Cabarrus Cheap Seats

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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I was born and raised in Cabarrus county. I have struggled to pay for a home and now it is paid for, or is it. When do we own anything in Cabarrus county? I have to pay property tax for everything I own, so I guess that as long as I live here, [...]

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Someone pointed out to me that yesterday’s Observer reported the following:
A local resident who writes an Internet political blog passed out flyers at Tuesday’s meeting, calling for a protest at the Sept. 17 meeting.
It ain’t me.  It’s this guy.  I’ll be out-of-town on the 17th and I’ll miss the Big Show.
Good luck, though.

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Note: For those reading this over RSS or e-mail, you’ll have to go to the site to view the videos.
Since 2002, to help calibrate educators to the offset in age between them and their students to the difference in their ages, Beloit College releases the Mindset List. It’s an eye-opening list to understanding the [...]

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Palmer Thibault here again. I’ve hacked into Daddy’s blog again to inform the readers of my progress on the hottest story in the County. As you know, Mommy and Daddy have embarked on an experiment by hiding a baby in Mommy’s belly.  I firmly believe that babies don’t belong in bellies and you all should [...]

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We should be so lucky.
I almost missed this article in last week’s Observer until a Cheap Seats fan pointed it out to me. Here’s a taste:

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I’d wanted to do this when I got back from my recent hiatus for the Friday Five. Then again, it was more fun messing with y’all two weeks ago with my “big news” story. Anyhow, you probably will find this too sappy, sanctimonious, silly, and never visit here again. Then again, you [...]

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I’ve been talking to some of the 2007 Candidates in the Cabarrus County Election, and trying to come up with some new ideas to help y’all meet them. One of the ones I talked to was Mike Tallent. Mike was kind enough to try his hand at blogging and submitted an article yesterday. [...]

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After the civil war ended slavery was outlawed and the fifteenth amendment was adopted. It stated that the United States would not deny voting rights on account of race or color. This brought on poll taxes, grandfather clauses and literacy tests in the South. These were all ways to try and prevent African Americans from [...]

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