BEST LOCAL COLUMNIST
JOHN GROOMS, CREATIVE LOAFING
A repeat winner. Question: What Charlotte-area columnist can make folks laugh one week by staging a mock debate between congressional candidates Tim DAnnunzio and Harold Johnson, and another week piss off people (especially conservatives) by lambasting the citys anti-immigrant policies? Answer: Creative Loafings own John Grooms. The writer of the award-winning weekly opinion piece Boomer With Attitude and daily blog posts on our news blog The CLog, Grooms is undoubtedly our towns most unpredictable author and were honored hes on our team.