Sam Hieb

A lot to unpack here in this big Charlotte Observer article on the Queen City’s “missed opportunity” to build affordable housing light rail line. As you can imagine, they don’t want to miss another opportunity when –and if—the Charlotte Area Transit System extends lines to the airport and Lake…

Greensboro News & Record front-pager focusing on the 13th Congressional District race which –you guessed it–will be all about guns, no matter who faces Rep. Ted Budd in the November general election: “With an assault-rifle salesman as a Congressman, this will certainly be an issue through November,” Democratic candidate…

And I mean tanks–as in the lowest ratings in the country: “The show performed worst on ABC’s North Carolina affiliate, WXLV, where a mere 9 percent of households tuned in,” according to the Hollywood Reporter article. Greensboro was followed on the “low-rated market” list by San Francisco, Jacksonville and…

Some bullet points from the Charlotte Observer article on the Metropolitan Transit Committee’s meeting discussing the proposed light rail line–the “Red Line”—to Lake Norman: *Huntersville John Aneralla advocated for more negtiations with Norfolk southern to build on the existing freight line because “a new proposed route for the train…

Winston-Salem Journal columnist Scott Sexton on the City of Winston-Salem’s proposed $122 million bond package: Ready or not, the push for a $122 million general obligation bond package is officially on. Hang onto to your wallets; the city is about to ask for a whole lot of money. If…

Interesting Winston-Salem Journal article on U.S. Census Bureau numbers showing North Carolina’s suburban counties are growing more rapidly than urban counties. That flies in the face of the trend toward new urbanism promoted by many local governments, where everyone walks, rides their bikes or utilizes public transportation. With…

And who said that about the recently appointed national security adviser? If you guessed the late, great North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, you would be right.

Charlotte Observer headline reads: Charlotte spent $2 million for housing project. After 11 years, it hasn’t been built. Bad enough, right? But then the plot thickens—above-mentioned housing project is a so-called “transit-oriented development” project: The city and the Charlotte Area Transit System bought nearly 16 acres for $9.2 million.