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Can Charlotte Afford Rodney Monroe?
Have to wonder. If you are not the compromised city manager and the Charlotte city council, that is. With the unsurprising word that Marcus Jackson civil suits against the city…
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Tisdale Report: Who Lied?
I direct this principally to the potted plants on Charlotte city council. Someone you hired — either the city manager or the chief of police — came before you last…
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CLT Airport: Paging Woody Allen
It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. — Fielding Mellish If you’ve got a better description…
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City Attorney Fails to Stop Marcus Jackson Suit
This is what Official Charlotte did not want. An actual lawsuit claiming that Chief Rodney Monroe and the city were responsible for failing to stop Marcus Jackson from sexually assaulting…
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Is There a Smuggling Ring at CLT-Douglas?
Too much weird stuff. Weird stuff I discounted several months ago when attempting to explain the Devonte Tisdale mystery. Turns out the TSA conducted a sting at CLT-Douglas airport in…
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New Scumbag Low: Steal From Cancer Kids
Hey, as some of you might’ve figured out, I’m a pretty hard case. I’ve seen a lot, been through a lot, and nothing much shocks me — I mean really,…
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Somebody Get Andy Dulin a Cape
He thinks he is a superhero. I thought his Tweet Sunday morning on the occasion of the big fire at Big Ben’s was a one-off thing. Dulin advised that he…
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Amended Marcus Jackson Timeline
First let’s note that WBTV’s Tom Roussey last night tried to get the Mint Hill PD to explain why its officers did not arrest Marcus Jackson for breaking and entering.…
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Upside Down Government in Charlotte
During his very revealing interview with Wayne Powers on WBT yesterday, CMPD spokesman Rob Tufano let slip that he had seen Marcus Jackson’s personnel file. Why? Tufano is does not…
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Government By Know-Nothings
In a way — knowing how Charlotte and the Uptown crowd operate — I am not surprised. But in another way — informed by what effective, open, and responsible local…
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City Manager…Or City Boss?
No exaggeration: This is most unbelievably awful thing I’ve heard involving local government since I returned to Charlotte in 2003. Word is now out that City Manager Curt Walton intends…
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The Marcus Jackson Cover Up
Let’s keep this simple. Either you support CMPD and the city of Charlotte releasing Marcus Jackson’s personnel file from his brief stint as a CMPD officer or you support a…