Politics
Rep. Pittenger urges everyone to prepare for acts of terrorism
By Dave Yochum. Calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “the Winston Churchill of our day,” U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger said business owners—and all Americans—should be prepared for acts of terrorism from countries like Iran and organizations like Isis. “We have super cells and sleeper cells in the United States,” Pittenger said at a Lake Norman Chamber […]
Commissioner Jim Puckett: We must work together on economy
By Dave Vieser. North Mecklenburg County Commissioner Jim Puckett says that the towns in North Mecklenburg and the Golden Crescent must work together in order to “fully demonstrate the economic power that we possess.” Puckett made his comments before a crowd of more than 50 people who braved record cold temperatures to attend the Feb. 19 […]
Q&A with Susan Tillis is Thursday at Peninsula Club
Susan Tillis, the wife of U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and a political force in her own right, will speak at Business Today’s Newsmakers Breakfast Thursday March 12 at The Peninsula Club. She proved to be a formidable statewide campaigner in the 2014 elections which saw her husband, a former Cornelius Town Commissioner, defeat an incumbent, […]
NC League of Conservation Voters releases scores for Congress
Feb. 26. The NC League of Conservation Voters unveiled scores for the North Carolina delegation. Leading the bottom was U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, with a score of 0 from the environmental group. “Once again, far too many members of Congress were complicit in extreme attacks on our environment, but allies like Congresswoman Adams, Congressman Price, and Congressman […]
Anti-toll group holding ‘town hall’ meetings next week
The WidenI77 anti-toll group is holding two public meetings to update the community on the I-77 toll lane issue. New information will include how non-tolled lanes “could be built much sooner than the community has been told” and an update on the lawsuit to stop the I-77 toll lane project. Tuesday, Feb., 17: 7 pm at the […]
Newsmakers Breakfast Feb. 19 features N. Meck commissioner
Jim Puckett, the new Mecklenburg County Commissioner for District 1/North Mecklenburg, will speak at Business Today’s Newsmakers Breakfast Thursday Feb. 19 at The Peninsula Club in Cornelius. Puckett is a serious player in Mecklenburg County politics. The Huntersville Republican pulled off a comeback for his old District 1 seat back in November, after former Commissioner […]
Anti-toll group hires attorney, will seek injunction to fight ‘Lexus Lanes’
By Dave Yochum The Widen I-77 anti- group is apparently ready to throw a serious legal road block in front of NCDOT plans to use toll lanes to widen I-77 between Charlotte and Lake Norman. At a news conference tomorrow, Widen I-77 will announce the name of the law firm that will file a preliminary injunction to […]
Tillis keynote speaker at LKN Chamber banquet
The keynote speaker at the Lake Norman Chamber’s annual awards dinner Jan. 16 is U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis. The theme of the event is “Connecting, Empowering & Expanding Our Possibilities.” The chamber also has five new board members: Tim Gause, region director, Duke Energy; Mike Murphy, of ProctorFree; Sharon Simpson, Lake Norman Currents; Laura Temple, […]
Busloads of local well-wishers attend Tillis swearing in
Jan. 6 Woody Washam and Melinda Bales, the mayors pro tem of Cornelius and Huntersville respectively, were among the local supporters who attended Sen. Thom Tillis’ swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C. The former IBM consultant and outgoing North Carolina House speaker was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden. Tillis began his political career in Cornelius […]
Steve Morris, Cabarrus Commission chair, speaking at Newsmakers Breakfast Jan. 13
The new chairman of the Cabarrus County Commission will speak at Business Today’s Newsmakers Breakfast Tuesday Jan. 13 at the Piedmont Renaissance Center in downtown Concord. Steve Morris was elected by his peers on the commission to the leadership role in December, when three new commissioners, all Republicans, went on the five-person board. Morris joined […]
