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Remembering Chilly Willy
Tommy Tomlinson has a nice article about Charlotte’s best known and most beloved alcoholic, William “Chilly Willy ” Major, who was struck by a car on 7th Street last night…
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Just Say No to Jason Burgess
After seeing the hammering that Tommy Tomlinson has taken for daring to suggest no rubber-stamp for Susan Burgess’ wish to have her son take her spot on Charlotte city council…
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More Calls for Parks to Go, Privatize Alcohol Sales
Good to see that the UPoR edit board and Tommy Tomlinson understand the gravity of the situation involving the local ABC board’s acceptance of lavish meals from liquor salesmen. But…
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Guilty Party: Tommy Apologizes Instead of Atomizing
I suppose Tommy Tomlinson bears the responsibility for choosing to direct his readers to give to a DSS operation despite Mecklenburg County’s long track record of playing fast and loose…
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Our Joke of a County
Hey! Surprise! Nikita Mackey is our new sheriff! And it only took 600 votes from Democratic Party insiders to make it happen. Now it is up to the Mecklenburg County…
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South Line Media Blitz
Hurray! Today was media day for the $463 million South line — question for the media, anybody ask if it still costs $463 million? — so expect a flood of…
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What is Colon Willoughby Hiding?
You know, if the Duke lacrosse mess is going to have any lasting legacy beyond a few books and a movie-of-the-week, by rights it should be the notion that prosecutors…
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Tommy Tomlinson for the Prosecution
First, I want to thank Observer columnist Tommy Tomlinson for perfectly capturing the smug, condescending attitude of far too many in the mainstream media even in the wake of the…
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Can Tommy Tomlinson Count?
Can he read? Tommy tell us readers today that “many” people are confused by the “fine print” of the transit tax repeal petition. Out of 50,000 signers Tommy’s “many” is,…
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Excuse me while I freshen up
The Charlotte Observer‘s Tommy Tomlinson visits one of the scenes of the slime…er, crime.
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Black: Spoke Too Soon
Scratch that. The Jim Black era is not over. Not as long as he still has defenders. Check out what Mecklenburg County commissioner Parks Helms has to say: It’s a…
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Smear of the Day
The Charlotte Capitalist is also reacting to the local Knight Ridder outlet lumping school board member Larry Gauvreau in with Enron, but that reaction is much more rational than mine.…