Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Update (Feb 05, 2006) - I added the “Voting Record” section explaining Joni Juba’s recusals and votes on this issue after Coy and Harold had to cover their rear ends following their “Commissoner Juba wanted Turner the whole time” argument was destroyed.

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Update: For the full summary of the “Juba Scandal” - click here.
For months, we’ve been hearing how Joni Juba forced the Construction Manager Selection Committee to choose Turner. Harold Smith and others have painted a picture of a backroom deal between Joni Juba and Turner Construction. In this clandestine meeting Juba makes sure that Turner [...]

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Update: For the full summary of the “Juba Scandal” - click here.
OK, you’re going to have to act quickly to see this. If you go to the “Breaking News and Opinion” section of www.goharoldsmith.com, you’ll see that the North Carolina Conservatives will publish an article on the Juba Scandal in January 16, 2996.
So, we’ve got [...]

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With the meeting coming up on this Monday, it’s easy to think that everyone in Concord feels like the jail project is a bad idea. However, there are many who feel differently. Here are just a few who took the time to write thoughtful letters to the editor
John W. Kennedy
Alex Rankin
Glenn H. White
Steve Medlin

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This is a letter to the Editor from Steve Medlin of Concord.
November 14, 2005
Dear Editor:
As a native and a downtown property owner who has worked here over 28 years, I know how my downtown Concord neighbors feel about the new county jail project. I felt the same way when I first heard about it. Then, [...]

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This is the letter to the editor from John W. Kennedy, former editor of the Independent Tribune
January 10, 2006 
Dear Editor:
Since discussion first surfaced about the need for a new Cabarrus County jail late in the last century, I have followed with interest the various proposals that have come before the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners.
Now, [...]

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This is a letter to the editor from Glenn H. White, former Chairman of Cabarrus County Democratic Party.
December 28, 2005
Dear Editor: 
One more time, controversy rears its’ ugly head over another project. This time, a jail in downtown Concord. My experience in these types of projects is, once they are approved to build everybody forgets about [...]

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This is a letter to the editor from Alex Rankin of Concord Engineering.
11 January 2006 
Dear Editor:
I have had the good fortune to be able to continuously work in downtown Concord since graduating college in 1978. In that time doing business downtown has changed from merely being a matter of convenience being located near the Courthouse [...]

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I have to go to work today even though some don’t. However, I was going through my favorite blogs and came across these thoughts on MLK day.

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All I have to say for this Tavern is it’s, well, bit more colorful than when I hosted a few weeks back. Scrutiny Hooligans was kind enough to host, and it was done with gusto.
For those of you who are unfamilar with the Tarheel Tavern, here’s a quick description: every week bloggers from around the [...]

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