Cabarrus Cheap Seats

I ran across an interesting story in today’s Observer:
http://www.charlotte.com/540/story/697154.html
Apparently, IF the NC Education Lottery were to be repealed, then according to Perdue, there would be a “$350 million” gap in education funding, that would have to be found somewhere.  In essence, what she is saying is this - now education is not a priority spending [...]

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You asked for it.  Read, make comments.  My summary is pretty general in scope.
The total amount of the General Fund (the main part of the budget) is $206 Million. Of this amount, $56 Million, or 27% of the General Fund, is designated for programs which are mandated by the state or federal government, or involve [...]

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I’ve been trying every evening to provide a few articles for you to read in order not to leave you with the drivel I write and publish.
However, today there’s only one article and it is a MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT’S DRIVING GROWTH IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA.  This article shows the [...]

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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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In today’s Cabarrus Neighbors, we have this quote from Jail Trail last hope Grace Mynatt:
The plan by commissioner Grace Mynatt would have eliminated the top two floors of the jail-law enforcement center complex’s 480-bed inmate housing building…”I’m frustrated,” Mynatt said. “There was just no willingness to compromise by other board members.”
Let me take Ms. Mynatt [...]

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According to the Concord Standard & Times (whose website has not been updated since August 22 as of the time of this post) - the latest delay in the Cabarrus Jail expansion project in Downtown Concord was at the request of the Jail Trail crowd. 
The case, which was supposed to be heard by the Court of [...]

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This is for someone I talked to yesterday; but I think that it applies to most people reading this blog: even though the details of an amoral, horny, old has-been politician who - if more people in this county had a brain in their head - shouldn’t have been elected in the 21st century [...]

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I thought since the big growth summit is coming up next week - I would repost (and finish) the “Appetite for Construction” series of posts from last August.
I posted two posts of what was to be a three post series. I never finished; but I aim to this week. So, here’s the first one:
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In the [...]

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I thought since the big growth summit is coming up next week - I would repost (and finish) the “Appetite for Construction” series of posts from last August.
I posted two posts of what was to be a three post series. I never finished; but I aim to this week. So, here’s the first [...]

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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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