Proposed Rocky Mount event center could become ‘albatross’ for taxpayers
RALEIGH — An event center that could cost up to $51 million threatens to generate far more costs than benefits for Rocky Mount. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report…
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Rocky Mount Event Center
In 2012, residents of Rocky Mount started hearing about plans for an event center. The city council was talking about a project that would spur downtown economic development and regeneration,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
More Essential Air Service comes to Charlotte
The price of airline deregulation back in the 1970s was the Essential Air Service program, which guarantees air service (within certain limits) to communities that had scheduled air service at…
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Some of my favorite quotes
View in your browser. As noted previously, this newsletter has expanded its focus. In addition to issues related to the environment, we will now also include discussions of topics related…
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AA/US merger route shifts, round 1
Big announcement from American Airlines (AA) and US Airways (US) over how they’d be handling their mandated slot sell off at New York’s LaGuardia (LGA) and Washington’ Reagan National (DCA)…
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On a lighter, more touristy note
There are some fun things to see Uptown, that’s for sure. I tried to get to the outdoor studios, but the cops wouldn’t let me in without my credential, which…
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Slow News Day
On a personal note, I’ve enjoyed working on a project for the Carolina Journal. Several of us were assigned candidates in key elections for interviewing. Mine were all in a…
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More morons aiming lasers at planes
This time in Myrtle Beach, with the aircraft being a Coast Guard helicopter trying to locate two men that had fallen off a catamaran. Luckily, the two men, Guiseppe Chillico…
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Draining the swamp, or enjoying the hot tub?
Need more evidence that the federal government is growing far too large? Consider Andrew Ferguson‘s new TIME story, “Bubble on the Potomac.” Other big cities, of course, have made it…
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US Airways new baseline established
Over the past few years, Charlotte has gained a significant amount of flights as US Airways transformed itself from a carrier with major operations at eight airports (Charlotte, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,…
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Overkill: Do We Really Need AAA Baseball When We Have the NFL and the NBA?
This week, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx called a new, tax-subsidized stadium for Charlotte Charlotte Knights a “hard sell” and made skeptical noises like he doubted it would happen. He didn’t mean…
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US Airways teases
Back in late December US Airways released the first phase of its slot swap with Delta Air Lines. The airline announced effective March 25, flights from Charlotte to Des Moines…