American baseball writer and statistician
Charlotte Observer reports Mecklenburg County’s $120 million share for a proposed Major League Soccer stadium could be suffering a setback— Democrat County Commissioner Dumont Clarke–the swing vote on county funding—says…
Bill James explains in a Federalist column that he has “despised Trump for 35 or 40 years, however long he has been a national figure, and I don’t intend to…
John Wayne of Carolina Strategic Analysis address the possibility over at Politics North Carolina. A highlight: After redistricting legislation affecting North Carolina’s third and second largest counties, could similar bills…
Got a new column out for Carolina Journal on Chiquita. The article in full. CHARLOTTE — The common complaint about economic incentives is that they amount to having the government…
Been out of town and now slowly digging my way out… So Chiquita Brands International is leaving town, after only having been lured to Charlotte from the other Queen City…
I wish I knew the full answer to why so many within the music world are predominantly left-wing; Thomas Jefferson was a fine violinist, if nothing else. But I believe…
View in your browser. The JLF research staff is completing the upcoming edition of our City and County Issue Guide, and in so doing I am writing about convention centers,…
This time Anthony Foxx and Richard Vinroot sending a letter out in favor of the idea to selected community letters — and selected members of city council and the county…
How ironic. Today, Charlotte Mecklenburg police dragged off the useful idiot Occupy Charlotte protesters for no longer being hip … or useful. Let’s not kid ourselves that the powers that…
Mecklenburg County commission Bill James has questions about still trying to subsidize the Charlotte Knights into an Uptown ballpark: I was unaware that the Knights were asking for an ‘ED’…
Thought you might enjoy Tom Ashcraft’s take on Mecklenburg County’s budget show: Though liberals always want more taxes and more government, they know they’re subject to voters’ revolt if they…
The editors of the Charlotte Observer want county commissioners to pony up some money for CMS. No surprise there. But take notice of this bit of spin: Some say CMS…