Citizen Servatius 2008-07-24T08:41:07Z http://taraservatius.com/atom.aspx Quick Blog Warren Turner on Illegal Aliens: Enforce the Law tag:taraservatius.com,2007-12-05:0812f256-9a94-4a04-a653-b5efde1cf134 Citizen Servatius 2007-12-05T18:39:30Z 2007-12-05T14:34:00Z If he is selected to be sheriff, Warren Turner may surprise some people. In an interview today, Turner said he supported checking the legal status of criminals detained by law enforcement. He also said he didn't understand the anger some people had toward current Sheriff Jim Pendergraph over a federal program run out of the county jail that checks inmates' legal status and refers many to federal immigration authorities for deportation. Your "Like Crack" Thanksgiving Cheesecake Bar Recipe tag:taraservatius.com,2007-11-21:bb4c9ee2-8daa-406a-99b9-e2f2c0427056 Citizen Servatius 2007-11-21T16:48:07Z 2007-11-21T15:16:00Z Media Myths About the Jena 6 tag:taraservatius.com,2007-10-24:db42a1d3-6fdf-4fe5-aa44-d3bea19490f7 Citizen Servatius 2007-10-24T21:50:47Z 2007-10-24T21:47:00Z A local journalist tells the story you haven't heard. Selling Circles: How an Artist Ripped off Charlotte tag:taraservatius.com,2007-09-25:7d200b12-da94-4030-ab91-7a9805f866f6 Citizen Servatius 2007-09-25T19:26:23Z 2007-09-25T14:55:00Z The Jena 6: A Different Take on What Really Happened tag:taraservatius.com,2007-09-24:7bd01b05-4b90-4d33-883d-3f88fa9fb1bd Citizen Servatius 2007-09-24T17:02:27Z 2007-09-24T16:56:00Z Kansas City Star sportswriter Jason Whitlock, who is African-American, says the media has twisted the facts about what really happened in Jena, La. Breaking News: Congestion Chokes Charlotte tag:taraservatius.com,2007-09-18:61dbaea2-9f69-4343-9ec6-8cca8f6da75b Citizen Servatius 2007-09-18T19:14:36Z 2007-09-18T14:52:00Z Media Mangles Army Suicides Story tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-30:9698c1dc-311a-4486-9086-dfc024cbbb2c Citizen Servatius 2007-08-30T10:41:24Z 2007-08-30T10:31:00Z Army soldiers are killing themselves in record numbers rather than cope with another war deployment, the headlines screamed last week. The facts in the story most people read are largely accurate. The problem is with the ones that got left out. Big League Bias: Observer Publisher Knee-Deep in Transit Campaign tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-28:0d0f67a6-9316-4994-96ca-0b2a3aeab5dc Citizen Servatius 2007-08-29T01:09:55Z 2007-08-28T16:47:00Z It's becoming increasingly difficult to tell if Charlotte Observer publisher Ann Caulkins is running a campaign or a newspaper or both. Caulkins is knee-deep in the campaigns against the repeal of the half-cent sales tax for mass transit and for the school bond package that will go on the ballot this fall. So knee-deep, in fact, that one might wonder where the Observer ends and the campaigns for both issues begin. America's Poor Are Living Large tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-27:868bc6f9-e9b2-4baf-b728-c871da4ccaed Citizen Servatius 2007-08-27T13:54:32Z 2007-08-27T13:17:00Z The average American defined as "poor" by the government has a car, air conditioning, a refrigerator, a stove, a clothes washer and dryer and a microwave. He also has two color televisions, cable or satellite TV reception, a VCR or DVD player and a stereo. Living La Vida Loophole tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-22:a4a2896d-1636-4284-be4a-974c2f540d01 Citizen Servatius 2007-08-22T15:21:16Z 2007-08-22T14:59:00Z Being an illegal alien can have its advantages -- if you're a criminal. In our court system, it can lead to the dismissal of criminal charges against you, charges that would result in a penalty for the average American citizen. 