filing for elected office, jumping into the Republican primary race for an at-large seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Powers enters a wide-open and already crowded contest where all three at-large seats on the board are up for grabs. And with […]
Let’s start with agreement that Tim Newman was grossly overpaid during his tenure at the helm of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. Just gross, no other word for it, to the tune of more than $300,000 a year combined salary and benefits. But there are boatloads of chieftains who oversee taxpayer-supported money pits and rake […]
The death of two children, ages 1 and 5, who were hit by a truck this week along West Tyvola Road has neighbors and family rightfully asking if the tragedy could have been averted. The area has a dire need of sidewalks, they say, for which they’ve long petitioned the city. City officials acknowledge the […]
Great news: the next time you swerve across three lanes of traffic and fail to yield to oncoming cars and cause an accident and the cop’s getting ready to write you a ticket, tell him that CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe says it’s not necessary. Investigative blogger and professional agitator Cedar Posts broke this story and […]
