The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners last month threw its support behind an effort to win a $3.5-million federal grant that would be used to help craft a regional plan to create sustainable and livable communities. The initiative centers on the principles of so-called smart growth, ripe with an emphasis on social equity for housing […]
In an effort to weed out the corruption that has plagued it for years, the Mexican government has fired nearly one-tenth of its federal police force – about 3,200 crooked cops – this year, according to this report from The L.A. Times: The cleanup is to take place nationwide and began with the federal police, […]
CMS officials have acknowledged that they learned well in advance of the official start of this year’s football season that a Butler High player had been arrested for rape, but that Ed Shed brass failed to notify the school for more than week. As a result, Osvaldo Sombo, 17, was able to play in the […]
Michael Jordan and the Bobcats drove the funding lane Monday with a slamdunk of a PR move, cutting one whopper of a check to help Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools fill its pay-to-play equity gap for middle school sports. WCNC runs down the details here: CMS Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Gorman said, “This gift will mean students can […]
Big ups to Jeff Taylor over at The Meck Deck, killing it going on five years this week with cutting-edge blogging, breaking stories, insightful commentary, and wicked sharp slices of humor. Congrats; and cheers for at least another half-decade of delivering “some sanity to the socio-politico-culturo Charlotte scene.” This is Public Image Ltd
Somebody forgot to tell Myrtle Beach about the recession. Despite a sluggish economy, the South Carolina travel destination is thriving this summer; beaches are packed with bikinis, restaurants filled with hungry appetites, and hotels booked with travelers from up and down the coast and across the country. Take the Hampton Inn & Suites Oceanfront in […]
Not exactly breaking news here, but you’d never know it from the MSM’s downplay of what should’ve been an across-the-board, above-the-fold lead story. The Obama Administration has scuttled plans to prosecute terrorist Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who allegedly masterminded the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors and leaving dozens more […]
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a.k.a. the NC Democrat Party, which was all toked up at its state convention this summer for urging legislators to legalize marijuana for medical use, according to this report from the N&O’s Under The Dome: The state Democratic Party wants the legislature to legalize marijuana for medical use. At its state convention this summer in […]
Gotta love this sub-hed from the uptown paper of record’s story on the city’s looming bond referendum: Foxx: Charlotte leaders will emphasize taxes won’t rise to repay $204 million Of course taxes won’t rise to repay bonds, just like they never rise to repay enormous debt on any other boondoggle the uptown lunch bunch concocts. […]
