So Long Cactus

I'm going to miss the "Cactus" call sign. US Airways adopted Cactus with the merger of America West, who used the western symbol to avoid confusion with American.Next year the US Airways logo will join these iconic logos of aviation past.(counter clockwise from the top).US AirwaysPiedmontAlleghenyOzarkTrans CaribbeanReno AirAir CalMohawkLake CentralPSAAmerica WestTWAAnd so it goes....

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CMPD Stingray

Nice uproar among Charlotte City Council members over privacy concerns because CMPD has deployed StingRay cell phone tracking devices. But what remains really shocking are the council members who claim they don't remember voting to approve the purchase. Dig a little deeper and you'll find that Raleigh and Durham spent considerably less to aquire the contraption and used a Federal grant to pay for it. CMPD's appetite for new spiffy stuff is boundless....

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Cedar's Pick and Pans Election 2014

Tomorrow the Nation will go to the polls to cast votes that will make a difference in our lives, in some cases just for 2 years in others for 6 and still others forever. Choose wisely America.United States Senate - Hagen - Tillis Most see this race as a choice between the lesser of two evils. Hagen is a complete failure, Tillis a whack job Republican who has about as much business being a US Senator as Pat McCory has being Governor. Hagen...

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Charlotte Weekly Picks Up Cedar's Rant - South Charlotte Middle School Kids At Risk

A few weeks ago I banged out a half dozen tweets (twitter rant) after seeing 2 near pedestrian vs car accidents within a quarter mile of each other. The victim in each case, a CMS Middle School student trying to cross speeding traffic on South Charlotte's Pineville - Matthews Road (Highway 51 to Native Charloteans).Main stream media types fail to take notice of such things, unless of course there is the dead body of a 14 year old lying in the road. Case...

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