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UNCC Football, RIP
The dream is over. The small window that existed to hike student fees and start a football team as opposed to hike student fees and not have football has closed.…
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Uptown Paper Thinks You Are Under-taxed
And pay too little for your Uptown paper. Gee, do you think they are related? And can’t help but notice that the Uptown paper waited until the city purchased Uptown’s…
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Woohoo! Hot Damn! Free Money!
Yesss! Take that haters — $30m. in ever-lovin’ federal earmarks for local transportation needs, fully $20m. of it for CATS’ run to UNCC! Munch on that, losers! See! Obama came…
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Football at UNCC?
UNCC Chancellor Phil Dubois argues in this Charlotte Observer piece that it would be a good long-term move for the school to begin a football program. He says that at…
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Harvey Gantt Cashes in on Jim Black Building
Big frickin’ surprise. The Charlotte Business Journal reports that the former Charlotte mayor’s firm will help design the $46m. Uptown building for UNCC, state funds for which were secured by…
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UNCC Football: Friday, Spangler Clueless
There might be solid arguments against UNCC adding football, but Bill Friday and C.D. Spangler did not make them yesterday. They fail to recognize that the status quo cannot hold…
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New and Improved Pro-Tax Campaign
I thought the pro-tax team needed a little help making their message more on point. Their previous logo did not quite capture the true essence of their campaign. So I…
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Phil Dubois is Right
We’ve disagreed with UNCC Chancellor Phil Dubois on a light rail line to his campus and over the University’s handling of the Chamber of Commerce-initiated transit study, but Dubois is…
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Bischoff Back, Wheeler Next?
Quick update on the pro-CATS propaganda front… Today Robert Bischoff writes to the Uptown paper of record to make clear that “government and politicians” are not the only supporters of…
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UNC-Charlotte operates transit study in secret
The Charlotte Observer jumped into the ongoing controversy regarding a UNC-Charlotte Center for Transportation Policy Studies that was seen as favorable to the Charlotte Area Transit System. The controversy is…
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UNCC, WFAE, and Everything
Whew! Where to begin? It has been a bizarre couple days. I learned more about Charlotte’s dysfunctions than I thought possible. Short story: UNCC is still in denial about the…
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UNCC should stick to its mission
Jeff Taylor has an excellent article on Carolina Journal today, showing that UNCC’s chancellor Phil Dubois has been cooperating with political forces in Charlotte that favor governmentally-financed light rail and…