Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Just a reminder, tonight will be another opportunity for you to speak out about the NCRC TIF bonds.  The meeting starts at 6:30 PM at Ye Olde Pink Palace (AKA Cabarrus County Govermental Center - click here for directions). 
Meet other NCRC supporters, and speak up!
If you want some material for your 3 minutes and don’t regularly [...]

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I was busy this weekend, and there’s no video for this one; but here are the top five reasons you should run/walk in the 5K for Kids race this weekend.
5. You find it remarkably clever that I managed to work in 5K in to a Top Five List.  OK, it’s sheer coincidence; but it’s cool [...]

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For those of you living in exile in the gerrymandered 12th, there’s hope!  The 12th District Republican Party Convention is coming up.  Marylnn Burns shared the details that follow:

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Irresistible Portraits
 
First off, I haven’t had the opportunity to mention this; but my wife took our son, Palmer (you can see a boatload of pictures here), to Karen Goforth’s place (www.irresistibleportraits.com) in Kannpolis for some pictures with bunnies.  Karen, as always, did a great job.  What was interesting about this shoot is that the bunny [...]

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[Go to NCRC Data Article to Get Projections on the TIF] 
There are days where I feel that local elections are little more than glorified popularity contests and counties would be better managed by having Raliegh hire us a nice manager.  Admittedly, I felt a little more that way before the election of 2004.  However, every now and then [...]

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Fans of the Colbert Report are no doubt familar with the segment “Formidable Opponent” where Steven Colbert debates who he sees as being his only worthy opponent - himself.
Harold Smith often likes to get into “debates” on his website - where, if you challenge him, he might respond to you and refer to you as a [...]

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New Poll!
I’ll be presenting the results from the Jail poll; but here’s a poll on school funding.  Enjoy!
Note, for those of you reading this over e-mail or RSS feed, you’ll need to go to the site to vote.

The Board of Education is asking for $400 million in construction funding over the next 5 years. [...]

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This article is an index to nine other articles meant to to address honest concerns about the project and the City of Kannapolis and Cabarrus County’s involvement in funding some of the infrastructure through Tax Increment Financing (TIF) bonds.
I’m making this easy for you.  I’ve posted responses to the following statements opposing the North Carolina Research [...]

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Statement of Doubt: This project is too expensive.  I don’t care what you say - my taxes will go up
Response: I’ve got news for you - with or without the NCRC: Cabarrus County taxes are probably going up; because of massive school funding needs over the next 5 to 10 years.  These needs are urgent [...]

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