CMPD Looks The Other Way

One of Charlotte's finest has apparently been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Seems one CMPD officer, we'll call him Officer Ripoff, had a pretty sweet secondary employment job providing security at the Greyhound bus station Uptown.But apparently Officer Ripoff figured he was so good at being a cop he could work both his secondary job and his CMPD job at the same time. His multi-tasking or "double - dipping" by working the lucrative...

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In Case You Missed It West Rowan Farm Home & Garden

A steady stream of farmers, retirees, grandparents and grandkids filed into an 83-year-old country store in Rowan County on a recent morning to buy everything from feed to soda pop and to sit for a spell in Amish rockers hand-built from hickory and oak."You sit in these things and you don’t get up for a couple of hours,” patron Jim Misenheimer said at West Rowan Farm Home & Garden, as other customers bought fertilizer, tractor supplies, die-cast model farm machines and newly introduced homemade fudge. And to think that several months ago,...

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Christmas Eve with Percy Craven

If your family is like mine Christmas begins a week before Thanksgiving and runs well past New Year's day. The weeks roar by in a calliope of sights and sounds. A never ending visual delight of Christmas trees, holiday movies, parties and children rampaging through the house. It is truly a joyous time of year.The far reaches of the North Carolina mountains, nearly to the Georgia state line in the most distant corner of our state is Percy's...

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Wednesday Change Up - Tornado - Little Big Town

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In Case You Missed It - Anniversary of the Wright Brothers Historic First Flight at Kitty Hawk

 Pretty neat signature to have on your pilot's license. On this day 109 years ago, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their famous flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Just think, astronauts like those at the museum this past weekend first flew to the moon 66 years later.More about the Wright Brothers at Wiki which is he...

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Friday Wrap Up - Grinch Edition

Stacey Simms "It is not you, Its me." - My morning commute is longer than most people I know. I live in South Charlotte and work in Charleston which makes my morning drive about 3 hours long. I'm normally rocking down 77 heading south before most commuters roll out of bed and I'm long gone from Charlotte, by the time they start their inbound trek from South Carolina.Two or three times a week around 5:00 a.m. with coffee in hand,...

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Charlotte's Mayor Foxx Threatens Stormy Weather Ahead

Things are looking rather stormy for the Charlotte City Council over the next few weeks. Council's two republicans and a number of democrates have dug in their heels over taxes and a new budget that would include a street car, a billion dollar project in the long run.The Charlotte Observer ran a "cute" piece on Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and his strained relationship with a couple of Charlotte City Council members."Claire Fallon ... believes Mayor...

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In Case You Missed It Creative Loafing Takes On Harry Jones - AGAIN!

You'll miss this re-cap of Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones hubris, since it is buried in the weekly known as Creative Loafing, somewhere in front of the males escorts and strip-o-gram ads but it is worth reading.John Grooms:Creative Loafing first got a close look at county manager Harry Jones' high-handed arrogance 10 years ago. In 2002, this paper published an investigative story by former CL reporter Tara Servatius that set off a classic...

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CMPD's Domestic Violence Tree an Odd Contrast To Officers Charged With The Same

At CMPD Headquarters yesterday they held a memorial tree lighting. The trees and purple ribbons, a silent reminder of the 53 people killed this year by someone they trusted, victims of domestic violence.The Domestic Violence Advocacy Council hosted the event. Survivors, family and friends remembered the victims, telling stories about each one. The WCNC News report shows CMPD Command Staff including Chief Rodney Monroe carefully placing ribbons...

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Charlotte Catholic Posts Student Info On Line

As parents we lecture our kids about all the dangers of on line predators, scams and hackers. Our nation has created hundreds of laws to protect our children from harm via the Internet. So, it is pretty shocking to discover that Charlotte Catholic High School has posted their entire student body on line.  The alphabetical list includes student name, address, grade level, parents name, and email address. At first glance the info seems harmless...

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In Case You Missed It: Kick of Hope

ESPN College GameDay profiles Rutgers' superfan Anthony Starego, who has battled autism and recently kicked a game-winning field goal to help Brick upset Toms River North. Cedar's Take: You'll need some time to collect yourself after watching this....

