Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Just a reminder, Race week is coming up soon. Starts with All Star qualifying on the 16th, and goes through the Coca-Cola 500 on 5/25.
So, if you want to get out to the Concord Mills/Speedway end of Concord for anything at all, be sure to do it this weekend so you can avoid the traffic over […]

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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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If you didn’t attend the Harrisburg Egg Drop on Saturday, March 15th; be glad you didn’t.  The press coverage in Harrisburg Horizons did not accurately describe what took place on that day.  The letter to the editor which ran in the current issue of Harrisburg Horizons did.  I attended the event with my family, so here […]

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An interesting observation from an article in Monday’s Independent Tribune titled ‘Development’s future rests on vote by Harrisburg Town Council’. In the article, Bill Williams is quoted as saying, “I don’t want to vote for four houses per acre,” said councilman Bill Williams. “If they’re willing to pull their density down to something more […]

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Update: Election Returns should be here when polls close.
Today’s the day. I didn’t do Cabarrus Election Challenge this year. I was going to do something else; but it fell through. Thankfully, there are three sources that have picked up the slack and are great sources of information.
The first is the Cabarrus Neighbors who […]

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Thierry (AKA LiberalNC of Left on 49 fame) actually did something on my “to-do” list.  Before I started talking about the upcoming municipal elections, I wanted to post the candidates’ political registration information.   But, Thierry beat me to it AND upped the ante by making a Google Maps Mashup
As you know, municipal elections are “non-partisan” which is code […]

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Update (August 23, 2007): The “Wordpress Blogger’s Blog” (Lorelle on Wordpress) gave a challenge this week to give the story as to where a blog came from it’s original start.  I guess I was 2 1/2 months early.
This past week, this blog turned two. That makes me a seasoned veteran in the world of […]

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History is made by those who show up - Benjamin Disraeli
Well, in the case of the Harrisburg Town Council: it’s made by those who don’t show up.
What Went Down
According to an article in Wednesday’s Independent Tribune, Harrisburg Council Members Phil Cowherd, Michael Hart and Steve Sciascia were present at the Harrisburg Town Hall before the […]

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