Cabarrus Cheap Seats

The Tribune made their endorsements - congrats Liz & Bob.
I’ve updated the Election 2008 post and the School Board post with some external information.
Also, I thought y’all might enjoy this video.

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Here’s a rundown of Election 2008 Information.  I’ll update this as appropriate.
Early Voting Sites - Open Until 11:00AM Saturday
Find Your Voting Location on Election Day
All Election 2008 Posts
Guide to Cabarrus County School Board Candidates
GOP Voter Guide
Justin’s Endorsements - General and Lew Davidson
Independent Tribune Endorsements
Candidate Articles:
Bob Carruth
Robert Tizon
Liz Poole

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In this week’s Time Magazine Joel Stein said, “I was told by the very nice election-board workers that in-person early voters come in two varieties: the superinformed and the people Obama supporters pick up off the streets and throw into a van”.
It would be funny if it weren’t true.
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Barack Obama wants to raise this guy’s taxes, but didn’t mind cutting them for giant oil companies.

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UPDATE: Endorsements: Mine (featuring Lew Davidson) and the Independent Tribune Endorsements.  Also, a pretty cool, interactive Candidate Guide from the IT.
As part of my on-going mission to stir the pot,  I’m making this non-partisan election a partisan one; because there’s no such thing as a non-partisan election…just a “party secret” one.
Republicans: incumbent: Holly Blackwelder
previous candidates: David [...]

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Since I’ve been back in town, my life is has been one very long to-do list.  One of the things I wanted to do was to get back to everyone who commented/posted articles while I was gone.  So, I’m sorry for hogging all of the “Recent Comments”; but I didn’t want anyone who took the [...]

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Cross-posted in the Concord Standard
As a nation we can be proud that someone was able to progress through their career and overcome being a target of the most vile, bigoted elements of their political party to be a choice for President.  Regardless of the outcome on November 4th, we can rest assured that the presence [...]

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Here’s the updated list from before…your candidates for 4 four-year terms and the remaining two years of Liz Poole’s term…so far:
Republicans: incumbent: Holly Blackwelder; previous candidates: David Harrison and Lew Davidson; newcomers: Robert Tizon, Phillip C. Stevens, and Blake Kiger
Democrats: incumbent: Cindy Fertenbaugh; previous candidates: Mike Helms and Wilma King Means; newcomers: Anna Hood and [...]

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Yes, McCain 08 provided us with another version of the “Obama Love” video.
It’s just too good to be true.

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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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