Cabarrus Cheap Seats

First, check out this article from last week’s Independent Tribune.
Now, answer these questions:
1) Why do local Democrats REALLY want district representation?
2) Why is it so important to Coy Privette to push the election of the proposed commissioners seats until 2010?
For background: here are the two bills filed in the General Assembly: Executive Board Option and [...]

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I ran across this story over at the Observer…
Cabarrus sees promise of light rail 
A light-rail extension to the University City area is at least eight years away, if it gets built at all.
But the success of the Lynx Blue Line has Cabarrus County officials wondering if they could bring the train across the county line, [...]

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The Cabarrus GOP Men’s Club Meets Tonight (Thursday)
On the agenda:
- Ty Cobb, Candidate for the 12th District.  Did you know that the current incumbent - Mel Watt - was the only person in Washington to vote against reforming the INS?  The same INS that gave Mohammad Atta a student visa…MONTHS after he lead the 9/11 [...]

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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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Note from Justin: For some reason, even though this post was up early in the morning, the e-mail program didn’t pick it up and - for those of you on the e-mail list - you’re getting this a day late.  To you and Chris, I apologize.  The meeting was last night and it was great.

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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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Note: The Friday Fives return after the Primaries
Here’s the new NCGOP ad - if you haven’t already seen it. John McCain saw it and told them to pull it. The National Party told them to pull it. But, in their infinite wisdom, the NCGOP will run this on TV channels throughout the state.
The [...]

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Please note our Next meeting: Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at the
Red Pig
in the Carolina Mall.

NC Civitas will be our Guest speaker.
Chris Hayes from the John William Pope Civitas Institute will be there to discuss
the results of their latest NC polling results. These [...]

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I’ve been out of law enforcement now for almost four years. I know this because my ex-partner on the force and I have an annual golf outing to celebrate our freedom from the geniusry of the law enforcement system in North Carolina.
I don’t stay in contact with many of my former partners at the department [...]

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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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