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Agree with him or not - Milton Friedman is one of the most influential thinkers of our time, and the most famous living economist. He’s only one of three economists I could name off the top of my head: (Adam Smith and J.M. Keynes being the other two) He’s credited for quotes like “There’s no [...]

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Earlier this week, the Concord Planning and Zoning Commission, decided not to decide to allow the county to expand the jail facility in Downtown Concord. My fellow Cabarrus County residents, the City of Concord believes that your public safety comes in a close second to preserving Downtown.

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There are 90,739 voters in Cabarrus County. 6845 (or 7.5%) are marked as Inactive. That leaves about 84,000 people. Well, about 10% of them bothered to show up and vote in this past election. The results were predictable; and the news media analyzed the election just long enough to cut to the story of two [...]

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Update: For the full summary of the “Juba Scandal” - click here.
You ever get to the end of a weekend and ask yourself, “Where did that go?”. Well, mine, on this blog, was spent responding to rumors and baseless accusations at people who really don’t deserve it. One issue that was brought up was that [...]

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In today’s Cabarrus Neighbors, there were instructions given on how to get to the voter’s guides they put together. I thought I would share the links here:
Concord
4 hoping to unseat Padgett
Grid | Positions on issues
Bios: mayoral candidates
Bios: Council candidates
Kannapolis:
10 run for Kannapolis seats
Grid: Candidates on issues
Bios: Mayoral candidates
Bios: City council candidates [...]

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In an earlier post, I responded to some commenters who mentioned a lawsuit from “the Odell community” with a bit of incredulity. Well, Robin and Marlynn Burns (who to some represent “the Odell Community”) have in fact filed suit against the County for approving Pelhem Pointe and Waterford on the Rocky River.
There you have it. [...]

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Last Saturday, when I was gathering together information for last week’s post on Harold Smith’s baseless accusations - Harold sent out this about the jail:

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In these last moments before the Kannapolis City Council Election, does Harold Smith take his opponents on the issues? Does he layout a different vision for the City of Kannapolis? Does he offer up a bold, new initiative to address the community at a crossroads?
Not Exactly.

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