The above ad is only running in the Triangle and Triad, not in Charlotte, and seems to single out Charlotte from the rest of the state.
“‘The average person sees that ad as us against them, Charlotte versus Raleigh. How do you explain?’ asks Charlotte Observer columnist Tonya Jameson.
Perdue cuts her off and replies, ‘Let [...]
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“(…) the proposed University City light-rail line (…) now stands at $900 million, to the old standbys of escalating construction costs and evolving plans that have broadened the scope of the project.
CATS officials are counting on the federal government to foot half of the bill for the U-City line, and to [...]
“Republican candidate for governor Pat McCrory cut short a western campaign swing to focus on his mayoral duties in Charlotte.
McCrory’s campaign said he canceled a lunch in Waynesville and rally in Brevard on Monday afternoon to return home after news of Wachovia selling its banking operations to Citigroup.
Campaign spokesman Amy Auth said he also returned [...]
“Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory said more gas is on the way, and it’ll likely hit town by mid-week. (…)
McCrory said drivers need to be patient.
‘It’s going to take a little bit of time to get out of this cycle as everyone plays catch-up from refinery to the consumer,’ said McCrory, who spoke on the phone [...]
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Follow Norman around the Queen City on his hunt for gas. You can also find him on Twitter, YouTube, his website and blog.
In 1791, George Washington called Charlotte, N.C., a “trifling place.” In 1941 an author scoffed that the city had as much use for high-rises “as a hog has for a morning coat.” By 1991, Charlotte was still a minor-league city without major-league sports, a cultural wasteland with a central business district that died every weekday [...]
This is a map that anyone (if you have a Google account) can go add and edit gas stations that have a supply of gas and what the prices they are listing. This is an impromptu feature that hopefully can help save people time and money with this “gas crisis” we are having. Remember though, [...]
While our next President (whomever that may be) gets ready for debating and the local electoral races heat up, it can be easy to forget that there is much more at stake for Charlotte and Mecklenburg county this November.
The mycommunitybonds.com site launched today aiming to educate voters, as part of a larger campaign, on the [...]
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Christy Shi (said “Shy“) knows local food. For the past two years she’s been traveling around the Piedmont, visiting farms and making friends, running a local food club in Davidson, and more importantly, eating healthier and fresher food than probably anyone reading this blog. She took the time meet with myself and [...]
This is off Mallard Creek Rd. in Charlotte. I usually ride my bike on a trail that leaves from these soccer fields and follows a creek as part of the Charlotte Greenway trail system. Rain for 3 days straight and 4.5 inches yesterday alone has crested that creek to about 14 feet above normal. The [...]
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