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1 hour ago, mpretori said:
Guess Paypal has spoken and moved on i guess... Sad.
Very sad.
This is the high cost of theocratic ignorance and stupidity.
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2 hours ago, xapostrophe said:
Well for some reason I just read that entire document. YIKES. Lots of good info. Was nice to see that the price of the projects wasn't the number 1 consideration and that making a more efficient, safer, and bigger facility was. I have never thought about an eastern 5th parallel, but it works. The satellite regional/domestic terminal should have been done instead of the horrible E con in the first place. At least long term E goes away and more D/international goes it. Lots of happiness for the future of this airport. With the planned growth at ATL I don't think we will ever catch them with size and volume, but we might get close.
I think CLT will always play second fiddle to ATL and nothing wrong with that at all.
First fiddle is gigantic and had a lengthy headstart with a major airline hq at its doorstep.
Second fiddle is merely very large, built with gumption, bootstraps, luck and leadership.
If you can remember CLT before the current terminal opened in 1982 and it became a Piedmont hub, you're astounded and have to pinch yourself every time you approach Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
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On 5/20/2016 at 11:46 AM, JerseyBoy said:
Fitting for a dying newspaper industry, don't you think?
Newspapers aren't dying but they are having a painful metamorphosis into something much different than what they once were. No, they haven't figured it out (yet.)
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18 hours ago, Jayvee said:
I was just in Seattle and the homeless population is exponentially more aggressive and present than in Charlotte.
That said, they are getting worse in the square. Lately there has been an unhealthy mix of vagrants and homeless that just move in to the busses and shelters and call it home. I'm sympathetic towards their situation, I am, but you can't just move in to a bus shelter.
That said, the city has been covertly removing benches here and there which I would assume is to combat this. Which, regardless of homeless, we have 0 need for the 8 billion benches we have uptown.
Furthermore, this conversation is way off topic with this thread lol.
In real bad news, there is a pending announcement (can't say which one) that has been delayed by HB2. Not sure if it'll ultimately fall through but things aren't moving forward currently as they would have sans HB2.
That's a shame.
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I'm just telling you what any political scientist would tell you. Old, white conservative church-goers vote overwhelmingly for Republicans not just in North Carolina but in all 50 states. It isn't 'prejudice garbage'; rather, it's just basic fact upon which many political campaigns are based.
My characterization of our current government in Raleigh as a fiasco is shared by many. I'm guessing you like and approve of our current government in Raleigh. I don't. It's inarguably true that more than any other demographic group in North Carolina, old white conservative churchgoers are the primary reason people like Berger and Moore and Brown and Hager are running the General Assembly.
Development is a political issue. An assertion that it is apolitical is totally erroneous and completely untrue.
Your insinuation that I feel unwelcome because I am a native contrarian is in fact the real prejudice. As a native southerner, I can spot our reluctance to discuss or acknowledge things that make us uncomfortable a mile away. A friend of mine calls this the seersucker closet. We all know what's going on but nice people don't talk about these things, of course.
In other words, because I don't agree and line up with traditional southern and conservative religious views on an array of social and political issues-because I refuse to cower ashamedly in the seersucker closet- there is no place for me here and I should leave.
Congratulations! Your wish will be granted in just a few weeks.
You may have the last word.
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2 hours ago, JBS said:
Actually, I don't vote and I complain plenty. Or is that not what you meant?
I don't vote because the system is rigged both locally and nationally and I'm completely disillusioned by the political process. I also find that I can't stand any individual who runs for office. I'd vote if there was a real choice and I voted when I lived in San Diego because of the propositions on the ballot. In Weddington where I live, I typically have my choice of Republicans...no thanks. I've been lectured plenty on why this is un-American but since I'm the least patriotic person I know those arguments haven't moved me.
Those who rig the system are counting on you to not participate.
Makes things easier for them.
Old, white conservative church-goers vote in extremely high proportion to their numbers in the overall population. This is why we have the fiasco in Raleigh that plagues and embarrasses us.