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Wednesday Change Up

The Bike Messenger from Patrick Mustain on Vimeo. Major Hat Tip to Bill Fehr and the subject Patrick Harrington...

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Lincoln Harris Dilworth Project Goes Down In Flames

Does the stunning defeat of a re-zoning request signal a change in direction for Charlotte City Council? Could be......From the Charlotte Observer:A controversial rezoning request to build a Walgreens drug store and office building in Dilworth was rejected by Charlotte City Council Monday night, delighting neighbors who had waged an aggressive campaign of e-mails and yard signs against the project.Developer Lincoln Harris’s rezoning lost 9-3,...

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Monday Odds and Ends

Another CMPD Homicide Investigation - The news report was standard and just all too familiar, "Charlotte-Mecklenburg homicide detectives are investigating a shooting Saturday that left one man dead."On the first really cold night of the 2012 holiday season, another black male lost his life to gunfire in East Charlotte.On Saturday CMPD Officers responded to a "call for service" along the 7500 block of Shady Lane and later provided the...

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Cedar's Annual WKRP Turkey Drop Clip

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November 11, Veterans Day

Cedar Posts is working the other job this weekend but can't let the day pass without acknowledging that today, November 11th is Veterans Day.Often confused as the fall Memorial Day, the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month formally marks the end of World War 1 and has been used ever since to "remember all" who have fought our country's wars.Today for so many reasons we are surrounded by veterans, so many go about...

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Wednesday Change Up

Years ago I picked this medal up in the parking lot of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.All this time I've held on to it having no idea what it says or who is depicted on the front. The writing in not Arabic, but it doesn't seem to be Hebrew either. And the profile looks remarkably like Anwar Sadat the Egyptian President, which if that is the case Hebrew would make even less sense.Any suggestions?And finally I'd be thrilled to locate...

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CMPD Captain Fired

Well liked, career CMPD Captain Chuck Adkins has apparently been fired by Chief Monroe. Adkins had been with the department since 1991.Adkins who served under three different department chiefs found himself in Chief Monroe's cross hairs early last year when he got into a altercation with a 16 year neighborhood thug Jamel Malik Williams.According to news reports from January of this year, the teen was charged with assaulting Captain...

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HMS Bounty Captain "I Must Admit I Love Chasing Hurricanes"

Amazing story of the sinking of the Bounty and the loss of her Captain and one crew member continues to unfold.Now a video interview has surfaced where Bounty's captain Robin Walbridge is reported to tell the reporter that he loves "chasing hurricanes".Leaving safe harbor as a storm closes in on you is not a bad idea, "heading east" to avoid the storm, not a bad idea either. But why the change in course? First reports that HMS Bounty is proceeding...

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Injun Summer 1907

Yep, sonny this is sure enough Injun summer. Don't know what that is, I reckon, do you?Well, that's when all the homesick Injuns come back to play; You know, a long time ago, long afore yer granddaddy was born even, there used to be heaps of Injuns around here—thousands—millions, I reckon, far as that's concerned. Reg'lar sure 'nough Injuns—none o' yer cigar store Injuns, not much. They wuz all around here—right here where you're standin'.Don't be...

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We Now Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Program

I think we have had enough fun with Mr. Tank for now.After reading the first Observer story I was really surprised when I discovered Tank's Facebook page. This story would not have had wheels had it not been for the crazy photos.Photos that give a very clear picture of who Tank is.We'll re-visit this story a few days before the Broncos come to Charlotte, just to gage the odds of "Tank" showing up for the game in his normal seat.So for now I 'm going to shut down the comments on the Josh "Tank" Watts stori...

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Panther's Fan Attack on Marine Family Fall Out Continues

Coverage of Sunday's attack on a Maine in a wheelchair and his family by a local well known jackass Josh "Tank" Watts, has spread world wide.Not surprisingly anger has been directed at the restaurant and bar that forced the Dallas Cowboys jersey wearing Marine Corporal and his family out the door.The Moosehead Bar and Grill has been besieged with callers venting their anger. The bar has deleted their FaceBook page and their Yelp rating...

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