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Charlotte primary results (yawn)
Well waiting for results to come in last night is a couple hours of my life that I will never get back. And I say that because absolutely nothing changed…
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Who has raised the most money in the mayor’s race recently?
With “recently” being Aug. 5 through Sept. 1? As the Charlotte Observer reports, that would be Dan Clodfelter at nearly $50,000 and Edwin Peacock at $46,000, followed by David Howard…
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Jennifer Roberts releases some poll numbers
That say she’s well ahead in the race to be Charlotte’s next mayor — Roberts 30 percent, Dan Clodfelter 16 percent, Michael Barnes 16 percent, David Howard 9 percent, 29%…
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David Howard speaks
On the taxi cab at the airport issue. From the UPoR: At-large council member David Howard questioned whether the city should revisit the issue “because of newspaper articles.” “(The cab…
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Charlotte political issue of the moment
Who gets elected mayor pro tem. Michael Barnes got the most votes of the at-large Charlotte City Council candidates but it seems that some other council members are mad at…
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Carowinds gets incentives
From both Charlotte and Mecklenburg County for adding rides and stuff as part of an effort to increase attendance from 1.9 million a year to 2.5 million. Among those voting…
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Michael Barnes just doesn’t get it
Catching up on things, as I was out of town over the weekend. City Council member Michael Barnes is upset that Shawn Dorsch, who chairs the airport advisory committee, sent…
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Charlotte City Council votes in secret to raise taxes
More details have come out about what city council did last night. It didn’t just listen to a proposal from the Carolina Panthers about public funding for improvements at the…
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One Expensive Babysitting Job
What’s a good babysitter cost these days? Ten bucks an hour? The price for babysitting Occupy Wall Street protestors is running at about $1,000 a day here and Raleigh. The…
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Duke Energy Keeping Charlotte Taxpayers in the Dark
How many companies get paid for their services whether they provide them or not? In the city of Charlotte, the answer is politically connected ones. Taxpayers are paying roughly $10…
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Local government employees are smart enough to save e-mail ? I think
When can a local government employee delete an e-mail that’s lawfully a public record? Answer: whenever he or she pleases. That’s the gist of a story in The Charlotte Observer…
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GOP Tried to Buy Mayor's Office With Tax Dollars
Read Steve Harrison’s exhumation of the city of Charlotte’s insane dabbling with buying Eastland Mall and tell me I’m wrong. Republicans on city council manifestly thought they could buy John…