Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Cross-posted in the Concord Standard

It was a year ago this week that Cabarrus County Commissioner Coy Privette was arrested on six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution.  While most readers remember the highlights - the most poignant and often overlooked observation to follow in the wake of the Privette Scandal came from one of his [...]

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The reason given by Cabarrus County Commissioner Coy Privette not leaving his office: the local GOP didn’t provide him with an appropriate successor. 
This is hogwash, and I hope to demonstrate as to why with these three facts.

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This January, Coy Privette announced his decision to stay on the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. It was considered such a non-news item that some local outlets put in their print editions; but not on the Web.
That followed a statement Privette made three months ago (in late October) that he might leave if the [...]

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If you haven’t noticed, others have been doing more writing on there than me, and that’s great. I’d like to do a quick roundup.
Sid Rauch gives us yet another reason why Coy should call it quits.
I think our District Attorney should reinstate the Cabarrus County charges related to his false police report and other [...]

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Coy Privette and a close following of 11 or so puppets have tried to abuse the term conservative republican. They might be registered republicans, but they are far, far away of being conservative — either fiscal or religious. Fiscally, when Privette controlled the majority of commissioners, they depleted local reserves and accumulated vast sums of [...]

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While I personally disagree with the Board of Commissioners decision to postpone the motion to censure Commissioner Privette - I can see the rationale.

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The Cabarrus County Republican Men’s Club Executive Board met for business for the first time since their election in May. Their only action was to dissolve the club

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I figured - since the dust has settled and the various parties involved had their chance to weigh in on the matter - that I would share with you the facts in this post and some commentary tomorrow.
So, here’s what happened on October 25, 2007 Cabarrus Republican Men’s Club Meeting where Coy Privette was deposed [...]

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