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Warren Turner gets his job back
Oh what a mess. The N.C. Department of Public Safety has reinstated Warren Turner, paying him back wages, and even threw in $10,000 for his legal fees. This raises several…
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Parole Officer Loses Tracking Monitor
And CMPD’s bomb squad was called in as a result. WBTV has a bizarre tale of employees of a South Blvd. restaurant freaking out over a small electronic black box…
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2, 3, 4…Turner to Appeal Firing
Well. That’s that. Should be interesting to see how the Department of Corrections responds to Warren Turner essentially calling his former bosses liars. The department dodged releasing any specifics on…
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City Council Republicans Trust Turner
I’m done trying to figure out the motivations and explanations behind the positions Republican members of the Charlotte city council take. All I know is that they are now officially…
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Steve Crump: WBTV's Psychic Reporter
I’ve always enjoyed Steve Crump’s reporting and his documentaries, but I think Crump made a major misstep during his interview with Charlotte city councilman Warren Turner and Turner’s attorneys. At…
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Make Mac, Curt Pay for Harassment Probe
Because City Manager Curt Walton and City Attorney Mac McCarley are directly responsible for bungling a sexual harassment issue between a city staffer and some member of city council, they…
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Foxx: "Our city is in an odd spot"
Gee, ya think, Anthony? And you put the city there by listening to the city manager and city attorney, then sending your don’t-harass-the-help email. Now councilwoman Susan Burgress (!?!) is…
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GOP Tried to Buy Mayor's Office With Tax Dollars
Read Steve Harrison’s exhumation of the city of Charlotte’s insane dabbling with buying Eastland Mall and tell me I’m wrong. Republicans on city council manifestly thought they could buy John…
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Streetcar Veto Overridden. Yawn.
Most interesting — and surprising — thing to come out of last night’s political theater was councilman at-large Ed Peacock somehow getting Warren Turner’s vote to override completely wrong. And…
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Is it a Crime to Talk About Crime?
The new Rhino Times is out today, and there you’ll find details on a performance by city manager Pam Syfert that might leave you woozy. Syfert is actually spinning property…
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Tax and Spend. Spend and Tax.
Kudos to Richard Rubin for laying bare the strong built-in, bipartisan bias for a property tax hike among candidates for Charlotte city council. “We will struggle next year. We will…