Many fine officers, tainted by the inept and/or alleged illegal actions of a few? or is it something more pervasive that goes to a failure of leadership, a command either willing to turn a blind eye toward gross misconduct or incompetence within the department or unable to change a culture that has led to a […]
After 11 days of deliberations, the federal jury stuck deciding the fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial apparently hit a wall Wednesday, sending the judge a note indicating they can’t reach a verdict – at least not on all the counts Blago is facing. What that means is anybody’s guess; even the attorneys […]
Would be nice to know how the Democrat majority on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners is feeling about the turbo-charged revenue projections it concocted to beef up the county budget, what with an ongoing commercial sector real estate implosion; home foreclosures in Mecklenburg tops in the state; the Charlotte-area’s average per-capita personal income tumbling nearly […]
Former WBTV ace reporter Mike Cozza, who most recently fell victim to county budget cuts when he was axed as media relations go-to guy for Mecklenburg Parks and Rec, uses an Op-Ed in the uptown paper of record to effectively dismantle the silly notion that a global recession was the main culprit behind Mecklenburg’s budget […]
And smiling the whole way, with officials from the NASCAR Hall of Fame claiming no reasons for concern despite attendance numbers that have failed to keep pace with even lowered expectations. HOF officials had originally ballyhooed a projected 800,000 visitors for the hall’s first year, which was subsequently trimmed to 575K; yet trends show the […]
And, shocking, hitting Uncle Sammie up for a few more billion dollars, on top of the billions that have already been gobbled up with little chance of ever being repaid – a total approaching $148 billion. Continuing the grim news of the Obama Administration’s self-proclaimed Summer of Recovery, mortgage-finance mutant Freddie Mac is reporting a […]
Before taking Michelle Obama to task for her jet-setting and outlandishly lavish summer vacation, let’s take a moment to put it in some context, provided by none other than President Barack Obama. The First Family, you see, feels your pain, can relate to the plights and problems faced by millions of the working class across […]
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So sayeth Sen. Lindsey Graham, explaining the divine inspiration behind his vote to confirm the pro-abortion Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. From CNSNews: “But at the end of the day, those of us in the Senate have to understand that every branch of government includes human beings and there is a rule that […]
N.C. Senate leader Marc Basnight, a Down East Democrat, might want to reconsider his latest power move to insert big government into every facet of the private market. Recall that Basnight was the driving force behind a total ban of plastic bags on the Outer Banks, going so far as to mandate that retailers offer […]
