As the N.C. General Assembly was wrapping up Thursday afternoon to adjourn its session, state lawmakers approved new election lines for the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, based on a map drawn by Republican members of a bipartisan citizens advisory committee tasked with creating redistricting plans for commissioners to consider. Democrats are howling with outrage […]
Love him or hate him, you have to at least give credit and kudos to frequent House Guest columnist and WBT guest show host Wayne Powers for always stepping up to speak his mind. I just got a chance to watch tape from Monday night’s city council meeting, where Powers was in full swing, taking […]
Who votes for these people? Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) argued at a news conference with the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus that the United States does not currently have a budget crisis. “That’s the real crisis – the unemployment, not the deficit. We don’t have a deficit problem right now. In the long term, we […]
Jeezums – I leave town for a few days of fun and sun at the beach and all kinds of bat guano crazy breaks loose. Where to start? How about with our esteemed city council and mayor, which for weeks have been gnashing teeth over the out-of-control and unaccountable bureaucracy at the Charlotte Regional Visitors […]
No worries if you don’t see any posts from me over the next couple few days: I haven’t been hack-jacked by uptown’s Manicure Mafia, at least not yet; just heading to the coast for some sanity-gathering R&R, leaving the starship under the skillful watch of Commander Hine. Cheers –
Mayor Anthony Foxx tells the uptown paper that he’s still pushing for the ouster of Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority chief Tim Newman, and cites as a reason inflated attendance projections for the NASCAR Hall of Fame that the tourism booster group rolled out to help land the racing museum in the Queen City. I wasn’t […]
It’s so hot … … uptown’s Disco Chicken laid a fried egg. …. corn growing out in Union County is popping on the stalks. … geese at Freedom Park come in “original recipe” and “extra crispy.” … people are actually paying admission to get into the NASCAR HOF because it has A/C. … Quail Hollow […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has struggled to collect nearly $1 million in unpaid lunch bills from the last two years, as district officials have scrambled for money to salvage popular pre-kindergarten programs, retain front-line educators, and keep classroom sizes manageable. Out of 27,233 cases where students have stacked up unpaid meal bills, CMS has managed to close […]
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As part of the board of commissioners’ discussion Tuesday night to approve spending $156.4 million on capital projects, Commissioner Vilma Leake, a Democrat, offered this nugget of wisdom about paying for school construction as it related to the board’s decision to delay funding for Stumptown Elementary, a move that drew fire from folks living in […]
