The story of “exorbitant pay hikes” for the North Carolina Speaker of the House’s staff has lingered since a June 11, 2011 article in Raleigh’s News and Observer Newspaper. At odds was a Tillis statement in January vowing to cut his office payroll, followed by news that raises of up to 27% had been granted […]
Driving home from the mountains this morning I kept seeing signs for the Folkmoot Festival in Waynesville, which put me in sort of a “folky-ballady” mood. I broke out the iPod and pulled up a few of my favorite bands which occasionally break from their normal genre to have some fun with an accoustic folky tune or […]
Growing up in New Hampshire, I was exposed firsthand to politics at a very young age. When you live in a small state famous for playing an important roll in the Presidential Primary, it was hard to escape. My first political memory was formed at about the age of 7 when then Vice President Bush […]
Curtis Watkins, Republican candidate for Charlotte City Council At-Large, met with the press on July 18 to give a primer on his campaign. He was joined by former Mayor Pat McCrory, who introduced him.
The initial redistricting proposals for the North Carolina House and Senate have been released. You can view the proposed districts HERE. On Monday, July 18, public hearings will be conducted across the state from 3pm until 9pm to solicit feedback on the proposed districts. In Mecklenburg, the hearing will take place in CPCC’s Central Campus […]
Forty-year-old business analyst Ken Nelson has filed to run for Mecklenburg County School Board. Married, with a three-year-old daughter, Nelson has been a Charlotte resident since 2006. This will be his second run for a School Board seat, being narrowly defeated in 1997 in his hometown of Clark, NJ. Nelson is known locally as a […]
Through all it’s twists and turns, the three year old trial of Casey Anthony finally came to an end yesterday with a verdict that many consider shocking. Anthony was found guilty on four counts of lying to investigators, but not of killing Caylee Anthony, her two year old daughter. While this case didn’t involve a high profile […]
It may be months before Halloween, but there is a fiend hiding in plain sight just waiting to pounce on the uninformed American citizen. That fiend is dressed as an entitlement monster, and that monster is about to attack. Thanks to House Guest Frank Hill for providing some charts courtesy of the Congressional Budget Office. […]
Two totally different genres on tap for tonight’s House Party. We’ll go in order from something old to something new. In the something old category, Dion and the Belmonts was one of my favorite bands growing up. I listened to nothing but “oldies” music until I got to college. This is “Don’t Know Why I […]
The proposed North Carolina House District boundaries intended to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act were released to the public late last Friday afternoon and it is fair to say that not all are embracing the new districts with open arms. It is not only democrats who are raising questions either. According to the […]