The LGBT community also votes in high proportion to our numbers but it's difficult to make any headway because our overall numbers are relatively small.
You can't possibly change the political system if you abandon it. Abandoning it only makes things worse.
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58 minutes ago, rancenc said:
Another major issue is actually getting out to the voting booth! This is a very interesting article on the "coveted" Generation Y group.....you can protest and scream all you want on blogs and FB,,,,,,but if you do not convert that action to voting, than the status quo is maintained.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/the-liberal-millennial-revolution/470826/
Young people are notoriously unreliable voters.
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6 hours ago, Nick2 said:
Montgomery county (super rural in central NC. just on the other side of Stanley county) has enough brand new solar panels to provide electricity to well over half it's population now by megawatt hours. NC is now the THIRD largest solar energy producing state and was increased by more than double in 2015. I was super proud of this when I found out. Why does the NCGA insist on taking away every single aspect of North Carolina that made people call it the "new south" for the last two decades?
Because they don't want North Carolina to be the 'new' south.
They want North Carolina to be the old south.
They're simpletons.
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3 hours ago, CLT2014 said:
A day after the city of Charlotte warned American Airlines was on “high alert” over the possibility of losing its aviation fuel tax exemption because of the airline’s opposition to House Bill 2, the N.C. House passed its budget on final reading Thursday – with no mention of the exemption.
Thankee sweet Jesus!
5 hours ago, Nick2 said:I forget where I read it but one of the politicians said that even if american airlines scales back number of gates because they lose their tax incentives, other airlines will just fill them in. No. That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
They're dumb as day-old dog dirt, but they don't care.
Planes brought all those Yankees here and they hate that, surely do.
These are guys (they're nearly all guys) who think North Carolina's last good year was c. 1954.
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11 minutes ago, DMann said:
USBank
Not a southeastern bank. Based in Minneapolis.
But I'd love for it to be them instead of Regions.
No one is ever going to acquire US Bank.
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2 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:
No Aly, but there will be an announcement in the next few weeks about a Southeastern bank increasing their charlotte presence.
You don't say.
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1 hour ago, cltbwimob said:
File this under complete speculation on my part, but I think Charlotte is inching ever closer to being officially designated the HQ of Ally Financial. The CEO, CFO, and Head of the Banking unit are all based in Charlotte, and I just read this morning that the Chief Risk Officer is moving from Detroit to Charlotte. Add the fact that financial statements and shareholders meetings are conducted in Charlotte and the fact that they just bought Tradeking, whose CEO is based in CLT (and will stay on as part of the management team) as well I believe, and it is hard to argue that the defacto HQ isn't already here. Now I think it won't be too long before it becomes official.
I would love it but I doubt it. I've read other articles in the business media that suggests the hq will not leave Detroit, period, the end.
And in any case, until HB2 is resolved, a high-profile hq relo like this is unlikely. Think of the protests that would accompany such a move!
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On 4/25/2016 at 9:29 AM, kermit said:
^ at the time Pineville made its decision to not consent to the Blue Line there was a sense this was a 'final and forever' choice. The Pineville mayor was concerned about the LRT 'destroying the character' of the town. I don't think it occurred to anyone that the decision might need to be revisited so promises to extend later seem unlikely.
Ironically, Pineville's rejection of the Blue Line did CATS a favor, the decision was made before the construction budget blewup in 2005 (Chinese economic expansion sent the cost of steel and concrete through the roof and the engineering contractor did a crappy job with design (IMO)). Lots of stuff got chopped from the Blue Line in 2005 (three car platforms, a ped bridge over 277 along side the rail bridge, etc.) and I suspect the Pineville stop would have gotten the axe as well (the bridge over 485 was $$$$ and the station did not promise much ridership). If CATS cancelled rail to an outlying town there would have been a political mess at the MTC.
That's just so unbelievably boneheaded. There are lots of charming towns in America with urban rail service.
