Meet Bill James, Republican County Commissioner in Mecklenburg. He's a dick.If you follow Charlotte politics you know that ultra-conservative Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James (R-District 6) is no stranger to putting his foot in his mouth. Well, he’s been at it, yet again. Tuesday night the County Commission debated and passed a law allowing for same sex couples to receive [...]
Democratic Senate candidate Elaine Marshall attended a White House Christmas Party Tuesday night.
Marshall, who is secretary of state, was one hundreds of state officials from across the country invited, Rob Christensen reports. Other Democratic North Carolinians attending included state Rep. Verla Insko of Chapel [...]
Since Tuesday I have been reading and hearing (including Tuesday night) a steady stream of whining from unions, special interests and supporters of the status-quo about how the newly elected board members were taking actions not supported by the citizens of Wake County.
Freshly sworn in Tuesday night, the new City Council promptly made its first order of business a closer look on the true costs of the project.
Thus, after the outgoing council had voted 7-2 hours earlier to fill a funding shortfall for the center’s construction with hotel tax revenues, the incoming [...]
No news article, but the N&R editorialzes on the ’swim center shuffle’:
The city’s new aquatics center is still afloat, thanks to a 7-1 vote of confidence Tuesday night by the City Council.
Specifically the council voted to fill a $6 million funding shortfall with certificates of participation financed by hotel-occupancy [...]
