Cabarrus Cheap Seats

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I’m moving the discussion of the President’s record from the 2008 Election Open Thread to this post.

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During the series of NCRC doubts, I spent some time on why Kannapolis is going with a TIF.  Later, I outlined why going with COPS instead of TIFs were a bad idea in this instance. 
In his Spotlight report, Colletti leads with fear-mongering:
Just as lenders and borrowers underestimated some of the risks from subprime mortgages, there [...]

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With his election in 2006, Jay White continued the move away from the paleoconservative, buy now-pay later philosophy of the majority of the Commissioners during the first half of this decade (that switch started in 2004 with the election of Joni Juba).  In addition to that, his campaign was a breath of fresh air that [...]

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Chairman Carruth, TEAR DOWN THIS BLOG

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I’m moving the thread from the Mitt Romney Friday Five post to here and to continue asking this question:
Who do you like for 2008? For President, Gov, Board of Commissioners, School Board, etc. - it’s all open.
Update: Two threads have sprung from this one: The President’s Legacy and the possibility of a McCrory Candidacy [...]

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In a recent Spotlight report, resident John Locke Foundation financial expert Joseph Coletti made the argument against the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) Tax Increment Financing (TIF) bonds passed recently.  The report deals with the two projects that have received TIF financing - the NCRC and the Randy Parton Theater.
The report is interesting in that [...]

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I remember when it was a big deal that we had a Super K AND a 24-hour Walmart. Now this from the Tribune:
If Bruton Smith’s $200 million upgrades to Lowe’s Motor Speedway really will make it the “Disney World of professional motor sports,” then a light rail connection to downtown Charlotte may be its [...]

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