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On 4/23/2016 at 6:11 AM, Spartan said:
The list of entertainment acts skipping NC is getting pretty large, though its interesting that the heyday of most of these acts was in the 80s/90s timeframe (obviously Ringo was much earlier).
- Boston
- Bonnie Rait
- Bruce Springsteen
- Blue Man Group
- Jimmy Buffett - will play currently scheduled shows, but will not plan future events (he tours every year)
- Laura Jane Grace
- Pearl Jam
- Ringo Starr
I know there are other smaller acts and I probably missed a few...
I generally prefer Mumford & Sons's approach of donating the profits of their show to a local LGBT charity. Punishing North Carolina residents (many, if not most, of whom do not support the bill) just doesn't seem right to me. I read that Cyndi Lauper and Brandi Carlisle are planning to do the same thing. Its a classier move, IMO.
Regardless of their motives, this really hurts local businesses. VBGB and the other NCMF venues are probably feeling it the most.
Where they're not feeling it is downeast and in Rockingham County.
Can't account for Dan Bishop.
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3 hours ago, DMann said:
Forget bathrooms already. Focus on the GA denying one group rights by allowing another group to have their rights. That is the real issue
That's the winning argument.
Most of HB2 is a gross violation of the 14th Amendment.
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1 hour ago, mpretori said:
Everybody is in cahoots against this "common sense" bathroom bill. But But Huston did the same. Simply amazing. Feel like we are in Idiocracy, not joking either.
Yeah, I've said that for years.
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24 minutes ago, asthasr said:
This is true, but "one of the biggest" is a little meaningless. There is a large drop off after San Francisco/San Jose, Seattle, and New York. Those cities have, probably, 80% of the market between them.
You forgot Boston and Austin.
I think they'd all rank ahead of our Triangle.
1 hour ago, mpretori said:Pearl Jam cancels.
Mark Harris and Tami Fitzgerald thrill to the pain they are causing North Carolina.
2 hours ago, CLT2014 said:They want to get re-elected and most in the NCGA will face more of a backlash overturning HB2 than keeping it. Most of them represent declining areas anyway.
Most, but not all.
Chad Barefoot, son-in-law of and water carrier for Tami Fitzgerald is in the Triangle.
Dan Bishop will represent the south Charlotte suburbs.
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15 minutes ago, Miesian Corners said:
The fallout is just beginning. A friend of mine has a small marketing firm here in town that works a lot with real estate developers. I spoke with my friend yesterday and they told me they'd had a potential project decrease its marketing budget by $12K because the developer of a spec office building decided it was too risky to make a big investment into marketing a new building for relocations in Charlotte and North Carolina. That's $12K out of the pocket of a local small business owner.
I sold my house this past week and yesterday, I went to a couple of open houses.
I asked both realtors if they had noticed any drop in activity in the last 2-4 weeks.
Both said that activity had decreased significantly in that period, which is when HB2 has been flooding the news and our lives, of course.
They added that no one offered HB2 as a reason for not going forward and who knows-maybe the weather wasn't favorable or Mercury was in retrograde.
But still...this is prime buying/selling season and a drop off in activity?
I've also noticed when I search on line for a new place that there is a decrease in listings that go under contract in a day or two. Now, a good many are lingering.
Realtors and developers are a powerful political voice who frequently vote GOP. If their business goes south, HB2 might start swirling the drain.
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12 hours ago, QCxpat said:
From The New York Times, Saturday, April 16, 2016 - (Right click, open in new tab)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/us/southern-cities-move-past-states-on-liberal-social-issues.html
Southern Cities Split With States on Social Issues
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and RICHARD FAUSSETAPRIL 15, 2016
407PhotoVictoria Fortenberry once assumed she would leave Mississippi, but has found she can be unashamedly Southern and gay in Jackson. CreditEdmund D. Fountain for The New York TimesSave
We are not alone.
Maybe there is hope.
