Donald Trump Considering Appointing Charlotte Native As The New U.S. Treasury Secretary

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Donald Trump Considering Appointing Charlotte Native As The New U.S. Treasury Secretary

allison-us-treasury-secretaryDonald Trump has just announced that he is considering John Allison to be the next U.S. Treasury Secretary.

John Allison originally grew up in Charlotte, NC, and in 1987 he became the CEO of BB&T. He grew the company from around $4.5 billion in assets in the 80s to just over $152 billion in total assets. In 2010, he retired from BB&T and became the director of Moelis & Company.

Allison is a major contributor to the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) and assigned Rand’s Atlas Shrugged to all of his senior executives. Calling Atlas Shrugged “the best defense of capitalism ever written”

In September 2012, Allison wrote his first book, The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure, then in October of 2014, he published his second book, The Leadership Crisis and the Free Market Cure.

Bloomberg News recently reported that Allison was a “on a short-list” for President Trump’s appointed for the new US Treasury Secretary job. Steven Mnuchin, an ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. associate, as well as David McCormick of Bridgewater Associates LP are also under consideration, according to Bloomberg news.

Who do you think should be the new U.S. Treasure Secretary?

NC Man Awarded $3.25 Million After Serving 24 Years Behind Bars For A Not-Guilty Rape Charge

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NC Man Awarded $3.25 Million After Serving 24 Years Behind Bars For A Not-Guilty Rape Charge

Willie James Grimes releasedWillie James Grimes has just been awarded $3,250,000 after serving 24 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit.

The Hickory City Council voted unanimously today to award Grimes with the settlement from a 2014 lawsuit that he filed against the Hickory Police Department and several several Catawba County individuals, according to the Hickory Record.

He was initially arrested in July of 1988 for two counts of first-degree rape and one count of second-degree kidnapping, then was sentenced to life in prison.

Grimes always maintained his innocence throughout his time in prison, and even refused to join programs that would have reduced his sentence, since he would have had to admit guilt.

In April of 2012, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission found that the fingerprints of the banana peel from the original case matched a different person.

Grimes was then found innocent of all charges against him, and was exonerated on Oct. 5, 2012 at the age of 66, after spending 24 years behind bars.

The city of Hickory will now be required to pay him $2,250,650, and the city’s insurance company, National Casualty, will pay $999,350.

This Week’s Rain May End North Carolina’s Drought and Wildfires

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This Week’s Rain May End North Carolina’s Drought and Wildfires

We finally have rain in the forecast for the coming week – and this time it might actually be substantial enough to put out the wildfires and potentially even stop the drought.

Over the next several days, Weather.com is predicting as much as 1-3” of rain for the North Carolina mountains, and about half as much for the Charlotte region:

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Although many of the wild fires in North Carolina are mostly contained, new fires continue to start, and will likely continue to grow if our drought persists (check out our ongoing article about the NC wild fires here).

Let’s hope this week’s rain actually comes, and that the occasional rain shower will return to our region.

The Region’s Biggest Christmas Light Display Now Open At The Charlotte Motor Speedway

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The Region’s Biggest Christmas Light Display Now Open At The Charlotte Motor Speedway

Speedway Christmas is now back at the Charlotte Motor Speedway now through December 31. This year’s light show will be the 7th year the speedway has filled the infield and track with flickering and dancing lights, and it’s certainly the biggest yet.

They now have over 3 million lights installed along the 3.75-mile course.

Here’s a preview of some of the displays you’ll see this year:

Christmas lights display last night!

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Also, every weekend, they’ll be featuring a different ‘drive-in’ movie experience on their giant 16,000 sqft Speedway TV.

They will be airing the following movies over the next several weekends:

December 1st – 4th – Elf

December 8th – 11th – A Christmas Story

December 15th – 19th – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

December 20th – 24th – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland , The Grinch, Mickey’s Christmas Carol

December 29th – 30th – Frozen

The Speedway also features a full ‘Christmas Village’ with a petting zoo, Bethlehem village, horse-drawn wagon rides, photos with Santa, and more.

Famous Desert Maker Sending Elves Around Charlotte To Deliver Christmas Trees

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Famous Desert Maker Sending Elves Around Charlotte To Deliver Christmas Trees

For some, cutting down your own Christmas tree is a necissary family tradition, but for others, it’s a painful chore. Thankfully, King of Pops has come up with the perfect solution for the later – Christmas tree elves!

Charlotte’s famous popsicle maker is now sending elves throughout our city to deliver and set up Christmas trees – bringing joy to kids everywhere (not to mention they also throw in some free popsicles with each delivery).

The delivered trees currently range in price from $55 (for 5 footers) to $95 (for 9 footers).

The popsicle company that’s known for it’s unusually creative flavors and concoctions decided to start the tree delivery service last year while the demand for frozen treats hit it’s annual lull.

So far this year, the King of Pops Christmas Tree Elves have harvested 400 trees, all from local Charlotte area farms.

Each delivery also comes with a box of popsicles filled with some of their most popular flavors.

If you’d like to have some elves deliver your Christmas tree this year, you can go to TreeElves.net, or visit the King of Pops at their South End retail location (2500 Dunavant St.)

