Liberty
Ghazi: "I don't have an answer for that"
Let’s put it this way, in a test of wits between state Sen. Dan Clodfelter and Afshin Ghazi, I know who my money is on. At issue is the $550,000…
Epicenter
point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocentre or focus in an earthquake
Liberty
As the EpiCentre Turns
I’m gonna let the facts speak for themselves for a change. Start here and to the source material. Read all 22 pages. Then to the CBJ take on that, with…
Liberty
Your EpiCentre Implosion Update
CBJ notes that Regions Bank asks some impolite questions about EpiCentre in a filing in the ongoing bankruptcy of the Uptown play-place. The details: “The EpiCentre is riddled with contradictions,”…
Liberty
EpiCentre: Follow the Money
The great thing about EpiCentre filing for bankruptcy is the window it provides into the operation of the taxpayer-subsidized complex. The Charlotte Business Journal dove through that window last week…
Liberty
Things to Make Your Head Hurt
You fill in the blanks, if you dare: Feds declare that by 2014 every person’s electronic health record must have a Body Mass Index number. Here’s mine, FU. Still unknown…
Liberty
EpiCentre, Reval, and Everything
In many ways the least surprising thing about the latest turn in the EpiCentre saga is that its lenders suddenly realized they were halfway to being the proud owners of…
Liberty
Your Property Tax Deadline Rollcall
One week after Mecklenburg County began assessing interest penalties on unpaid 2009 property tax bills, the county’s data base shows several big malls have yet to pay. The owners of…
Liberty
Myth of the Swing Voter and CLT's Misspent Youth
Anyone else get the feeling that the UPoR’s demographic breakdown of the vote for mayor of Charlotte was meant to be a little meatier, but the facts could not sustain…
Liberty
EpiCenter Condo Bust
Well, we knew this was coming, right? The Charlotte arm of Flaherty & Collins Properties is liquidating with no 50-story condo tower built on top of the EpiCenter. Short-term that…
Liberty
City: EpiCenter Contractors on Their Own
Big surprise. The city of Charlotte is saying that it wants no part of figuring out how to pay contractors who built the city-subsidized EpiCenter.
Liberty
Your Afshin Ghazi Update
Susan Stabley over at The Charlotte Business Journal provides a detailed run-down of the contractors claiming they have not been paid for work on the EpiCenter. She also quite amazingly…
Liberty
Pull the EpiCenter's Permits
WCNC’s Tony Burbeck is back with more on the iffy status of EpiCenter and the contractors who built it. Not surprisingly, Afshin Ghazi blames the general contractor — whom he…