Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Last Monday, Bob Carruth was elected Chairman of the Board of Commissioners. He has the second-longest continuous tenure on the board behind Coy Privette. That being said, he doesn’t need my advice, he didn’t ask for it, but he’s getting it anyway.
Cut Taxes

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At last week’s Board of Commissioners meeting, Coy Privette introduced a resolution intended to curb illegal immigration. He got the language of the resolution from one submitted to the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners by Bill James. According to the Cabarrus Neighbors article, the resolution would direct County staff to do the following:

Participate in a [...]

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I got the opportunity to sit through the last BOC meeting. I got there a little late; but stuck around until the end. Here are just a few thoughts:

Personnel Changes - The resignation of County Attorney Fletcher Hartsell and the election of Carruth to Chair and Joni Juba to Vice Chair. What’s interesting is that [...]

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Alright, I’ve been meaning to get to this; but the holidays, the last article, and all of the end-of-the-year stuff at work has delayed me. So, here goes:
December 13, 2005: The “Soap Opera” 
The end of the controlling inflence of the Raders over the Kannapolis City Council
Darrell Hinnant was “huffy and puffy” in Monday’s Kannapolis City [...]

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Just in time for the 2006 Primary season, Harold Smith presents us with 2 more issues to be the topics du jour before Republicans and Independents go to the polls to select the Republican nominees for Cabarrus County Commission.
The County Jail and John Day:
 
December 11, 2005: Who Was Negligent in Jail Project? 
Who is responsible? John [...]

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There’s a cover-up! Well, there might be one. Anyhow, whenever there’s a suspicion of a cover-up Harold always conveniently has a letter handy. Here goes:
Open letter to John Day, Cabarrus County Manager
The letter below from the State Chief of Jails ask you why you have not looked at two options to solving the jail overcrowding.
Why [...]

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Ever in search of a thickening plot, Harold Smith is now bringing into question the approval of voluntary annexations approved by the Kannapolis City Council earlier this month. Here’s the text of his post:
The Kannapolis City Scheme 
Kannapolis City Approves Annexation into the Odell Community
What is wrong with Kannapolis City annexing into the Odell community?
Odell is [...]

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In the 2005 Election Thoughts article, I stated that Michael Hart and Steve Sciascia had never voted before. I had based that on a statement made by Mark Martin in an Independent Tribune article.
This is, in fact, not the case. When I was writing the article, I couldn’t get to the State Board Of Elections [...]

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Update: For the full summary of the “Juba Scandal” - click here.
Wow! There were about 24 comments posted to two articles on this blog over the past week. That’s a new development. Unfortunately, most of them were filled with incoherent, mindless drivel or were responses to the same. I figured it would only be fair [...]

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