Big NPR story–apparently Morning edition host Steve Inskeep is camping out in Charlotte for a while—on Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s influence over the Queen City heading into Super Tuesday,…
From a Charlotte Observer editorial: When the city of Charlotte fired Fire Department investigator Crystal Eschert in late 2014 for a pair of inflammatory Facebook posts, this editorial board suspected…
Somebody send the muni bond ratings folks this quote from Charlotte assistant manager Ron Kimble on the tide of red ink washing over the $200m. France Family Convention Center Annex:…
Erik Spanberg relates that the July revenue figures for France Family Convention Center Annex only missed budget expectations by 50 percent. The NASCAR Hall pulled in $818,000 for the month,…
Couple stories from Charlotte city council doings which demonstrate that mere citizens are powerless to stop the Charlotte Department of Transportation. First, $500K worth of sidewalks on Park Road that…
That is the surprising spin the Charlotte Housing Authority is giving Steve Harrison. CHA says it is looking to cut out the middlemen and buy the 7-acre parcel at 11109…
We’re talking ones that should have fresh content or just close up shop. Let’s start with Mecklenburg County’s very own Mecklenblog, inert since April 2008. It is a great name…
Check out this little piece of humor via some unknown gnome at the Uptown paper of record. Steve Harrison pens a love poem to the $500m. streetcar — omitting previous…
Who does CATS chief Keith Parker think he is kidding? There is exactly one place he can go to get money for CATS’ train-building plans — taxpayers’ pockets. On Sunday…
Uptown paper of record transportation reporter Steve Harrison wades into the South Blvd. light rail ridership numbers we’ve been hashing over and comes back — confused. Lo and behold the…
I dare anyone to read Steve Harrison’s front-pager and conclude our current $9 billion transit plan makes lick of sense. It is all there — the lack of density, the…
It’s baaaaaack. Ron Tober’s Disco Party Canopy is again in the news. Turns out the $1.3 million roof over the Trade Street light rail stop may keep CATS from opening…