Budget, Taxation & Economy
Charlotte soccer update
Per the UPoR: “Soccer is big business, and the exposure of events like that and other matches that have been held like that in previous summers are helping to put…
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Getting out of the Game
Polk County’s Economic and Tourism Development Commission chair Bob Morgan resigned. At the last county commissioners’ meeting, he spoke, faulting the commissioners for reducing the ETDC’s role to advisory-only and…
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Forget Paula Broadwell. What about the Panthers?
In case you haven’t heard, the FBI searched Paula Broadwell’s tony Dilworth home last night in an effort to determine whether or not her affair with Gen. David Petraeus somehow…
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A Peek Behind the BofA Iron Curtain
You can bet that uptown elites like those at the top and in the orbit of the Charlotte Chamber know the general extent of the damage Bank of America plans to…
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Lexington annexation battle
Members of Citizens United Against Forced Annexation have submitted almost 300 signatures on a petition to prevent annexation into the City of Lexington. Residents have the General Assembly on their…
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Blake’s reinstatement smells
I don’t think it’s being overly cynical to say that the reinstatement of Greensboro police officer A.J. Blake has a really, really bad smell. Remember Blake was suspended after being…
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Greensboro’s new city manager
Meet Rashad Young, the Dayton city manager who reportedly has been offered the head job here in Greensboro. Yes, I speculated that the City Council would put on a dog-and-pony…
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The problem with GSO’s city manager search
City Council member Dianne Bellamy-Small, majority of one on the council’s search committee: Bellamy-Small kept saying, “You can have a minority opinion,” and “So no other opinion is necessary,” and…
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About that Justice dept. investigation….
There has been a fair amount of reporting on this subject, but let me see if I’ve got the big picture: A Greensboro City Council member is going around talking…
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Thompson Out; Wachovia in Play?
Ken Thompson is out at Wachovia, kicked to the curb by his board. That is the old news. The new news? That Wachovia may be bought should it share price…
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Gov’t as economic developer, Part 3
No judgment, just fact: On Wednesday, City Manager Mitchell Johnson promoted Bob Morgan to fill a long-vacant position for a deputy city manager. Morgan was the Carrboro town manager before…
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Chamber Poll: Soft Sell for the Hard Sell
Well, that was brief. And short on news. The Uptown paper of record today does nail down two things, I suppose. One, that there will be a Friends of Wake…