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• Finger Injury May Force Fox to Replace Delhomme

  As a cold rain settles in over Charlotte, the reality of Jake's ugly Sunday afternoon at the hands of the New York Jets begins to take hold.
  
  The Observers Tom Sorenson writes "Watching him was like watching a little kid crash his bike. Delhomme would fall and get" [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:41pm EST
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• Cliffside Power Plant Protest

  The Associated Press is reporting that protesters against coal power attached themselves Monday to a nearly 1 million pound generator part bound for North Carolina.
  
  
  
  Duke Energy said the protest in a South Carolina parking lot shouldn't slow the three-month trip to move' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:58pm EST
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• Tiger Drives Finds the Woods Again

  The world's number one golfer, a man with a desire to maintain a very private life off the golf course has found himself in the tabloid headlines again.
  
  Cedar Posts as often commented that Tiger needs some anger management intervention, this weekend's encounter with a fire hydrant and tree [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 3:00pm EST
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• Harry Jones Fires Back

  This week the number of logs on the fire grew, as Charlotte's print, television, and radio media as well as local blogers zeroed in on Harry Jones.
  
  On Monday WSOC TV posted an on line pole asking "Do you think Mecklenburg County is handling the DSS investigation properly?"' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:11pm EST
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• Ramdom Quote of the Week!

  Concerning the Adam Lambert spectacle during the American Music Awards show:
  
  
  "I am all for gay marriage, as long as both chicks are HOT!" [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:07pm EST
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• DSS Data Dump

  The Meck Deck’s Jeff Taylor posted a short item titled "What is DSS spending our money on?" about Charlotte attorney Tom Ashcraft asking: Which local non-profits and churches are getting funds from DSS?
  
  According to Jeff, the answer Tom received was a 1311-page, non-responsive data dump [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:01am EST
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• Harry, Mary and Curt...

  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:40am EST
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• Harry Jones

  It's ironic that "Harry Jones" is sang for heroin, as I'm addicted to the never ending saga involving our Mecklenburg County Manager.
  
  First I'm amazed at what has been going on inside Mecklenburg County Government as the list of wrongs is long and stunning.
  
  “Cronyism”, “Embezzlement”, “Accounting [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:44am EST
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• The Petition Requesting that the BOCC Vote on Harry Jones

  The Petition:
  
  We the following citizens of Mecklenburg County have become increasingly concerned about the management of our county government.
  
  These concerns have been brought to the attention of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners by citizens, county employees (both past and present) and the local media [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:17pm EST
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• Cronyism

  Cronyism is partiality to long-standing friends, especially by appointing them to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications. Hence, cronyism is contrary in practice and principle to meritocracy. Cronyism exists when the appointer and the beneficiary are in social contact; often, the appointer is inadequate to hold his or her [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:42am EST
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• Harry Jones Shoots the Messenger

  In a desperate move to shore up support among the BOCC, Mecklenburg County Manager Harry L. Jones, Sr. has fired the county's internal audit director Cornita Spears who spelled out the latest of accounting irregularities and bad news at the DSS earlier this week.
  
  Read the Observer's coverage here: [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:45pm EST
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• The Badger Keeps Digging

  Mecklenburg County Taxpayers are like a hungry Badger, and Harry Jones is about to jump out of his hole and make a run for it.
  
  
  
  But the Charlotte Observer, for some reason is going easy on Harry Jones with a short story [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:18pm EST
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• I Work in a Cold and Lonley Place

  I work in a cold and lonely place, well at least is seems that way this time of year.
  
  I shouldn’t complain, I have a view out of my office window that can't be duplicated anywhere, for out my window the sun rises over Charleston Harbor and the' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:31am EST
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• CMPD Command Staff Makeover the White Shirts!

  Cedar Posts Reported back in March that Chief Monroe wanted to improve the image of his command staff, (Chief Monroe's Extreme Makeover) to set them apart from the rest of the crowd.
  
  But by the time the new command staff uniforms were ready to ship, the CMPD budget' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:50am EST
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• Charlotte Crime Numbers Plunge Again

  RoMo's team reported October crime numbers on November 10th with none of the fan fair of 12 months ago. Perhaps RoMo senses that the public is on to his sham, as nationally crime is down considerably without any quantifiable explanation.
  
  
  
  Washington and Baltimore,' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:05pm EST
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• Observer Reports a Shooting with Knives

  "Shooting leaves one dead, two injured"
  
  Reads the Observer Headline*, but the rest of the story says stabbing.
  
