Cabarrus Cheap Seats

[Image Credit: This was taken by my friend, Capt. Charlie Benbow of Concord, following Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004.  His blog (Lightning From The Sky) was featured in Better Blogs a little while ago.]
I’m going to take a little bit of a break from the local fare to share a series of articles that are [...]

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Before people get all bent out of shape: I support our troops in Iraq and I supported and will probably continue to support Robin Hayes. That being said, Congressman Hayes didn’t do himself or anyone else any favors by a comment reported in the past two weeks’ Concord Standard & Times while he was [...]

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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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The choice for Cabarrus County voters is important on Tuesday. Those of us in the 8th District get to participate in one of the closer elections in the nation. Those in the 12th should go out and support Ada Fischer. The majority of the Cabarrus County Commission is up for grabs and a significant difference [...]

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This time last year, Robin Hayes voted to approve CAFTA. Predictably, the Democrats are using this vote as their main compliant against his time in office. Over at The Southern Dem, that seems to be the one and only problem they have with Robin Hayes.
This opposition is holding us back as a country and threatens [...]

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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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At last night’s Reagan Day dinner, Robin Hayes addressed one local issue - illegal immigration. And what did he say?
Back off.
Specifically, don’t do anything locally until the Congress gets their immigration policy straight.
It was sort of funny coming from the Congressman who backed the controversial House bill on Immigration Reform. One would think that he [...]

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I-85 is the first step in the route to both of our capitols (OK, you could take NC49; but bear with me) - Raleigh and Washington, D.C. So, I figure a little coverage of what comes down from those two places when it’s pertinent locally might be a good addition to the usual fare on [...]

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