A contingent of Charlotte councilmembers and city staff is living large in the nation’s capital this week, soaking up lessons on how to grow government and spin the public at the annual National League of Cities Congressional City Conference. Charlotte taxpayers will likely shell out in excess of $15,000 for the five-day event, to include […]
For acting like cops, apparently, which a three-judge appeals panel has already ruled is a no-no, at least not when Presbyterians, alcohol and driving are involved. The N.C. Supreme Court is slated to hear arguments Tuesday morning that will determine if the ruling holds. This from DavidsonNews.net: The case stems from a 2006 incident in […]
Obama’s chief educrat was bobbing and weaving this week, trying to justify why the federal government should be in the public skrool business. This from CNSNews, which querried Duncan, “The Bill of Rights says that powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution are reserved to the states and the people. With that […]
Like night follows day, Charlotte is tops again in the total tax burden local government places on its citizens. This from the John Locke Foundation’s annual “By The Numbers” report on tax burdens in North Carolina: Charlotte’s local taxes and fees totaled $2,360 per resident for the 2009 budget year. That total helps the state’s […]
Uber-Leftists MoveOn.org will be in town Tuesday, March 15, as part of a series of rallies planned across the country, and The Charlotte Tea Party is rolling out a welcoming party of sanity to greet them in the Queen City. Call it a short-notice call to action – Tuesday, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., on the […]
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Senator Rand Paul was in classic form this week at a hearing for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where he literally flushed an Obama energy official down the drain over draconian energy efficiency standards that subvert consumer choice and government regulations that destroy small businesses. While noting that the Obama administration is pro-choice […]
Foreclosure filings hit a 36-month low in February, which sounds like great news on the surface. More troubling is what’s still underwater. Like at Bank of America. This from Bloomberg: Bank of America Corp. (BAC) the biggest U.S. lender by assets, is segregating almost half its 13.9 million mortgages into a “bad” bank comprised of […]
Despite losing a vote Wednesday to override Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of the Healthcare Freedom Act, Republicans had a chance to push through with a winning margin Thursday. They opted instead to keep a hole card in their pocket, along with a vow to fight every veto coming from Perdue’s desk – even if they […]
If a racing museum crumbles in a center city and nobody’s around to hear it fail, does it really make a sound? Apparently not, as the uptown lunch bunch continues to make excuses for the fiscal wreck that the France Family Museum has become and paint a happy face on its future. This from TCO: […]