  I know budget cuts, staff layoffs and the usual excuse, "In order to get the story on line we sometimes make mistakes" are all nice reasons for shoddy work. [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:59pm EST
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• Birkdale Flash Mob

  FlashMob in case you don't know is where one person starts dancing and other people join in and, before long you have a huge crowd. The more people the better.
  
  So on Saturday it was time for someone to do a FlashMob at Birkdale Village north of Charlotte.
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:42pm EST
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• Mouse Pointer Attacks Charlotte Skyline

  If you missed the reveal of Charlotte's 2010 Chamber of Commerce "Charlotte Skyline Photo" by the Observer this morning, you missed the odd placement of a "mouse pointer" in the down loadable image.
  
  
  Click on the above photo to see the attack of' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:09pm EST
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• Abandoned Puppies at Petco

  If you have read some of the past postings here you know that, yes I am dog person.
  
  A 3 pound Yorkie and 2 Labs live at my home full time and a host of other wayward dogs pass through each year.
  
  In the last 12 months, I've' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:37am EST
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• Why Mecklenburg County Commissioners Will Fire Harry Jones

  Have you ever thought about running for office? I don’t mean president, just some obscure local office, like …. the Mecklenburg County Commission.
  
  It’s a part-time part-time job where you get paid for meeting on the first and third Tuesday of each month for about 3 hours. Other than [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:57am EST
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• Porn Star Baby Names

  I’m sitting in a mid scale family style restaurant with my wife and her great aunt who is just shy of 80. Before long, up comes our bouncy blonde waitress, her name tag proudly declaring, HI MY NAME IS DEVIN!
  
  Devin is cute, about 18 and sweet as can [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:01am EST
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• Lisa Nowak Pleads Guilty But Collen Shipman Gets A Life Sentance

  This afternoon former NASA astro-nut Lisa Nowak escaped jail time and received only 50 hours of community service plus one year probation for her major flip out 3 years ago.
  
  
  
  But Collen Shipman gave herself a life sentence by reading a rambling, nonsensical [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:19am EST
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• Give Some Support to WFAE for Taking Shots at RoMo

  You might have missed the anniversay but WFAE's Julie Rose and Lisa Miller didn't, and they are on point regarding RoMo's pledge to resolve his phoney degree issue.
  
  
  
  Once the phoney degree was exposed heads started to roll, and in the wake of' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:27pm EST
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• Zeroing on the DSS Rodney Monroe Connection

  Its a well known fact that Chief Monroe's daughter was given a "stake job" at the DSS. Now as the Charlotte Observer zeros in on abuse and missing funds at the Mecklenburg County DSS.
  
  They are connecting the dots, between, Harry Jones, DSS and Bank of America. So can' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:52pm EST
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• CMPD Reserve Officers Fired

  Yet another attack on CMPD reserve officers has surfaced. Two retired CMPD officers each with 30 plus years of service have recently been fired from their part time positions.
  
  The two officers had been working for the Panthers organization at the Bank of America stadium since the team was [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 10:33pm EST
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• Romo's Warm and Fuzzy "We Care" Survey

  Thanks to a CP reader who noted the "Survey" sent to all employees of the CMPD today by Romo and Ray Ray.
  
  According to the CP reader the survey is a trap if you answer honestly because it is anything but anonymous.
  
  Further the survey is worded with [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:35pm EST
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• "National Stiff Your Waiter Day" Declared for December 1, 2009

  The New York Times ran a piece by Bruce Buschel titled “100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do”
  
  
  
  Never one for originality, The Charlotte Observer then weighed in with What Should DINERS Never Do? A hastily put together blog post by [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:10am EST
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• Boeing Moves to South Carolina and Seattle is Not Happy

  
  
  Cartoonist David Horsey takes a cheap shoot at South Carolina. I for a fact know our dogs are smarter than that. [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:19pm EST
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• Burger vs Keillor

  I guess I should be shocked or surprised but I'm not. But reading Ken Burger's column today, I was struck by how smilier the story was to one I highlighted back in June. A story titled "Take In State Fair". Keillor's story was top shelf, Burger's was lame at best [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 4:22pm EST
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• JFG Coffee "The Best Part Of The Meal"

  The death of Charlotte's landmarks will continue to go unnoticed. The Coffee Cup restaurant became dust this past week and on Monday November 2, 2009, Charlotte's JFG Coffee sign will also fade into the past.
  

  But beyond the loss of this landmark is a trend and [...]

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 1:48am EST
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• Some Big Brothers are Sisters

  Every once and a while I'll stumble across a story that is worth pointing out. Admittedly I was drawn to the photo of a very attractive Ashley Vincent.
  
  
  
  What a pleasant surprise to learn Ashley is more than a pretty face, she's also [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 11:59pm EST
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