#ncpol: A Failure in Leadership
We count on our state government to do the due diligence needed to run our state effectively and efficiently. We don’t have time. We’ve all got to work to pay
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Repeat after me: We – Told – You -So.
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” — Narcotics Anonymous ———————————————————- We’ve written extensively about the toll road fight in northern Mecklenburg County. Despite
Continue reading#ncpol: NC DOJ awakens, announces probe of North Meck I-77 toll contractor
It’s been a four year wait, but it looks like we’re finally seeing the Cooper regime at the Department of Justice DO SOMETHING. The DOJ has issued an ”Investigative Demand”
Continue reading#ncpol: Team McCrory playing hardball in Meck toll dispute
We’ve written extensively about the I-77 toll road dispute in northern Mecklenburg County. it’s been quite heated. It cost — and came close to costing — some area politicians their
Continue readingCharlotte tholl road deal unraveling?
We’ve been following the drama around the plan to toll drivers on a stretch North Mecklenburg’s I-77 since Senator Thom was merely Speaker Thom. It’s been amazing. Despite the tremendous
Continue reading(Awk-ward.) Spanish co. in North Meck’s I-77 toll deal acccused of BRIBING POLITICIANS
The parent company of Cintra, the toll contractor who will run the I-77 HOT lane project, has made some news in Spain: Spanish builder Ferrovial paid a Catalan political party
Continue readingTen years into 99 year deal, Cintra looking to cash out of Chicago toll deal
From our nation’s heartland comes yet one more omen about a potential future for north Mecklenburg residents in the vicinity of the proposed I-77 toll project: The Skyway concession company’s
Continue readingTholls: From Bad to Worse for GOPe on I-77 fiasco?
Tomorrow, dozens of players in the North Mecklenburg business community will travel to our fair capital city to make it clear they do not care for the plan to slap tolls
Continue readingI-77 toll fight heads BACK to Raleigh
The plan to construct toll lanes on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County stirred up quite a fuss during the 2014 campaign season. Then-speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory —
Continue reading#ncpol: Texas toll experience shoots holes in #ncga, McCrory admin spin
The day after the election, a Charlotte TV station went down to Texas to check out a toll project run by the same Spanish firm slated to take over the
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