Over the past few years I have watched as environmental non-profits have multiplied like a veritable plague of locusts across the land. I’ve researched the origins of this all the way back to the Federal government agencies feeding these locusts with money our Federal government does not have and must borrow or print. Billions of [...]
It was almost a year ago when Mecklenburg Commissioner Harold Cogdell seemed poised to pull off a palace coup, challenging fellow Democrat Jennifer Roberts for the chairmanship of the board of commissioners she had held for the last two terms. Aligned with the board’s four Republican minority members, Cogdell appeared to have the votes needed [...]
Jennifer Roberts announced this week that she won’t seek another term on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, which she joined in 2004 and has held sway over as chairman for the last four years, a tenure that has spanned massive government growth and outrageous spending tempered only by a recent and far too late [...]
Over recent weeks, Charlotte’s 1110 WBT radio has been promoting a contest for wannabe radio stars where entrants submit a short YouTube video outlining their idea for the station’s next Sunday evening broadcast. Over 100 entries have been received, and now it is up to fans of WBT to vote for their top ten submissions. [...]
Seems some other local media have clued into the fact that Occupy Charlotte comes with a bill. One that’s growing bigger by the day. When we first reported last week on the cost, the tally stood at $92,224 for services related to policing the Occupy movement since it started on Oct. 1. The price tag [...]
If ever there was a year where your single vote could make the difference in an election, 2011 is shaping up to be that year. Without the benefit of “up ballot” races to generate publicity and excitement amongst the electorate, off year elections typically enjoy a significant drop-off in voter participation when compared to the Congressional [...]
Disgruntled with the ongoing Occupy Charlotte encampment in front of the old City Hall building, Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James is looking for ways to prevent the same type of occupation from occurring on county-owned property. “I would like to know if we have a regulation for County Parks that prohibits protests from going through the [...]
A $340,000 grant from the federal government to help launch a culinary arts program to provide job training and employment opportunities for gang-involved juveniles has apparently been smoldering on the backburner for nearly a year, leaving county officials scrambling for answers about how the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Gang of One program has been administering the [...]
By now I am sure you know about the OccupyCharlotte group which is campi–er, protesting outside of the government center. This morning I dropped by to see what the hullabaloo is all about. I counted 39 sleeping tents, two mess tents (food), one first aid tent, and one welcome tent. There were only about 6 people [...]
For the acronym-challenged reader, that headline translates as Board of County Commissioners: We Love You Atlantic Coast Conference. To the tune of a quarter of a million dollars, no less, which is how much taxpayer loot commissioners doled out this week to help score some image-branding points and economic development jolt supposedly tied to the [...]
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