presentation application by Microsoft
Introduction Do North Carolinians need four-year degrees to be successful? According to projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the North Carolina Department of Commerce, employment opportunities…
The following rant is inspired by one of the 23 items on city council’s current consent agenda. If memory serves and interpolations were accurate, the matter came before council before,…
I despise land use public hearings. If I were famous, somebody could snip that quote to “destroy” me without reading further. Anyhoo, I support property rights. I do not like…
What better way to celebrate the season than to get on a donkey and ride to 35 Woodfin to pay your taxes? Unlike Herod, though, Buncombe County is giving you…
An amusing article in the latest Bloomberg Businessweek describes a game called Buy A Feature that helped residents of San Jose prioritize the city’s budget. Why is the story amusing?…
As a new iPod owner, I am busy finding material to fill it. After all, why waste an hour of commuting time every day? The Ashbrook Center has a treasure…
This is from the Waynesville Mountaineer: In a scene crafted from an old tent revival mixed with PowerPoint salesmanship and a heaping helping of “throw the bums out” populism, about…
Woooo! Where will CATS cut? is the scare-line on the Uptown paper of record’s press release on behalf of CATS’ serial fraud against local commuters and taxpayers. Half-cent sales tax…
With a nod to John Hood, I commented at the State House Call blog on today’s CON board meeting to decide who gets to build 41 new hospital beds in…
Let’s see, it takes a letter from the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce to the Mecklenburg County Commission for anyone to notice that the county — and city — is spending…
Like I pointed out in a comment here, terming a Power Point of the obvious a “report” is a misnomer, but that is the least of the problems with the…
Paul Revere slept, and Atlas didn’t shrug. We’re invaded and infiltrated, and patriots are working too hard to support their families to intervene. The Massachusetts-based Goody Clancy firm was hired…