Cabarrus Cheap Seats

The confluence of meetings, MD appointments, and work obligations piling up have made it so that I can’t blog this week.
See y’all Monday.

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While I’ve been working to have a substantial list of local, state, national, and other articles - this one is of particular interest to the people who read this blog and I thought I’d keep this week’s roundup limited to it.
Where you should eat at least one night next month.

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Again, no Friday Five.
This IT article should shed some light on it.
See y’all Monday.

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THE CABARRUS GOP MEN’S CLUB invites you to hear
Phil Kirk
Vice President, Catawba College.  He was the Secretary of Human Resources for Gov. Jim Holshouser and Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Martin.  He  was the president of Citizens for Business and Industry for 12 years and served as chairman of the NC School Board for [...]

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I’m working today from Concord Convention Center for a conference I would normally have to fly to.  Next time you’re walking through the Convention Center keep in mind that a mere 15 years ago - it was a big deal we had an Applebee’s.
 
This being a conference, I’ll be working more than the usual 8-5.  [...]

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Good mornin’ - here’s some stuff I’ve picked up around the web since last Monday.
Democrats Fear NASCAR Cooties - here’s a good collection of articles: Charlotte Observer (news article), Charlotte Observer (editorial) Carolina Politics Online, Carolina Politics Online Again, The Moderate Voice (great cartoon); but the best analysis, hands down, came from our friends at [...]

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No Friday Five today. [CLICK HERE TO CATCH UP ON THE ONES YOU MISSED]
In an interview this week with Hugh Fisher of the Kannapolis Citizen, Coy named former Cabarrus County Commissioner Robert Freeman as his choice as a replacement for the seat that he said he would relinquish following the sale of his house [...]

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In today’s Cabarrus Neighbors, we have this quote from Jail Trail last hope Grace Mynatt:
The plan by commissioner Grace Mynatt would have eliminated the top two floors of the jail-law enforcement center complex’s 480-bed inmate housing building…”I’m frustrated,” Mynatt said. “There was just no willingness to compromise by other board members.”
Let me take Ms. Mynatt [...]

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Lowe’s Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith now says there is a “90 percent chance” he will move his track out of Concord for another site around Charlotte.And if he leaves Concord, Smith said, he will raze the track and sell the property piecemeal.
[READ THE REST OF THE OBSERVER ARTICLE HERE]
It seems overly simplistic to be [...]

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1. They told me that if George Bush were elected, that Congress would try to limit free speech - and they were right. (HT: Instapundit)
2. I knew it was Rock The Cash Bar!
3. Last week, I flipped, then I flopped.
4. Mike Tallent is a YouTube star.
5. My candidate is more Christian than yours.
6. Ric Starnes [...]

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