Cabarrus Cheap Seats

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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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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This is a classic case of “What would you do?”
In one of his first interviews since the trial, Rose (the jury foreman) said the jury’s deliberations were challenging as the panel weighed 35 days of testimony and conflicting expert opinions on the fire.
The bigger challenge, Rose said, came when the jury had to decide if [...]

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I’ve still got another week until I’m spreading hate and discontent on a regular basis; but Brad from Kannapolis 2.0 has something like 20 new articles up.  Go check them out.

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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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I remember when it was a big deal that we had a Super K AND a 24-hour Walmart. Now this from the Tribune:
If Bruton Smith’s $200 million upgrades to Lowe’s Motor Speedway really will make it the “Disney World of professional motor sports,” then a light rail connection to downtown Charlotte may be its [...]

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I missed this when it came on cable, but the print story is motivating enough.
Earlier this year, a nation was hoping against all hope that a kid from Concord - UNC’s mascot - would beat the odds after being hit by an SUV in New Jersey.
He didn’t, but because of a decision he made helped [...]

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A phone call with an Asian client kept me at work until about 8PM.  Given that, not much time for blogging.  I figured with everything that’s gone on with the Speedway, that I would share a little blast from the past.
This is back from May 2005.  It’s the second post I’ve ever written; but it’s [...]

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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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