Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Mark over at the Villiage Scribe did an interesting comparison of Cabarrus vs. Union County in terms of economic and growth policy.
It’s worth a read [click here to read article]
Also interesting, is the comments section where Mark’s opponents said that Coy Privette is not a friend of the low-end developers.  And we know that isn’t [...]

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I applaud Coy Privette’s move to make English the official language of Cabarrus County. As the most studied language in the world, it happens to be the most misunderstood. Every English speaker thinks they speak English and they understand it; but they really don’t. With English as our official language, getting around [...]

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Hickory sits at an elevation of 1180 feet, Kannapolis is at 780 feet, and Concord at 704 feet.
Why is this important? Well, thanks to gravity, water flows downhill and that causes higher elevations to be upstream. As a matter of fact, Hickory is also 50 miles upstream from the probable site for transferring [...]

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Update: I was right 
In 1999, then Sheriff Canady presented the jail over-crowding problem to the Board of Commissioners; and we’re starting the eighth year with the problem still unresolved. Even though the County is constructing an annex to the jail to help relieve some immediate strain, it’s only enough to cover the a short-term need. The [...]

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