Tuesday Change Up - Standing on a Corner

"Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona such a fine sight to see, It's a girl my Lord in a flat-bed Ford Slowin' down to take a look at me".....Forty years ago today (May 1, 1972) the Eagles debuted their first single "Take It Easy". The single would climb to number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has endured four decades as one of the Eagles signature songs, included on all of their live and compilation albums. It is also listed...

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Charlotte's 17th Homicide - Just Taking Out The Trash

Early this morning CMPD Officers, Medic, Fire, K-9, Helicopter, Gang, and Vice Units, as well as representatives of the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Homicide Prosecution Team descended on Charlotte's Billingsley Road, where the life of Ronald Martin age 20 came to a sudden end. CMPD's Jessica Lawernce prepared the early moring email stating that a "call for service" came at 1:19 AM, on Monday, April 30, 2012. When Providence Division...

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Tiger Woods Won't Talk To Wells Fargo Championship Media

Leave it to Tiger Woods to continue making news off the course. According to Ron Green, Tiger will forgo the standard pre-tournament media session next week. Rather he will post a video on his website that will include him answering questions submitted by fans via his Twitter account and Facebook. "Instead of talking to the media, he'll talk directly to his fans," Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg said. "With social media today, it made sense to connect to (fans) so we'll selectively pick some events to do that."Steinberg said Woods has...

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We'll Add 2 More Bodies to the Not Random Violence Pile

From the Charlotte Observer:Two Charlotte men were killed in an overnight shooting in Charlotte’s University City area, police say.The shooting happened shortly before 1 a.m. at a townhouse in the 1700 block of Forest Side Lane, off Back Creek Church Road a short distance from University City Boulevard.A spokeswoman for UNC Charlotte said the victims were not students at the school.Investigators say four people -- three men and a woman -- were at...

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In Case You Missed It - Rangers Fan Cries Over Foul Ball

Cedar's Take - Clearly the old guy should have given the kid the ball and clearly the kid is a spoiled brat. While I understand the guy is full of himself for coming up with he ball, he would have made more points had he handed the ball to the kid. As for he girl, she is a real find. Do you know how few real brunetts with "natural" features live in Tex...

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Charlotte's First Quarter Crime Stats

If close your eyes, cover your ears, lock your doors, turn off the cable and stop taking the Charlotte Observer; CMPD's quarterly crime numbers are probably not a concern of yours.Say what you like about CMPD numbers and crime reporting, trust them or don't, they are still nothing but numbers and averages that have little to do with the real damage that crime can do to a community. As we saw with the Trayvon Martin case, the city of Stanford,...

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Wednesday Odds and Ends

CMPD Crime Stats Presser - CMPD will announce 1st quarter crime numbers at 11:00 is morning in East Charlotte and part of the "dog and pony" show will be CMPD Hickory Grove Division Captain Chuck Henson telling how he has reduced crime by improving the quality of life in two of the area's largest apartment complexes.Henson who was promoted to Captain in September, has his hands full with both property crimes and homicides in an area of Charlotte...

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CMPD Officer Carey Scovel

CMPD Officer Carey Scovel (Carroll Bradshaw Scovel) died yesterday after a long fought battle with cancer. Captain Lisa Goelz sent this email early this morning: It is with a very heavy heart that I write this to inform you that CMPD Officer Carey Scovel died yesterday in Columbia, SC from complications of his bone marrow transplant. He fought a brave and determined battle gainst his cancer. He died peacefully at Palmetto Richland Hospital...

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CMPD Announces Promotions

Eight Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers, including two division commanders, were promoted Friday morning during a ceremony at the Police Training Academy in southwest Charlotte.Jeff Estes, commander of the Central Division, and Johnny Jennings, who heads the North Tryon Division, each was promoted to the rank of Major. In addition, Benton Herring and Jacqueline Hulsey were promoted from Lieutenant to Captain.Other promotions at the ceremony:Tom Gwaltney, from Sergeant to Lieutenant; Steven Flatt, Ryan Kendall and Dondi Pogue, from Officer to...

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Kevin Siers on the Secret Service

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Doods of Norway - Miami to Charleston

Cedar Posts friends the "Crazy Norwegins"" have departed Charleston but not before leaving this gem of a video production for us armchair sailors to enjoy. Keep in mind they are sans an elaborate production staff or jazzed up video ge...

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Obama's Hand Picked Secret Service Detail - Party Like Rock Stars

ABC News is reporting that the Secret Service officials accused of misconduct in Colombia revealed their identities by boasting at a Cartagena brothel that they worked for President Obama.Partying at the “Pley Club” Wednesday night, eleven members of the president’s advance team allegedly bragged “we work for Obama” and “we’re here to protect him.”The officials spent the night throwing back expensive whiskey and enlisting the services of the club’s...

