Cabarrus Cheap Seats

So, I was thinking about doing next week’s Friday Five about Scott McClellan; but I would lack integrity trying to follow the beat-down that Bob Dole gave him via e-mail.
Yes, that Bob Dole.

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This blog turns three today.
Should this blog last another year, it would have been in service for longer than the majority of County Commissioners have been on the Cabarrus County Board.  Probably the same for the school board.
I’m looking forward - let’s look back

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According to Sunday’s Cabarrus Neighbors: The County Commissioners have a choice - fund the jails or fund the schools:
The county’s properties were revaluated this year, so if commissioners vote to keep a 63-cent tax rate, residents would have an effective tax increase of 11 cents per $100 valuation. The county would receive an additional $22.7 [...]

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I ran across this story over at the Observer…
Cabarrus sees promise of light rail 
A light-rail extension to the University City area is at least eight years away, if it gets built at all.
But the success of the Lynx Blue Line has Cabarrus County officials wondering if they could bring the train across the county line, [...]

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Alright - so a northern university winning a championship in a sport that a lot of people’ve never seen before is less than ‘all things Cabarrus.’  However, in a year where everything seemed lined up for Duke to add a lacrosse trophy to its case in Cameron, I felt it acceptable to give a little [...]

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The Cabarrus GOP Men’s Club Meets Tonight (Thursday)
On the agenda:
- Ty Cobb, Candidate for the 12th District.  Did you know that the current incumbent - Mel Watt - was the only person in Washington to vote against reforming the INS?  The same INS that gave Mohammad Atta a student visa…MONTHS after he lead the 9/11 [...]

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This is from the School Bond thread.
It’s been 7 years or so since the passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Good, bad, or indifferent?

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Another year, no more lanes. The late science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke envisioned a scientific mission to Jupiter in 2010. Back here on Earth, Cabarrus County is choking with it’s modern day equivalent of a dirt road, I-85. After a two hour commute which should have taken thirty minutes, one begins [...]

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There’s been some talk of a school bond; but the size and the timing have yet to be worked out.
For the latest poll: If there were a school bond measure - how would you vote?

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