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On 4/15/2016 at 3:56 PM, RaleighHeelsfan said:Would you please stop with the derogatory name calling sir? I could think of something to call you right now and I bet you would not like it.
I didn't call you a name. But if you could think of something to call me right now and I wouldn't like it, you've all but verbalized it.
Now, haven't you?
Goon: a stupid, oafish, or deliberately foolish person.
I think that accurately describes those who support HB2 and many of the politicians who pimped and voted for it as well, including the governor.
In fact, I can't think of a better descriptor for someone who has run off millions of dollars in business and held North Carolina up to national scorn and opprobrium, all to monger fear to get back on Jones Street one more time and backhand Charlotte.
What would you call them, illustrious public servants? Savants? Strategic geniuses? (well, perhaps but in a malevolent way.) Visionaries? Leaders? Statesmen?
I actually pulled a verbal punch. My preferred descriptor for them is church goon.
Church goon: a stupid, oafish or deliberately foolish theocrat.
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28 minutes ago, kermit said:
The plan to have Obama and Merkel drink some OMB at the Hannover trade show has now come off the rails thanks to HB2. There is no press release but it has been made clear that Obama will not stop for any photo opps at he North Carolina booth at the show.
https://www.charlotteagenda.com/46940/charlotte-beer-feature-worlds-largest-trade-show/
That news will make the goons shout for joy.
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6 minutes ago, Crown said:
Here's the official statement from their facebook:
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL WILL NOT PERFORM IN NORTH CAROLINA
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL·FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016
Cirque du Soleil strongly believes in diversity and equality for every individual and is opposed to discrimination in any form. The new HB2 legislation passed in North Carolina is an important regression to ensuring human rights for all. We therefore choose to cancel our scheduled performances of OVO in Greensboro (April 20-24) and our scheduled performances in Charlotte (July 6-10) and our scheduled performances of TORUK – Avatar in Raleigh (June 22-26).
Cirque du Soleil believes in equality for all. It is a principle that guides us with both our employees and our customers. We behave as change agents to reach our ultimate goal of making a better world with our actions and our productions.
We sincerely hope that the customers that have purchased tickets for our performances in North Carolina will understand our motivation and we look forward to performing in North Carolina when this issue is addressed. On-line and phone ticket purchases will be automatically reimbursed and in-person purchases must return to point of purchase for refunds. Customer service can be reached at 1-877-924-7783.Not a hoax. Drat. Hardly a surprise, still dreadful.
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7 minutes ago, ScottCLT said:
Has anybody seen that house on Charlottetowne over near the Auto Bell and across the street from the Original Pancake house lately? There is a sign outside that says "Relaxy Spa." I don't want to post any links on here because they would be inappropriate, but just Google "Relaxy Spa" and click on the first result if you are curious (and don't mind having questionable material in your search history). There is a "spa" in Gastonia on Franklin Street of the same name and um...their business practices don't seem to be legal. If this place is related (I mean, who else would name a business "Relaxy Spa"), I'm really surprised to see it plopped right in the middle of Cherry/Midtown on a busy street.
Charlotte! Has a whorehouse in it!
(chorus) Lord have mercy on my soul!
(apologies to Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
On 4/7/2016 at 6:25 PM, SgtCampsalot said:HAH! What?!
Switching gears: I don't mean any offense to Barclay Downs, et al, but whoever made this is a highly gifted doodler, and needs to seriously get out more.
You're correct.
Barclay Downs, my former 'hood, is completely misplaced.
It's too far west and too far north.
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11 minutes ago, Crown said:
Cirque du Soleil® Will Not Perform in North Carolina. Cancels scheduled performances of OVO in Greensboro (April 20-24), scheduled performances in Charlotte (July 6-10) and scheduled performances of TORUK – Avatar in Raleigh (June 22-26).
That news site is a hoax, I think. It's the same one that said the All-Star game would be pulled last week.
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Charlotte-Douglas Airport (CLT) Expansion
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I think if you scroll back a bit in this thread you'll find a rendering.