Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Over the past several weeks, I have been presented with the opportunity to interview for not one, but two new positions with my employer.  In the first, both of us realized about halfway through the process that I would not be a good “fit” for the job.  The second will be occurring on May 13th, [...]

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Holly and Liz participated in a series of comments that might give you some insights to them as candidates.  Bob Carruth even joined the fray.
This seems to be the closest thing we’ll get to an exchange between the candidates for the primary.
These comments were moved from Steve’s REBIC thread.

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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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Everybody you talk to these days wants to talk about growth. It is, I believe, the number one issue for the 2008 election cycle. School requirements, road needs, and tax issues are all directly related to how we handle growth. First, I want to explain some of the facts surrounding [...]

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Yet another example of how you can get noticed by posting stuff to Cabarrus Cheap Seats.
Bob Carruth is now a celebrity…among Alabama seniors - check it out.

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Two weeks ago, the IT ran this story reporting how pharmacists are upset about the County distributing a medical savings card.
The following day: the IT ran this story giving figures about how much people in other counties saved and about what a great program the County says that it is.
Last night, a representative from the [...]

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Somebody sent me the list of questions the Cabarrus Observer-affiliate “The Cabarrus Neighbors” is using for the Board of Commissioners candidates.
They are timely and engaging…FOR THE 2006 ELECTION!
If you don’t believe me, check them out for yourself; and see how you can do something about it

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Did you realize that since the last election in 2004, over 4,000 new Republicans have registered to vote in Cabarrus County? With this large of a number, no candidate is really an incumbent, and no incumbent can rest easy, because a large segment of the electorate either has no opinion of those running, or [...]

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Cheap Seats reader David Leonard posted an interesting comment that I’ve moved to this thread.   The question remains: Are Cabarrus County taxes too high?

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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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