12 Years For Murder? It's Not Unusual in Charlotte tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-21:b116fce3-36e8-4e50-9db1-6f674d157d62 Citizen Servatius 2007-08-29T15:44:10Z 2007-08-21T07:33:00Z Charlotte Crime Crack-Up: Your Weekly Review of Crime in Charlotte tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-17:9d967168-b13d-45ff-bb69-27514a46eac0 Citizen Servatius 2007-08-17T14:37:57Z 2007-08-17T13:44:00Z The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Watch Commander's Report is the who, what, where and when of crime in Charlotte. This hair-raising report of some of the week's most violent crimes is published every Friday on the Citizen Servatius blog. Charlotte Drivers Stew in Traffic While Politicians Leave Billions in Road Money On the Table tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-17:a793c036-ad95-43d3-be56-d01d9afb1154 Citizen Servatius 2007-08-23T08:00:59Z 2007-08-17T05:37:00Z While Charlotte's leaders smugly embrace the early-1990s mantra that congestion cannot be solved with more asphalt, leaders in other cities are laying mile after mile of asphalt with the radical goal of getting workers to work faster. As Predicted: Ron Tober Rides off into Sunset tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-15:5380ea1a-67d8-43b8-bdf1-badf61c4cf95 Citizen Servatius 2007-08-15T20:42:11Z 2007-08-15T17:44:00Z Why is Charlotte Area Transit System CEO Ron Tober in such a great hurry to scram? Tober knows what the real numbers on light rail look like, and come December, so will we. BET to Kids: "Read a Mother F'n Book" tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-13:5b67073f-215e-450b-b645-2d355213d0e3 Citizen Servatius 2007-08-14T11:44:44Z 2007-08-13T16:47:00Z In this shocking video played repeatedly on Black Entertainment Television, poet/rapper Bomani D'Mite Armah encourages children to read by telling them to "Read a mother****ing book, N***er." FBI Outnumbered: When Pork Kills tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-12:e3c62848-7e6c-47bf-a98b-058aa83ca2fb Citizen Servatius 2007-08-16T21:42:01Z 2007-08-12T20:14:00Z This year, Congress will spend about as much on the budget for the FBI as it does on four stealth bombers. So how are just 12,156 agents supposed to keep tabs on the 45,008 illegal aliens from terroist sponsoring countries who are currently living here? Or on the 300,000 "other-than-Mexican" illegal aliens who have slipped over our borders? No money for roads, Plenty for Goodyear Tire tag:taraservatius.com,2007-08-01:a7ca1416-67b9-4228-b028-4b03e02508cf Citizen Servatius 2007-08-28T12:47:15Z 2007-08-01T10:42:00Z Today, the oh-so-broke state legislature voted to give away $35 million in taxpayer money to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. When the state started doling out hundreds of millions of dollars this way years ago, the money initially went to lure businesses here. One problem. Goodyear is already located here. So why give them money? Charlotte Crime Crack-up: Your Weekly Review of Crime in Charlotte tag:taraservatius.com,2007-07-27:607f5b8c-0565-4e89-8a7a-e879b48dca3e Citizen Servatius 2007-07-27T15:10:36Z 2007-07-27T14:15:00Z The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Watch Commander's Report is the who, what, where and when of crime in Charlotte. This hair-raising report of some of the week's most violent crimes is published every Friday on the Citizen Servatius blog. BREAKING NEWS: The Plan to Steal Your Vote tag:taraservatius.com,2007-07-26:a70667f1-a62e-45cd-8c37-b98864eb5021 Citizen Servatius 2007-07-26T18:38:42Z 2007-07-26T17:57:00Z If Democrats in the state legislature get their way tomorrow, next year North Carolina voters could go to the polls and overwhelmingly elect Fred Thompson president. But more than half of the state's electoral votes could go to his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, even if Clinton got pummeled at the ballot box here. Roberts Uses the Elderly to Shake You Down for Cash tag:taraservatius.com,2007-07-26:5c0c0572-6a1f-45d8-9911-feabcd9cce81 Citizen Servatius 2007-07-26T15:46:23Z 2007-07-26T14:51:00Z Mecklenburg County Commission Chairperson Jennifer Roberts used the elderly as an excuse to raise taxes this week. But she apparently doesn't care if the elderly have to eat dog food or donate another pint of blood to pay for the "Mecklenburgers."