Will There Ever Be a Yarmolenko Murder Trial?
It is September. Back in January the working plan was to try Mark Carver and Neal Cassada for the May 5th, 2008 murder of UNCC student Ira Yarmolenko in July.
What is the deal?
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Adventures in Business Reporting
Unemployment rate rises, in sign of weak growth — The Washington Post
August jobs report: Signs of life for employment — CNNMoney
Guilford: Sales tax hike and property tax hike
I don’t see Joe Killian’s article on the N&R’s Web site, but he writes up Guilford County’s proposed quarter-cent sales tax hike on the November ballot.
Commission chair Skip Alston warns citizens of the inevitable:
Alston said some sort of property tax increase may be inevitable. Even if the quarter-cent sales tax increase is approved, it [...]
Forsyth library bond officially on ballot
With a three-minute meeting at Baptist Medical Center so Commissioner Beaufort Bailey could vote ‘yes.’
I wish Commissioner Bailey well, but you really have to wonder what is so urgent about a library bond given the state of a mortgaged-to…
City: Badge, Gun No Big Deal
You’ll never believe the city of Charlotte’s defense in the civil suit brought by two of Marcus Jackson’s alleged sexual assault victims.
“If Mr. Jackson had not been hired, he may very well have assaulted these individuals,” claimed senior assistant city attorney R. Harcourt Fulton in Mecklenburg County Superior Court, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Planet [...]
Ghazi: “I don’t have an answer for that”
Let’s put it this way, in a test of wits between state Sen. Dan Clodfelter and Afshin Ghazi, I know who my money is on.
At issue is the $550,000 the city of Charlotte advanced Ghazi for “infrastructure” around the EpiCenter. Ghazi is at a loss to explain why he transferred the money to another company [...]
Hilda Solis: Clip-N-Save Hilarity
Yeah, the Labor Secretary is supposed is say crazy-happy stuff. But this is complete fantasyland. Let’s roll it for posterity, with fact checks:
Charlotte is a great example of the progress we as a country are making in turning around the economy. When President Obama took office 20 months ago, the country was losing an incomprehensible [...]
Hilda Solis: Clip-N-Save Hilarity
Yeah, the Labor Secretary is supposed is say crazy-happy stuff. But this is complete fantasyland. Let’s roll it for posterity, with fact checks:
Charlotte is a great example of the progress we as a country are making in turning around the economy. When President Obama took office 20 months ago, the country was losing an incomprehensible [...]
Recent AAC Minutes?
The airport has an Airport Advisory Committee. It, like city council, essentially acts as a rubber stamp, approving all that is put before it by airport head Jerry Orr. That said, the minutes from the monthly AAC meetings do make for an interesting read, as they lay out exactly what the issues are the the [...]
Recent AAC Minutes?
The airport has an Airport Advisory Committee. It, like city council, essentially acts as a rubber stamp, approving all that is put before it by airport head Jerry Orr. That said, the minutes from the monthly AAC meetings do make for an interesting read, as they lay out exactly what the issues are the the [...]