Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Update: For the full summary of the “Juba Scandal” - click here.
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” - Michael Corleone “The Godfather Part III”
Just when you thought it was over. The Juba Scandal had all of the “evidence” and the case was closed, and we could wake up to [...]

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2005 Cabarrus Election Challenge I: The Easiest Question - Why are you running for office this year?

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A good way to find out about other blogs in North Carolina is to check out the weekly Tarheel Tavern. Bloggers from across NC submit an article to a different blog each week. Usually they are recent ones, but this was the Oldie but Goody edition…so, I posted one from this summer. Anyhow, go and [...]

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What do the the new jail in Downtown Concord, the Old Tribune building, the expanding role of government, majority apathy, minority activism, and the inevitable re-election of Coy Privette next year have to do with each other? Well, let me show you.

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Here it is…your last question for Cabarrus Candidate Challenge. Next Wednesday, I’m going to post all of the answers to all of the questions in one big post for the voters to read. So, if there are questions you’d like to answer, now is the time.
Here’s the last question: Do you see a need for [...]

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I opened up the Cabarrus Neighbors today and was checking out the candidate profiles when I came across James Hurley Klontz . Here was his last book read:
Light Her Fire! How to Ignite Passion, Joy, and Excitement in the Women You Love by Ellen Kreidmen
(Yes, no typo, that’s “WomEn”)
I’ll leave you, dear reader, with this [...]

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The most talked-about political issue in 2005 has been the Cabarrus County property tax increase. Property owners faced 20% rate hike on top of last year’s revaluation. A major part of the controversy was that the people “opposed” to the tax hike didn’t identify any substantial cuts in the budget to allow for a lower [...]

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Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been quite busy with work projects and challenges. However, I’m going to post two new weekly questions on Cabarrus Candidate Challenge before the election. Here’s a list of the ones that have already been posted…you can still respond to them. The week before the election, I’ll post the [...]

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A quick personal note
I haven’t made a post in more than two weeks, because I’ve been crazy busy. I’m overbooked at work, my family’s business is in their busy season, and it’s seems like this is the time for crashed hard drives and crashed family vechiles (my dad was involved in a rollover accident…he is [...]

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