By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 25,2011
Until he announced his candidacy for mayor in March, Scott Stone wasn’t a nobody, but he wasn’t exactly a household name in Charlotte, either. A former vice president of Merrick & Co., a Colorado-based engineering and architectural firm, he ran in the same circles as some of the city’s business elite, having chaired the city’s [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: October 14,2011
Charlotte-based Spangler Construction used to be in the commercial construction business. These days it’s known as a real estate investment company. And in the upcoming Charlotte City Council and mayoral elections, Spangler’s known as the company whose employees have donated the most to candidates in the two races. Spangler employees donated a total of $5,000 [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: September 23,2011
Since 2007, the Internal Revenue Service has been looking for ways to solve a perennial problem: how to make sure contractors pay taxes. In a report from 2007, the Government Accountability Office said that federal contractors owed the IRS more than $3.3 billion. The report is not compiled every year and has not been collected [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 12,2011
The Charlotte City Council unanimously approved a $5.06 million contract Monday to Blythe Development for construction of the Eastburn Storm Drainage Improvements project despite concerns that the bid was $600,000 more than a previous bid from the same company for the same project. The improvements are designed to help alleviate flooding in SouthPark that begin [...]
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