Charlotte Goes Bananas As Chiquita Chiquits Charlotte

Employees of Chiquita's Charlotte Headquarters formally get the grim news:Dear Associate,We now embark on Chiquita’s next chapter. We wish to inform you of changes at the Company that will result from our transition towards a more simplified and streamlined business model appropriate for the competitive markets we serve, and from a publicly listed company to a private enterprise.As communicated last week, we plan to organize the core businesses around...

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White House Snubs France Then Admits Mistake Sort Of

The White House admitted a major faux pas was made when President Obama snubbed the people of France and basically the entire world. "I think it’s fair to say that we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, Monday. “We here at the White House should have made a different decision,” he added, though he insisted the president was not consulted personally on the decision.Seventeen...

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CMPD's Ray Ray Out As Richmond Police Chief After Two Years

Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones held a press conference on Friday officially announcing that Police Chief Ray Tarasovic will retire again next month.Tarasovic a one time side kick to CMPD Chief Rodney Monroe, served in a civilian capacity in Charlotte but returned to Richmond and became chief of police in 2013.Mayor Jones offered kind words regarding Tarasovic: “You’ve carried yourself like a  young man: energetic, enthusiastic, committed and interested,” Mayor Jones said about the police chief. “He has had the community at the very...

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Into The New Year We GO!

Welcome to 2015!I've been off the grid since just before Christmas only seeing news from the NYT electronic edition and the boat's intermittent sat connection. Given my limited conversational Spanish I could live in Central America and really never know any news other than the price of bananas and coffee.Watched the New Year begin off the coast of Honduras running along about 14 knots, the shoreline 4 miles distant exploding in fireworks for as far as the eye could see at midnight. Amazing how a county so poor and isolated can revel in the start...

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