Cabarrus Cheap Seats

“I have no problem whatsoever letting the future pay for schools” - Coy Privette 
Oh, yes, you heard that right: Coy is interested in mortgaging the future. In all honesty, I thought of using the term “Cabarrus Youth Tax” as an illustration of how the debt that Coy Privette, Richard Suggs, and Robert Freeman arranged when [...]

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After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. - 2 Corinthians 12:14 
Update: Read the Latest Post on the “Anatomy of The Cabarrus Youth Tax” to find out just how much this tax is - CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE
In 2003, I was named to the Cabarrus [...]

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We’re going to the polls soon. I thought I would share an excerpt from a post from last year about how our decisions reverberate into the future. Enjoy.
From Politics in an Odd-Numbered Year VI: Blessed are the Young, for they shall inherit the Debt
…I’d like you to join me in a little exercise. Many of [...]

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This week, I’ve gotten responses from the County Commission Candidates and The District Attorney Candidates. Go to Cabarrus Election Challenge for the full responses. Here are some excerpts and links to each of the candidates responses.
District Attorney
Roxann Vaneekhoven
I am running because I have worked in the D.A.’s Office for 10 years and I believe that [...]

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Here was the question:
From 1999 to 2004, the majority of the county’s debt load moved abruptly from voter-approved bonds to non-voter approved instruments. Debt service is the fastest growing part of the budget and is the only major part of the budget significantly outpacing population growth and inflation. With these debt service payments taking up [...]

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The Tarheel Tavern is up at “Nothing Could Be Finer”. The Tarheel Tavern is a collection of articles from around the state.
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS WEEK ARTICLE

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I remember when my pals and I would go to this bar near Westport in Kansas City. We’d see the same bartender - let’s call him Bob. Like clockwork, Bob was there every evening. One evening there was this different guy. We asked him, “What’s going on?”
He said, “Oh, Bob called in sick - I [...]

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At last night’s Reagan Day dinner, Robin Hayes addressed one local issue - illegal immigration. And what did he say?
Back off.
Specifically, don’t do anything locally until the Congress gets their immigration policy straight.
It was sort of funny coming from the Congressman who backed the controversial House bill on Immigration Reform. One would think that he [...]

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Given the current talk about the schools and this idea that’s being pushed that they aren’t frugal - I did a little studying during the bond campaign in 2004 and wrote this letter to the editor of the Cabarrus Neighbors in July 2004. The data that this letter was based on was from the 2002-2003 [...]

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OK, about 50% of my posts are in response to the madness found on www.goharoldsmith.com. So, I’m going to try and tackle each of his new claims in as few words as possible. Let’s see how I do.
Claim #1: We’re building designer schools at unreasonably high prices
April 1, 2006: Why do our schools cost so [...]

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