If you want to order a tree just go to treeelves.net or their warehouse, which is located at 2500 Dunavant Street in Charlotte’s SouthEnd.

Mecklenburg County’s First Beach Is About To Get A Massive New Fishing Pier

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Mecklenburg County’s First Beach Is About To Get A Massive New Fishing Pier

14156143_1473258460-0283Lake Norman’s Ramsey Creek Park, which now includes Mecklenburg County’s first public beach, is about to build a massive new fishing pier…hopefully.

Funding has been approved by the Town of Cornelius and the Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Department to construct an extension of the existing pier at Ramsey Creek Park, which would be named “Patriot Pier.” The town and county have pledged to $75,000 of the $95,000 cost of the project with the Patriot Military Family Foundation (PMFF) currently raising the remaining $20,000.

Huntersville businessman Dana Bradley has now launched a GoFundMe campaign to help raise funds and awareness for the project – especially since it will be open to all disabled people and their families.

Currently, there are no handicapped-accessible fishing piers anywhere on Lake Norman.

Patriot Point would also help raise funds for other wounded veterans via The Patriot Military Family Foundation (patriotmilitaryfamilyfoundation.org) – the mission of the PMFF is to honor veterans for their service and to serve them and their families.

Do you think the new Patriot Point is a good idea?

Charlotte’s Humane Society Is Offering Free Pet Adoption This Weekend

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Charlotte’s Humane Society Is Offering Free Pet Adoption This Weekend

The Humane Society of Charlotte has just announced that all pet adoptions on ‘Black Friday Weekend’ will be free. They’re calling it “Home for the Paw-lidayz”, and they’re hoping to find loving homes for over 100 animals.

“The Humane Society of Charlotte is proud to partner with both Zappos and Best Friends Animal Society on their second Home For The Pawlidays adoption event. “This is the first year that HSC has participated, and we look forward to this team effort and hope to find new loving homes for many our HSC dogs and cats, which would be a reason to be truly thankful”, notes Shelly Moore, President/CEO at the Humane Society of Charlotte.

“Happy #Pawlidayz” continues through end of day on Monday, November 28th – they’ll be open daily 11am-5pm at their main shelter and 11am-7pm at our HSC Petco Huntersville location.

For more information you can visit humanecharlotte.org.

Tesla Just Opened Their Second Charlotte Location in The South Park Mall

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Tesla Just Opened Their Second Charlotte Location in The South Park Mall

tesla-south-park-mallIf you’re interested in Tesla’s newest Model X this Christmas season, we have good news!

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company just opened their second Charlotte location inside the South Park Mall, but it’s not a ‘dealership’, or ‘showroom’ – it’s a ‘design studio’.

Inside Tesla’s new 600 square foot South Park Design Studio, the company allows shoppers to sit inside the state-of-the-art car and browse all of it’s high-tech features, as well as take one on a test drive. They can also build their own car from the ground up, choosing engine type, technology controls, interior decor, and exterior options, and within seconds, see a 3-d model of how it will look in their garage.

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Although shoppers will be able to completely design their own car, they won’t be able to purchase a car from the new South Park location, due to the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicle’s restrictions on the electric car maker.

If you do fall in love with your design, however, you can simply transfer your designs to an online account where you can buy the car at home and have it shipped to Tesla’s service center on Independence Blvd.

Have you ever sat in a Tesla? What do you think about the new high-tech auto maker? 

North Carolina-Based Rise Biscuits Donuts Is About To Open Their First Charlotte Location

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North Carolina-Based Rise Biscuits Donuts Is About To Open Their First Charlotte Location

Charlotte is about to get it’s first Rise Biscuits Donuts, a wildly popular breakfast and lunch food chain with 7 locations in the Raleigh-Durham region.

The franchise, which opened its first location in Durham in 2012, was recently ranked among Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers and Shakers. Their new Charlotte location is schedule to open on December 3rd at 7am on Providence Rd. West, across from the Ballantyne Town Center (the one with the Publix).

Their also planning on opening new locations in Greensboro, Wilmington, and Allen, TX over the next several months.

Rise will be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. ever day, and will feature an eclectic mix of donuts, biscuits sandwiches, and creative pastries.

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11-Year-Old Gastonia Girl Starring With Winona Ryder On New TV Series

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11-Year-Old Gastonia Girl Starring With Winona Ryder On New TV Series

tv star from gastoniaKaylee Glover has just landed her first major acting role along side Winona Ryder on the new thrilling Netflix-original drama series, ‘Stranger Things’.

According to her agency resume, she’s also appeared on the 2014 thriller film, ‘The Taking’, as well as several modeling and runway appearances.

What makes her resume even more impressive is the fact that she’s an 11-year-old 6th grader. Kaylee currently lives in Gastonia with her parents and attends Cramerton Middle School.

The highly anticipated new series, ‘Stranger Things’, will be set in small-town Indiana in the 1980s. Winona Ryder will star as the show’s single mother whose son goes missing. Kaylee will be playing a popular girl in the local school.

“It was a really good experience, I didn’t want to do TV at first, but when I did that role it made me excited to know I was a part of something. It was really cool.” she remarked in a recent press conference.

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