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Entries from November 2006

Positive Messages: Liz Poole

November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

I wrote a letter to the editor endorsing Liz Poole and I’d like to share it with y’all. Often, we forget about the School Board candidates at the bottom of the ballot. However, they make important decisions regarding the spending of our taxes and the education of our children.
Here’s the letter about Liz:

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus Politics

Positive Messages: Grace Mynatt

November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

Grace Mynatt will get my vote tomorrow in a small part because she supported the Interbasin Transfer in a very itneresting way. When she was speaking at the State hearing about this she took out a gallon jug and a cup that was about one ounce. What’s interesting is that she was close (like three [...]

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus Politics

Positive Messages: Jay White E-mail #5

November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

This is the fifth e-mail from Jay White
There are only a few days left until the election. As you are aware this year’s election is extremely important to our local government. We are voting to elect three commissioners to a board made up of five commissioners’ seats. We are electing a majority of board members [...]

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Tags: Ancient History

Positive Messages: Jay White E-mail #4

November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

This is the fourth message from the Jay White campaign:
This is the fourth of several emails about Jay White . Thank you for continuing to forward these emails to friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, teammates, etc. We need to encourage everyone to get out and vote. Less than 10% of registered voters voted in the primary. [...]

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Tags: Ancient History

Positive Messages: Jay White E-mail #3

November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

This is the third of several emails about Jay White, why he is running for County Commissioner , and what he hopes to accomplish. We appreciate all of the support we have received and ask that you continue to forward these emails to help us spread the word about Jay and encourage others to vote [...]

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Tags: Ancient History

Positive Messages: Jay White E-mail #2

November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

This is the second e-mail sent from the Jay White campaign.
This is the second of several emails leading up to the November election about Jay White , why he is running for County Commissioner , and what he hopes to accomplish.
Several of you have told me that recent events concerning the Tribune building and the [...]

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus County Jail

Positive Messages: Jay White E-mail #1

November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

This is an e-mail that was sent last month from the Jay White campaign:
Hello, I am Jay White , candidate for county commissioner. Cabarrus County is my home and I want to do everything that I can to continue to make it a great place to live for my family and yours.
Although my campaign was [...]

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Tags: Ancient History

The Truth v. Harold Smith XIV: Famous Last Words

November 4th, 2006 · Comments Off

Beginnings are often fictionalized accounts of inspiration. Someone can tell you why they decided to run for office and you have little choice but to not believe them and wait. Endings are the sum total of our true motivation and the fruits of our effort. Where someone ends up pretty much tells you all you [...]

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners

The Man Who Could Have Been President

November 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off

 

 
The choice for Cabarrus County voters is important on Tuesday. Those of us in the 8th District get to participate in one of the closer elections in the nation. Those in the 12th should go out and support Ada Fischer. The majority of the Cabarrus County Commission is up for grabs and a significant difference [...]

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Tags: Ancient History · Beyond Cabarrus

Before You Vote: Know Thy Judges

November 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off

Judges are now non-partisan. All part of an effort for Democrats to abate their waning influence in North Carolina. Check out this article from John Hood that gives some background on the judges: Know thy judges

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus Politics