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Entries from March 2008

Bob Carruth Is Big In Alabama

March 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yet another example of how you can get noticed by posting stuff to Cabarrus Cheap Seats.
Bob Carruth is now a celebrity…among Alabama seniors - check it out.

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Friday Five: Bob Orr - By The Numbers

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Recently, I announced that I was endorsing Bob Orr for North Carolina Governor.  I’ve also spoken at events in Cabarrus and Davidson Counties on behalf of the campaign.  In that post, I discussed briefly why I decided to choose him over the other candidates.
For this week’s Friday Five, I’m going to explain why I’m backing [...]

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New Poll: NC Governor In Cabarrus County

March 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

It looks like Liz Poole is the overwhelming second choice for Cheap Seats Readers with 9 votes. Wendall Fant and Holly Blackwelder are tied for second with 3 votes, and Bob Carruth and other are tied with 1 vote each.
OK, who do y’all like for gov?

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Can Someone Please Explain This Medical Savings Card to Me?

March 26th, 2008 · 27 Comments

Two weeks ago, the IT ran this story reporting how pharmacists are upset about the County distributing a medical savings card.
The following day: the IT ran this story giving figures about how much people in other counties saved and about what a great program the County says that it is.
Last night, a representative from the [...]

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Tags: Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners

Can You Ask Better Questions Than The Observer?

March 24th, 2008 · 14 Comments

Somebody sent me the list of questions the Cabarrus Observer-affiliate “The Cabarrus Neighbors” is using for the Board of Commissioners candidates.
They are timely and engaging…FOR THE 2006 ELECTION!
If you don’t believe me, check them out for yourself; and see how you can do something about it

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Tags: Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners · Current Events

What About Bob?

March 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Did you realize that since the last election in 2004, over 4,000 new Republicans have registered to vote in Cabarrus County? With this large of a number, no candidate is really an incumbent, and no incumbent can rest easy, because a large segment of the electorate either has no opinion of those running, or [...]

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Tags: Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners · Cabarrus Politics · Current Events

Friday Five: Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite

March 21st, 2008 · Comments Off

This week, Arthur C. Clarke died on Wednesday at the age of 90. If you know who Arthur C. Clarke is - you’re probably a nerd. He was the last of the “big three” (Asimov and Heinlien being the other two) science fiction writers of the 20th Century.
What [...]

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Harrisburg Egg Drop: A Sad Day for Mankind

March 20th, 2008 · 10 Comments

If you didn’t attend the Harrisburg Egg Drop on Saturday, March 15th; be glad you didn’t.  The press coverage in Harrisburg Horizons did not accurately describe what took place on that day.  The letter to the editor which ran in the current issue of Harrisburg Horizons did.  I attended the event with my family, so here [...]

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Tags: Cabarrus Communities

The Cheap Seats is Overhauled

March 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

Any website is a work in progress, but this is a quantum leap.  Here are a few things that have changed.

There will be two ways of posting an article: Registering a user name and submitting a draft (afterwards, you’ll be promoted to author and you can post whatever you want - whenever you want)  or [...]

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Overhaulin’

March 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I found out late last week that a paper that I have for ASME is due today. So, I didn’t want to spend this weekend on integration of the new blog. At any rate, it’s pretty much finished. I took most people’s advice but for the font (sorry, Aaron).
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