Cabarrus Cheap Seats

For about 18 years, NPR’s Morning Edition has read every word of the Declaration of Independence on July 4.  It’s really something amazing. 
They are professionals and it comes out in this reading.  Their voice and treatment of the English language is a far cry from the screaming and sibilance that is found when people broadcast talk [...]

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OK, dinner is at 7PM - the actual meeting is at 7:30PM; but the dinner is worth it.  $7.00 Buffet at Troutman’s BBQ [click here for directions]
Cheap Seats fans can be around for my first report as Treasurer of this august organization; but hearing the featured speaker Rep. Dale Folwell (R-Forsyth) - Candidate for NC State Treasurer is [...]

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Philip Morris’ Concord Facility will close its doors in 2010. 
Some interesting facts about the Concord facility:

Philip Morris is the second largest employer in Cabarrus County (Northeast Medical is first)
Philip Morris is the County’s largest taxpayer - accounting for 7.45% of the taxes brought in by the county last year.  10 years ago - the number was closer to [...]

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This being the 300th post within this blog - I wanted to do something special.
Last year, I moved this blog from Blogger over to a Wordpress-based blog for several reasons. One of those was the flexibility that allows others to comment more freely and to post their own content.
A Small; but Significant Change
Even though it [...]

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Alright, since y’all got no video last week, I figure I would share videfive of my favorites.  Kudos to Joe Carter of Evangelical Outpost on numbers 5 and 4.
Here are five videos with 14 minutes and 22 seconds of some of the better entertainment on the net.  Note, for those of you reading this via [...]

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There are many people who are visiting this site for the first time after reading my response in the Kannapolis Citizen to Commissioner Privette’s mendacious Op-Ed on his opposition to Tax-Increment-Financing (TIF) for the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC). 
I thought I might point out some places of interest on this site.
[Click Here to Read Coy Privette's [...]

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The Independent Tribune covered the highlights of last night’s meeting; and I figured I would link to some related articles.

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I enjoyed my first Father’s Day - I hope y’all did too. 
There’s a growing amount of evidence that we aren’t as vestigial as some social scientists used to think.
Joe Carter has more [Click Here For The List]
Sister Toldjah has a collection of articles from around the blogosphere about dads [Click Here For Article]

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UPDATE (June 21, 2007): THIS ARTICLE WAS USED AS SOURCE MATERIAL FOR A KANNAPOLIS CITIZEN OP-ED - CLICK HERE TO READ MORE. 
I was going to put a video from Saddam’s Information Minister (AKA “Baghdad Bob”); but he seemed credible in comparison to what I’m talking about today.  So, no video for today’s Friday Five.
This week the Kannapolis [...]

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