Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Spirited Discussion About Life in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Entries from April 2008

Shame-Free Zone

April 22nd, 2008 · 13 Comments

A typo on Joy Lane’s campaign website lead to a thread that some may be offended at; but most will find entertaining…even if they won’t admit to it.

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Tags: Current Events

Gateway to Center City: Where’s the meat?

April 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments

Over the past 5 years, the areas surrounding downtown Concord have changed drastically.  Several of the neighborhoods seem to be deteriorating and becoming populated by the ever growing Hispanic community we have in the area.   Anyone that has driven down Cabarrus avenue towards Old Charlotte Road and the 601 bypass in this time will notice [...]

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Tags: Cabarrus Communities

Cabarrus County Commissioner Candidate: Joy Lane

April 20th, 2008 · 9 Comments

A Joy Lane supporter paid us a visit on Caleb’s young voter thread and I’m moving some of the comments over here.  While Joy herself has left us a comment on a question from the 2006 election - we haven’t seen a lot of her.  She does, however, have a website.  I would suggest paying [...]

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Tags: Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners · Current Events

Weekend Open Thread (April 19)

April 18th, 2008 · 18 Comments


Of course, Red State Update does the best synopsis of the Obama/Clinton Debate.
I’m moving some of the comments about those running (Obama) and those not (me) here from the McCrory thread.
Also, give us your thoughts on a runoff. The most likely scenarios from the current poll - McCrory [...]

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Tags: Current Events

The image of impunity

April 18th, 2008 · 10 Comments

If you haven’t seen this Image–you will soon. It’s one that shows all Americans just how far these whack-jobs are going to take it before it’s all over. This brings some important questions to the surface for all of our local and state candidates.

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“Head and Shoulders Above The Others”

April 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

And the first, major press endorsement in the GOP Governor’s race goes to…Guess Who.

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Tags: Current Events

Wednesday Roundup (16 Apr 08)

April 16th, 2008 · Comments Off

For those who need to catchup on what’s up here and elsewhere.
Enjoy.

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General Candidate Question: What About The Budget?

April 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I’m moving a few comments from the thread on Larry Burrage to ask this question of the candidates (or officials or those who just lurk around here).
With 20/20 hindsight - what would you change about this year’s budget that was agreed to last summer.
You can find that information in the information page that the County [...]

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Tags: Current Events

The Next Generation: We’re here, I promise.

April 15th, 2008 · 17 Comments

Though I’m new to actually commenting and contributing to this blog, I’ve been reading it on and off for a couple of months now, and I’m noticing that I’m probably the youngest reader by at least 10 years. That isn’t surprising to me, and shouldn’t be to anyone else, because conventional wisdom would suggest [...]

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Tags: Current Events

Cabarrus Candidate Forum on Channel 22

April 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Last week, four other commissioner candidates - Larry Burrage, Liz Poole, Holly Blackwelder, Joy Lane and myself all squared off in a candidate forum sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. (Marcy Heirs was out of town, and the two Democrats, Wendell Fant and Archie Barnhardt, chose not to participate, since they don’t have a [...]

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Tags: Current Events