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Charlotte Leads Southeast in Development and Transit

Posted in City of Charlotte on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Leaders from Atlanta were shocked when they visited Charlotte last week to discover that they didn’t have to wait 2 hours in traffic to get into uptown and people actually wanted to use public transit. From the article,
Charlotte expects 330,000 new city residents by 2030. Instead of continuing past trends of sprawl, Charlotte’s leaders decided [...]

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UNCC Defeats Louisville?

Posted in Charlotte 49ers, Commentary on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »

I understand why UNCC (UNC Charlotte) gets confused for UNCCH (UNC-CH) but the other way around? Interesting name confusion in an article from the local news on UNCCH in the Final Four,
The Tar Heels advanced to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament.
Thousands of basketball fans charged their way into Bobcats arena
Saturday night and [...]

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Should Mass Transit Be Subsidized?

Posted in City of Charlotte, Commentary, Economics on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »

In response to this question in my environmental economics class:
Mass transit critics frequently point out that while automobile use is
subsidized, transit is subsidized at even higher levels. Riders often
pay substantially less than half the operating costs. Many communities
offer even some transit services for free (like the Gold Rush at UNC
Charlotte and in Uptown), or [...]

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200,000 Visitors!

Posted in My Personal Life, News on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »

A few days ago I hit 200,000 visitors to my blog! Thanks for visiting and I hope you’ve enjoyed the random posts I make over the last few years.

As you can see, I’m pretty excited about it

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UNC Charlotte Student Body President Election Videos: A 2 Year Recap

Posted in Charlotte 49ers, Videos on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »

Now that Tim Ernst is taking over for me at the end of the month as the new UNC Charlotte student body president, I wanted to post all of our campaign videos in one place… because they are awesome. If anyone knows of campaign videos from other student body president campaigns, please post them in [...]

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