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High-Speed Slapstick By CBJ, N&O
Rick Henderson attempts to unwind the mutually exclusive spin on whether or not Ric Killian’s bid to kill federal high-speed rail money is itself alive or dead. Bottomline — and…
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Myrick: "I have not yet begun to fight"
Here’s reax to our clearly declaimed spec on the meaning of Hal Weatherman’s departure from Rep. Sue Myrick’s staff: To Jeff A. Taylor: The comments on your blog today were…
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RE: Jeff Tucker on “Tiger Moms”
All I can say is that upon reading Amy Chua’s WSJ essay several weeks ago I discovered I am — on balance and far from a blanket endorsement of Chua’s…
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The Other Property Tax Hike Shoe
Let’s see. For months we’ve had the framework built that says Mecklenburg County cannot afford parks, libraries, or schools without additional revenue. And we just happen to be on the…
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CMUD Still Has Issues in North Meck
Update on the water meter woes in North Meck. Bottomline, CMUD has doubters among customers who have no political power over the city of Charlotte, power being that only thing…
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The NASCAR Hall Debacle
In a front-page story that has been mysteriously dumped into the Thatsracin.com ghetto, Kerry Singe explodes the notion that all with well with the $200m. France Family Expo Center. Attendance…
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Local Govt Commish: M-I Connection a Horror
DavidsonNews.Net went and got copies of the letters between the state Local Government Commission — which approved the public expenditure of $92m. to buy a beat-up CATV system — and…
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Does That Former DSS Employee Owe Gift Tax?
Forgive me if years of sitting in on Ways and Means Committee hearings and pouring over Tax Notes intrudes, but if some county DSS employee just got a X-month interest-free…
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Why MJ Will Never Own the Bobcats
Two words: Yvette Prieto. Jordan and his Cuban-born supermodel girlfriend bought a house outside of Miami a few months ago. And a couple weeks ago MJ’s empire had to issue…
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Pay Attention to the Coyote Saga, Charlotte
No, not a Western. A fight between the NHL, some owners, the city of Glendale, and a bankruptcy judge. It sounds very complicated and it is, but the important bit…
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Earth to Dannye Romine Powell
No one allowed “King to get away with her financial shenanigans,” as Powell describes it. And a “hello?” to the pained Uptown paper of record editorial board and even WBT’s…
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Pineville Mall Owner Getting Smacked Around
Bloomberg is reporting that General Growth Properties Inc. — owner of Carolina Place Mall — has failed to come to agreement with lenders on $900m. in debt the company incurred…