No real surprises here: operating costs for the vaunted light-rail Lynx Blue Line are expected to soar, with projections pointing toward a whopping 55 percent increase over four years. Charlotte Area Transit System officials blame required maintenance for the spike. “Hopefully the costs will begin to stabilize,” CATS administration manager Dee Pereira tells the uptown […]
With the country $14 trillion in debt, the hard-hitting hombre from Nevada, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is fighting tooth and nail to save cowboy poetry, or something. Meanwhile, back in reality, Senator Jim DeMint is continuing his push to cut funding for public broadcasting: If NPR and PBS want to continue their programming, they […]
The bill for years of misprioritized spending at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools came due Tuesday night, paid in part with the prepping of pink slips for nearly 400 teachers and 164 instructional support staff. The Board of Education with a 6-3 vote approved a set of guidelines that will be used as CMS implements a reduction in […]
NC GOP House leaders are set for their first big legislative tussle with a vote slated for Wednesday to override Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of the Protect Healthcare Freedom Act, a bill that would block the provision of Obamacare requiring people to buy health insurance or face a penalty. Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory has […]
When he hasn’t been out hitting the links, The One has apparently taken to home-brewing in the White House. This from The Hill: The blog Obama Foodorama reported this week that the president’s Super Bowl party featured a selection called “White House Honey Ale,” brewed right at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. … Although the White House […]
That would be Scott Stone, probably unfamiliar to many, who announced today that he’s tossed his hat into the ring as a GOP mayoral candidate. Stone, an executive vice president with Merrick & Company, launches with a bang, hitting incumbent Democrat Anthony Foxx square on the jobs front and promising not to accept any chatter […]
Send us a youtube clip of your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix. This is the Eels: Followed up with some Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens, from House Guest DJ Adam Love:
As Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools looks for the second year in a row to cut campus security associates from a $1 billion-plus budget, a new state report shows crime and violence skyrocketing district wide. It’s the seventh consecutive year that CMS has seen spikes in a majority of 17 types of reportable violent and criminal acts, tallying […]
Wisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman was besieged by a mob of union members and assorted Democrat goons this week outside the state Capital in Madison. Grothman manages to make his way to an entry of the Capital building, but the door is locked and he finds himself cornered by the mob. Democrat legislator Brett Hulsey […]
Those skyrocketing oil prices, don’t worry about it. No big deal. This from The Washington Times: President Obama’s top economic adviser said Thursday the White House is monitoring the spike in oil prices as a result of uprisings in Libya, but said that recent fluctuations aren’t likely to derail the U.S. economic recovery. Austan Goolsbee, […]
