Cabarrus Cheap Seats

UPDATE: After 7:30PM EDT - You should start seeing some results…otherwise, SCROLL PAST THESE AND DO SOME RESEARCH!!!
RESULTS - CABARRUS COUNTY - It scrolls!
RESULTS ANALYSIS - This looks pretty cool, if it works.
RESULTS - STATEWIDE 
Here are some links that might be helpful for those going to the polls (not poles) Tuesday.
ALL POSTS ABOUT THE 2008 […]

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A complaint against N.C. Sen. Fletcher Hartsell was filed with the State Board of Ethics, alleging that in a rezoning and forced-annexation case his roles as an elected official and as a lawyer for a developer and the Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County created a conflict of interest.
How could any of us consider […]

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OK, a lot has happened since we last visited this:

Jim Johnson has filed for Fletcher Hartsell’s seat. Will Hartsell set a record for beating the greatest number of people in an election?
There’s a primary fight in the GOP. Liz Poole and Marcy Hiers filed. That makes it a four-way race for two […]

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When we last left our two participants at the Odell Lobbying seminar being taught by “Fella From Odell” the instructor from was suggesting that being rude should help when offering bribes doesn’t.
Part 3: “File a phony ethics complaint”

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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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There has been a lot of press about Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Carruth maybe supporting a Democrat in lieu of Coy Privette. What he does in the ballot box is his business, just as what you do is yours. However, he’s working hard to put Republicans who’ll work towards a better Cabarrus […]

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A Brief Programming Note
Because of some commitments between tonight and Sunday night, I will not be able to update this blog or get to approving any comments until the end of the weekend.
It’s part of a post-election deal I made with my wife.
Diminishing Returns
About 8% of the County bothered to show up for the Primary […]

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I got the opportunity to sit through the last BOC meeting. I got there a little late; but stuck around until the end. Here are just a few thoughts:

Personnel Changes - The resignation of County Attorney Fletcher Hartsell and the election of Carruth to Chair and Joni Juba to Vice Chair. What’s interesting is that […]

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Just in time for the 2006 Primary season, Harold Smith presents us with 2 more issues to be the topics du jour before Republicans and Independents go to the polls to select the Republican nominees for Cabarrus County Commission.
The County Jail and John Day:
 
December 11, 2005: Who Was Negligent in Jail Project? 
Who is responsible? John […]

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Over the past year, a common rant among Coy Privette and His Acolytes (writing “Cabarrus Taxpayers Association” and “Cabarrus Men’s Club” time and time again is wearing me down) is that the County Attorney, Fletcher Hartsell, has failed the county with lousy legal representation and charged a lot in the process of doing so. One […]

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