Well, at least parts of it. The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners last night relinquished its right of first refusal to either purchase or lease nearly a dozen institutes of lower learning recently shuttered by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, clearing the way to put the properties up for lease on the open market. Tell me it would […]
Let me get this straight: a heavily redacted report issued by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identifies a dearth of security staffing at CLT-Douglas airport as a contributing cause in the stow-away death of Delvonte Tisdale, but federal and state funding of nearly a half-million dollars is being used to buy Segways, Harleys, BMWs, and dirt bikes […]
The only commodity that might be worth less than the US dollar by year’s end is a Panthers PSL, given the team’s brutal schedule for the upcoming season. The potential for true ugliness starts with a home-opener against Green Bay, followed by a stretch versus a string of playoff teams from last year (Chicago, New […]
Glad to see the United Nations has its priorities straight, or I’d be worried about various diplomats wasting time on trivial matters like war, famine, genocide, and terrorism. Nope, instead the UN’s braintrust spent a whole day debating whether Mother Earth deserves human rights status. This from Fox News: A bloc of mostly socialist governments […]
Politically speaking they’re located somewhere just south of the Desert of Deceit and slightly east of Arrogant Isles, which would put them squarely over the NC Governor’s Mansion. As tornadoes and deadly storms ripped through North Carolina, Gov Bev was caught out-of-state attending to a “family obligation,” which obviously is the same thing as partying […]
After meeting Monday to discuss how to best handle the latest scandal to rock the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, the tourism group’s board of directors announced it would hire a consultant to review its policies and procedures, or something. They also said they’d hold off renewing the contract of embattled CRVA chieftain Tim Newman, last […]
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If you think it’s just one school in Chicago that has gone completely nanny-state certifiable, think again – and say hello to House Bill 840, co-sponsored in part by Mecklenburg’s very own Becky Carney and Tricia Cotham. The bill’s shorthand title is the “Healthier and Greener Schools Act,” which should give a hint where it’s […]
Wholesale earnings whiff, slashing jobs, and scrambling to stay whole: Jeff Taylor runs down the horror show that has become Bank of America here, here and here. Required reading if you’re at all interested in Charlotte’s future as anything more than a hollow uptown shell adorned with a few glittery baubles as a crown.
That’s the question school board vice chairman Tom Tate asked this week, and it’s a surprisingly valid one. Tate was discussing recently introduced legislation that would give CMS the authority to implement a performance pay plan for teachers without first gaining majority support from teachers. The legislation, officially known as House Bill 546, is in […]
