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Will Charlotte Taxpayers Be on
the Hook For Democrats' Party?
American Spectator, by David N. Bass
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Posted By:StormCnter, 10/29/2012 4:36:25 PM
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| It’s embarrassing enough that Democrats held their 2012 convention in North Carolina, a state that Mitt Romney will probably carry. Adding to the "uh oh" factor: the Charlotte host committee raising money for the Democrats' convention has come up $12.5 million short of its original fundraising goal, according to election filings from the FEC made public Oct. 15. Of the amounts still owed to public and private venues and vendors, the host committees owe $161,000 to the City of Charlotte — $133,000 for convention center operations and $28,000 for volunteer shuttles. The Charlotte Observer reports that,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 10/29/2012 4:44:58 PM (No. 8972746)
Is this a trick question?
We recently read about at least one town that has now abandoned any hope of collecting on expenses incurred thanks to the Obama campaign.... from 2008!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hadass23, 10/29/2012 4:46:31 PM (No. 8972750)
North Carolina voters will "stiff arm" Obama on November 6.
Seems only right after Obama took advantage of Charlotte taxpayers.
Southern's hate to pick up the tab for the Democrat party.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Mobyclik, 10/29/2012 4:53:12 PM (No. 8972775)
This is from the American Spectator, are the local rags informing the people in Charlotte that they're being stiffed by the cheapskate liberals? Or is this another thing the media has to bury to cover for their Messiah?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
revdeppisch316, 10/29/2012 4:55:07 PM (No. 8972782)
YES!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
cartcart, 10/29/2012 4:55:56 PM (No. 8972786)
He will give them the BIG BIRD. Nice!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Kurto, 10/29/2012 5:02:42 PM (No. 8972810)
Unexpectedly...
The demonRats should be sued individually and collectively.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 10/29/2012 5:14:58 PM (No. 8972841)
The DNC just borrowed 15 million. The DNC isn't going to pay this back any time soon. What idiot agreed to let the DNC charge this?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bobgray2, 10/29/2012 5:16:14 PM (No. 8972846)
Did you folks in Charlotte really think you could host a bunch of dems in your city and not get stuck with the check?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
KingBubo, 10/29/2012 5:16:16 PM (No. 8972847)
Ask Springfield, IL
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
carolina blue, 10/29/2012 5:17:25 PM (No. 8972851)
Still got a few kool aid drinkers in Charlotte let them pay the bill.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
terry_tr6, 10/29/2012 5:25:25 PM (No. 8972869)
since it was for the democrat convention, maybe a one time tax on registered democrats to pay for "their " convention?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Davids918, 10/29/2012 5:33:55 PM (No. 8972894)
Sounds just like Democrats.
They set a goal amount, and then hope to get there.
It's just a short-fall from what they projected, right.
Tell you what Charlotte, come out and vote Romney and we'll have a fundraiser for you to pay off that debt.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
tangerinedream, 10/29/2012 5:34:59 PM (No. 8972897)
Amen #11!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam, 10/29/2012 5:41:37 PM (No. 8972911)
It's what they do.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
dotonbut, 10/29/2012 5:44:50 PM (No. 8972920)
The article links to an article in the very liberal Charlotte Observer which included the following quote:
The reports show an unpaid loan of $7.9 million against a line of credit guaranteed by Duke Energy Corp.
Duke Energy has just enjoyed greatest rate increases in any 3 year period ever. PLUS they get federal susidies for wasteful projects like "biofuels" (burning saw dust). The get to use the excuse of new reglations but they lie. I have an engineer friend who works in the alternative fuels department of another large SE utility and has told me flat out Obama is giving them an excuse to rape the public and the utilities love him. (as you see by them giving him lots of money)
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
judy, 10/29/2012 5:54:20 PM (No. 8972953)
They will show the won how they feel by voting for Romney....
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
formerNYer, 10/29/2012 5:55:48 PM (No. 8972955)
Note to city leaders of Charlotte:
Sleep with pigs and you wake up stinking.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
coldoc, 10/29/2012 6:01:31 PM (No. 8972967)
The whole country is on the hook for these crooks.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
qr4j, 10/29/2012 6:12:48 PM (No. 8972995)
Good one, No. 9: Ask Springfield, IL, indeed! Citizens of Springfield got stuck with a bill into the tens of thousands. That's a lot of cash considering Springfield is a relatively small city (~100,000 pop.).
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
MMC, 10/29/2012 6:16:50 PM (No. 8973005)
They have a poorly run business plan... and the Democrats want to control our health care dollars as well?
The Democrat Party in Charlotte is a microscopic look at the entire way they operate.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
spinpilot, 10/29/2012 6:35:11 PM (No. 8973070)
I guess you could ask the question: will tax cheating dim-0-crat government officials be held accountable. Now when know the answer to that question.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Hugh Akston, 10/29/2012 6:51:46 PM (No. 8973115)
#7 - The $15 mil loan was from....Bank of America, based in....Charlotte.
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers is a big Dem contributor.
Wanna bet Charlotte asks for help from the taxpayers via the state government? So all us NC Ldotters can help?
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When Republicans woke up to defeat on Election Day 2012, it was clear that they had been outfoxed and outmaneuvered by President Obama and his campaign. Now it´s clear why. Under the political radar, Team Obama made an unprecedented effort to understand the voters and speak their language, slicing and dicing the electorate with a sophistication and savvy that the Republicans couldn´t match and are still scrambling to replicate. The result was the rebuilding and in some cases expansion of Obama´s original coalition from 2008, and a remarkable comprehension of what really motivated voters in 2012.
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Koch brothers want to make
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Los Angeles Times, by David Horsey
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/1/2013 11:57:02 AM
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The people of Los Angeles would be up in arms if some out-of-town billionaires tried to buy the Dodgers and institute a rule that only right-handers could play on the team. Petitions would be signed, protests would be organized and politicians would rise up to condemn the sale. It would be nice if there were a similar outcry at the prospect of the Koch brothers buying the Los Angeles Times. After all, as exciting as it may be for a city to have a major league sports team, a good newspaper is a far more valuable asset.
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´Rodham´: Movie on Hillary´s
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Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/1/2013 3:23:59 PM
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A new and acclaimed movie script about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton´s role in the 1974 impeachment of President Nixon is moving toward production, buoyed by the backing of the producers of the "Twilight" series. The indie movie about Clinton´s early days in Washington with the House Judiciary Committee as it probed the Watergate scandal is based on a script titled "Rodham" by writer Young Il Kim. The script took fourth place on the 2012 "Black List," which ranks unfinished screenplays. "Rodham´s" plot, according to Kim: "During the height of the Watergate scandal, rising star
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