Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Friday is the last day to file; but let’s see what’s happened lately:

The incumbents (Charles Mitchell & Doris Buchanan) for the two open Kannapolis School Board seats are up for reelection
Holly Blackwelder gives the GOP a shot at a complete ticket for County Commissioner.

Alright, Cheap Seats fans - let’s hear some predictions.  Will Jeff Barnhart [...]

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The reason given by Cabarrus County Commissioner Coy Privette not leaving his office: the local GOP didn’t provide him with an appropriate successor. 
This is hogwash, and I hope to demonstrate as to why with these three facts.

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This January, Coy Privette announced his decision to stay on the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. It was considered such a non-news item that some local outlets put in their print editions; but not on the Web.
That followed a statement Privette made three months ago (in late October) that he might leave if the [...]

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From the 2008 Election Open Thread: I guess I can claim the first announcement of a County Wide office in comments…sort of.

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Chairman Carruth, TEAR DOWN THIS BLOG

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If you haven’t noticed, others have been doing more writing on there than me, and that’s great. I’d like to do a quick roundup.
Sid Rauch gives us yet another reason why Coy should call it quits.
I think our District Attorney should reinstate the Cabarrus County charges related to his false police report and other [...]

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Coy Privette and a close following of 11 or so puppets have tried to abuse the term conservative republican. They might be registered republicans, but they are far, far away of being conservative — either fiscal or religious. Fiscally, when Privette controlled the majority of commissioners, they depleted local reserves and accumulated vast sums of [...]

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Normally, I’d let a conversation naturally evolve; but I figure since I’d like to keep the post to inform the process of Coy Privette’s replacement to nominees…we can open up the discussion here.  I moved the comments to make it a little easier.

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Two things happened yesterday:
A landmark agreement for the NCRC is settled and the Speedway is saved by offering road improvements (and renaming one road) [here's the Observer Article on the Speedway]
Now, ask yourself this question: Could the old majority - who took 5 years to decide to build a jail that was needed immedately; who [...]

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