Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Could this image be the “Marines at Iwo Jima” of The Surge?

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About $75 Million
Thanks for that, City Council.

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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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Lowe’s Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith now says there is a “90 percent chance” he will move his track out of Concord for another site around Charlotte.And if he leaves Concord, Smith said, he will raze the track and sell the property piecemeal.
[READ THE REST OF THE OBSERVER ARTICLE HERE]
It seems overly simplistic to be [...]

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The City Council has changed their position on the drag strip and I’ve changed my mind on how well our City government is representing us.
While an earlier article put me on the fence about the Speedway fiasco, there are three issues that make me believe it’s time for serious change in Concord.

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When I first heard about the complaints over the proposed drag strip at Lowes Motor Speedway (LMS) - I asked myself - how loud is it really?
Pretty freakin’ loud. 
According to makeitlouder.com (which is one of the coolest website names ever).  N.H.R.A. dragsters can produce sounds in the 160db range when standing nearby.  That’s in the [...]

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You ever watch the news and get upset with bridges to nowhere, bridges that fall apart, government waste, etc? You wish there’s something you could do about it?
Well, now is your opportunity.

Do you think that Cabarrus County has spent too much on the jail?
If the answer is “no”, try this question - do you [...]

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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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Philip Morris’ Concord Facility will close its doors in 2010. 
Some interesting facts about the Concord facility:

Philip Morris is the second largest employer in Cabarrus County (Northeast Medical is first)
Philip Morris is the County’s largest taxpayer - accounting for 7.45% of the taxes brought in by the county last year.  10 years ago - the number was closer to [...]

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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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