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Input in Human Form
Elected representatives in Hendersonville are trying to improve communications with the public. They are exploring investing in a number of new forums, like radio programs, blogs, and meet and greets.…
Municipal governance in India
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Pat McCrory speaks
On the airport situation, saying on WFAE that the city of Charlotte should run the airport and Jerry Orr shouldn’t be in charge. Specific quotes: Jerry Orr’s 71 (sic) years…
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Role of Government Tantrum
I am inclined to be more infantile than usual, if that is possible. It was a bad day. A wasp just landed on my keyboard, making it somewhat difficult to…
Transportation
New at CJO: Senate could take final vote today on bill targeting control of Charlotte airport
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online that the N.C. Senate could take a final vote today on a bill that would shift control of the Charlotte airport from the…
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The airport control issue explained
We’re starting to get an idea what’s behind the push to establish an independent authority to oversee Charlotte Douglas International Airport. As the Charlotte Observer reports, after the Delvonte Tisdale…
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What’s Bob Rucho real airport agenda?
There absolutely is more going on with Sen. Bob Rucho and his push to have Charlotte Douglas International Airport taken out from under the city and put under the control…
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Separate authority to run the airport?
Where exactly did the idea to maybe do that come from? And what exactly is going on here? From the UPoR: In his speech, Foxx said: “In fact, in the…
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Priorities
The stock market is plunging, another recession looms, London is burning, and city council deliberated at length over how they should select candidates to interview for the Planning and Zoning…
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Clueless Indian 87% Satisfied with League
At a recent public hearing, people said out-of-the-ordinary things about appointments to the Boone Extra Territorial Jurisdiction board. The process was described both as wanting in diversity and representing the…
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Gatten: Business as usual
People are shocked and appalled that former Greensboro City Council member Florence Gatten —-now vice chair of the commission that oversees the Greensboro Coliseum —– would ask fellow commission member…
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Selling Vice More Honestly
Weaverville is considering merging its ABC board with that of the City of Asheville. Asheville’s ABC system is now the 11th most profitable in the state. This was not the…
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Write this one down: Chapel Hill resident invokes Boston Tea Party
A fascinating debate is taking place in Chapel Hill over what some residents there see as an unfair burden being placed on them in order to benefit Durham. This really…