CMS Superintendent Earnest Winston Is Out And More
Yesterday, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education voted 7-2 to end the employment of Superintendent Earnest Winston. He will be paid a severance of $24,000 per month for the next two years, as required by contract. The Charlotte Area Transit System announced that mask are now optional when riding CATS vehicles.
In SPORTS The Carolina Panthers ended their agreement to build a training facility and headquarters in Rock Hill. Owner David Tepper says “The City of Rock Hill became delinquent on their obligation to fund the public infrastructure.” Kyrie Irving fined $50K for using an obscene gesture towards the Celtics fans. Cameras captured Irving flipping his middle finger toward fans as he ran down the court after making a shot in the third quarter.
ENTERTAINMENT
Hip Hop icons Wu-Tang Clan and Nas announced their upcoming ‘NY State of Mind’ 25 city tour. The tour comes to PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte on Sept. 18. Comedian & Actor Arsenio Hall is bringing back his late night talk show ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’ for a four night run during the ‘Netflix is A Joke Festival’ and Speaking of Netflix they just announced the company lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022, causing stocks to plummet. And those losses are expected to get much worse.