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Monday's Odds and Ends

CMPD To Fence In Thugs and Ghetto Rats - Friday afternoon, police emailed statistics and paperwork to the Charlotte Department of Transportation asking that a large perimeter fence to surround the Charlotte Inn on Independence Blvd.According to a report aired by WSOC, residents in the Commonwealth Park neighborhood that backs up to the hotel say they fear for their safety and are glad that police are trying to come up with new ways to fight the growing...

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Born to be Wild - Rodney Monroe Loves Harley's

Nothing says "big city" like a presidential motorcade led by a dozen gleaming Harley Davidson Police motorcycles.Trouble is Charlotte doesn't have a dozen Harley Davidson motorcycles and a presidential motorcade led by two "dirt bikes" followed by four BMW's motorcycles would look just odd.So what is a police chief to do?Why buy some new motorcycles of course, Harley Davidson motorcycles.Since the BMW 1200's don't present the required diplomatic...

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Charlotte Taxpayers Under Siege - Again

You might have noticed Charlotte's City County government loves to spend your money. Current projects include expanding the Airport with a billion dollar project, building a baseball park uptown, projects to modernize and expand our water and sewer system and spend another million in new gadgets for our police department. Trolley lines and light rail and spruce up the Chicken Box on Independence Boulevard.To pay for all this and more Charlotte's...

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Doods of Norway

One of the great pleasures of my job is meeting people from all corners of the world. In this case some "crazy vikings" who have spent the last 9 months aboard two small sailboats "Doods of Norway" and "Turbo".Prior to meeting up in Charleston the two crews spent several days in Miami "hanging out and taking in the South Beach scene. Check out Kris and the guys at Doods of Norway and yes it is in Norwegian, so use your imagination or google transla...

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Pendergraph vs Pittenger

Pittenger Left and Pendergraph RightWhen Mecklenburg County Sheriff Pendergraph retired in 2007 he was paid for 18 days of unused vacation time. Something most of us would expect to be paid if we left the employment of any company.But Robert Pittenger has used this fact in a rather twisted attack ad, saying that Pendergraph took “a secret, taxpayer-funded bonus”.Of course Pendergraph could have pushed back his retirement date by 3 1/2 weeks, but...

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In Case You Missed It - Bubba Watson Makes "The Shot"

Bubba Watson plays his second shot around trees on the second playoff hole Sunday at the Masters. (Streeter Lecka / Getty Images / April 8, 2012)Then there was Watson on No. 10, the second playoff hole. He and Oosthuizen had matched pars on the first extra hole, No. 18, then marched off to No. 10 and matched ugly drives. Watson's was uglier. On the par-four, 495-yard monster, Watson had driven the ball 330 — normal for him — but so far off track...

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In Case You Missed It - Moon Over Manhattan

A full moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New York in this view from Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, N.J., on Friday, April 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cort...

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Friday Wrap Up! - Masters Edition

The Masters - Nothing says Spring like the annual ritual of Golf's first major. Of course there are those who for some reason feel the need to turn this event into a controversy. The lingering question of when and if ever the Augusta National Golf Club will admit a female member has become once again the talk of the "Main Stream Media".But look closer and you'll see just a general lack of understanding and knowledge of the golf club that has become...

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Phil Mickelson - Class Just Pure Class

Taylor ZarzourThe gates on Thursday morning did not open at Augusta National Golf Club until 7:30 am. Even the press isn't allowed near the course until ten minutes before the first tee time. Those first shots are special. During almost every playing of the Masters tournament, a former champion will hit a ceremonial first tee shot. Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead and Walter Hagen did it for decades. Then a handful of years ago, four-time champion Arnold Palmer was asked to do the honors. Soon after, six-time champion Jack Nicklaus followed...

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Ozzy's Saga - Lessons From A Rescue Lab

OzzyAll who have been involved with the Ozzy saga — the story of a black Lab whose family gave him up to an animal shelter — can agree on one thing: The important outcome is that Ozzy will be placed with someone who is eager and able to care for him.But the story leading up to that conclusion isn’t so happy. And some of the lessons to take away from a very public, very unpleasant dispute, are tough ones. Julia Hildreth, her husband and four children...

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Trayvon Martin - How Main Stream Media Is Scamming America

It is all about the ratings, market share, page views and lately "Main Stream" media has discovered that racism sells.According to the Washington Post NBC's "Today" show ran the edited audio of George Zimmerman's phone call to a police dispatcher, seeming to show Zimmerman saying, "This guy looks like he's up to no good … he looks black."A transcript of the complete 911 call shows that Zimmerman said: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. Or he's...

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