Charlotte might even thrive without the CIAA | Charlotte Observer

It was disappointing to lose the CIAA, a signature event, but let’s not confuse the facts. Only a portion of that $50 million economic impact was taxable. And the city’s derived tax revenue probably did not begin to cover Charlotte’s expenses of scholarship contributions, increased security costs, etc.

Hotel rooms will not go unused in 2021. Restaurants will be filled by those previously avoiding the crowds. The Spectrum Center may be rented by someone actually paying to use it. Charlotte may very well have a net economic gain from this loss. Don’t cry for Charlotte. Charlotte will be just fine.

We are not building a wall, we are building more wall. About a third of the entire border is fenced, over 650 miles. Where’s the media in all of this? They are allowing Trump to act as if there is no wall. In doing so they are in collusion with him.

Oh and by the way, last time I heard, making people work without pay was called slavery. That ought to go over big on MLK day. Trump could pull the plug on this anytime he wants but no, he’s having too much fun playing with his rubber duckies, the Democrats.

American Indian stereotyping is almost certain to escalate as Elizabeth Warren has officially expressed her intention to pursue the 2020 presidency. The sitting POTUS recently stirred the pot once again as well by mockingly associating Warren with the site of one of the most tragic massacres of this country’s original people near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.

The historical, largely senseless and widespread suffering inflicted on a nation of people residing within our own borders should never be the focus of mocking or stereotyping rhetoric by anyone. Why in the world can’t we rise above this type of ethnic belittling?

It isn’t good to kill any animal, unless there is a good reason. Animals that bite people or kill pets are put down every day. The coyote hunt in Stanly County serves a purpose in that it thins out the coyote population, which not only kills deer but livestock as well (which the article left out). Don’t forget the pets that disappear everyday in Charlotte and the rest of North Carolina too.

My property has fencing that is in good order. That doesn’t always keep the coyotes out, but the Anatolian shepherd and the Great Pyrenees dogs that roam my pastures are there for a purpose. They have killed several coyotes and have kept them away. When you see goats, sheep and other livestock with dogs they’re there for that purpose.