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		<title>Foxx Out Of Hunt For Governor&#8217;s Race</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2012/01/foxx-out-of-hunt-for-governors-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pellin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After briefly mulling the prospect of a run for governor, Mayor Anthony Foxx says he’s staying put in Charlotte. The announcement from his (choose one) spokesperson/office/secretary/mouthpiece/PRmachine: “Over the past few days I have given serious consideration to a run for Governor of North Carolina. Given the unusual circumstances and short time, such a run would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CATS Eyes Fare Hike</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pellin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ticket to hop on board Charlotte Area Transit System’s half-billion-dollar train will likely cost riders more this summer. Ditto for bus rides. CATS wants to hike transit fares and passes on all of its services starting July 1. Prices for one-way local routes for buses and trains would bump to $2, up from $1.75, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMPD Ready To Assist Occupiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pellin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clock for the Occupy movement to decamp its entrenched hovels on the lawn in front of old City Hall began ticking Monday night, when the Charlotte City Council approved new ordinances that prohibit camping on city property and give police more clout to stop and search people during the Democrat National Convention or any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Hits to City Council on Protest Ordinance</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2012/01/quick-hits-to-city-council-on-protest-ordinance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Hine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended last night&#8217;s City Council meeting to listen to the public hearing on proposed changes to the rules and regulations regarding protest and assembly on city property. I found it awkward that the occupy movement had so many speakers against the proposals, which was also the side I was taking.  Two agreements with that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte Proposes Banning Sleeping Dragons</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2012/01/charlotte-proposes-banning-sleeping-dragons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Hine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously. On Monday night, January 9th, the Charlotte City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinances that will affect protests during the DNC and the Occupy movement.  The Council&#8217;s schedule for the evening is available HERE, and the specific proposals being discussed can be found HERE. Among the proposals are the creation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pedaling Push For DNC 2012</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2011/12/pedaling-push-for-dnc-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pellin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte is wheeling its way down a path to have a burgeoning bike-share program up and running in time for the Democratic National Convention, with an eye toward keeping the pedals churning long after the political circus leaves town. The city council’s Planning and Transportation Committee last month gave the green light to launch planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queen City Crime Crunch</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2011/12/queen-city-crime-crunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pellin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crime, both violent and property, declined across the board and across the country for the first half of this year, with Charlotte’s numbers reflecting much of the same, according to the FBI’s just-released preliminary semi-annual uniform crime report, which covers January through June 2011. In Charlotte, overall violent crime was down by 6.6 percent, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Werewolves of London</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2011/12/werewolves-of-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pellin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former city councilmember and well-connected about-towner Lynn Wheeler is reporting on her Facebook page that Char-Meck’s moneyed and political elites will be jet-setting across the pond to London for the 2012 Chamber Inter City Visit. Haven’t been able to confirm it yet; if true, chalk it up as one of the truly tone-deaf, bone-headed moves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Reason For The Chiquita Payola</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2011/12/the-real-reason-for-the-chiquita-payola/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Love</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You wouldn’t know it to listen to Michael Smith of Center City Partners or to Governor Beverly Perdue, while they were basking in the floodlights of just having bought, not brought, 400 jobs to Charlotte by spending  millions of  dollars, but the real reason we taxpayers are now on the hook for funding the job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte Lands More Homeland Security Loot</title>
		<link>http://pundithouse.com/2011/12/charlotte-lands-more-homeland-security-loot/</link>
		<comments>http://pundithouse.com/2011/12/charlotte-lands-more-homeland-security-loot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pellin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the $50 million of federal funding that Charlotte recently nabbed to help pay for security when the Democratic National Convention rolls into town has captured banner headlines, another large sack of security loot that’s landed in the Queen City’s lap has barely registered a blip of publicity. Maybe that’s because unless you were watching [...]]]></description>
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