Alright. Enough is enough. Either local police get their act together or someone is going to end up real dead, real soon.

This time a sports bar in Pineville was the target; this time a shot was fired. As we predicted when this wave first kicked off, the perps were bound to get more and more violent the longer they went along. It is clear that the criminal element in Charlotte is following the Willie Sutton law — follow the money. In this case, into the burbs and into packed eateries.

Think of it this way Uptown: We’ll never collect enough prepared meals tax to pay for all the Uptown goodies if everyone is too afraid to go out to eat.