Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Most of us who work in the private sector have bosses. The story of how our bosses got there are all unique; but generally they all have some things in common:

Usually our bosses are more experienced at some aspect of the job than their subordinates are.
They usually have some training in the job of their [...]

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Alright, it’s been a solid two weeks since I’ve posted anything. I’ve been on the road and pretty busy with work. Apparently, Harold Smith has been busy too. Not writing posts on his site; but taking his new vehicle - The Republican Men’s Club - out for a spin. I’ll be including the entire, lengthy [...]

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Kannapolis probably won’t get the land acquisition rights that it wanted. This past week, Representative Barnhart said that he wouldn’t support a measure sponsored by Senator Hartsell at the behest of Kannapolis officials expanding annexation rights for the City of Kannapolis. Bills limited to local interests usually don’t go anywhere without the unanimous consent of [...]

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Harold Smith reacts to an idea considered by Bob Carruth regarding using user fees to avoid future tax cuts. The Independent Tribune came out against such fees. Here’s Harold’s Response:
July 10, 2005: No User Fees
I agree with the editorial in today’s (7-10-05) Independent Tribune. User fees are a bad idea. Robert Freeman’s quote is correct. [...]

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Alright, I’m back from vacation and I had a number of papers to dig through. After reading them, it looks like the county newsmakers were on vacation, too! You all work hard - you’ve earned it. However, one thing of note did come up that I found interesting.
Harold Smith is running for one of three [...]

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For the third and final Point/Counter-Point, I’m going to discuss the change in tone of the leadership of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. The fact that there was a two-page editorial explaining why the taxes were going up authored by one of the Commissioners in leadership speaks to the change in style - the [...]

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