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Entries from May 2005

Politics in an Odd-Numbered Year II: Trailer Trash Talkin’

May 31st, 2005 · Comments Off

Golden Gait Trailers will relocate to Kannapolis next year [link to story] . The company is looking to more than double it’s workforce in the next few years and they are going to do it in Kannapolis. 
So, a $4 million-dollar facility will be built, employing about 100 people when it comes to full-speed. The City [...]

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners

Bruton’s Millions

May 31st, 2005 · Comments Off

Last week, Bruton Smith, Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., proposed building a monorail between the proposed NASCAR Hall of Fame and the Charlotte Motor Speedway here in Concord [link to story] The funny part is that he didn’t just ask for one, but he offered up $50 million to start construction.
Now, before you [...]

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Tags: Ancient History

Politics in An Odd-Numbered Year

May 29th, 2005 · Comments Off

For my first post, I figured I’d tackle something that has been bugging me and other people in my community. The website of Harold Smith. More specifically the content of the site. Filtering through the grammar mistakes, someone who knows the facts usually reads in disbelief and moves on. It’s easy enough to dismiss the [...]

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners