Cabarrus Cheap Seats

There’s an acronym that is used frequently in the technical world - RTFM. Nicely put, it stands for “Read The Friendly Manual”. Exercise your imagination as to what word usually replaces Friendly.
Whenever I read an outrageous post by Harold Smith, it usually takes me anywhere from a few minutes or a couple of e-mails to [...]

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I’m that guy.
I’m the guy when forwarded an e-mail looks up the facts on Snopes and reports back that the e-mail is a hoax. I “Reply To All” to help stop the spread of such e-mails. Rarely am I thanked for it. Usually I get a message asking why I would do such a thing. [...]

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In order to accept what I’m about to tell you - it’s necessary for you to suspend all belief in facts, logic, and fiscal responsibility. You’ll have to ignore your judgment and believe what Harold Smith (www.goharoldsmith.com) has said about the Capital Reserve fund being a “slush fund” to be true. This will be difficult, [...]

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Sorry about the sparse blogging - I’ve been on the road and workin’ hard.
At any rate, Harold continues to claim that there’s a “slush fund” that John Day and spend on anything he wants; but doesn’t prove it. You notice how there’s no real references. That’s becuase it’s really complicated.
I’d explain it; but I’m too [...]

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The staff of the City of Concord proposed that the property tax rate be increased by $0.014 on the $100 valuation. For me, I’ll be sending an extra $1.66 to the city’s coffers every month. So, please excuse my lack of excitement over the issue.
I did take the time to look over the budget. The [...]

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There’s an old joke about people who mess with numbers for a living. A manager had three numbers people working for him: a mathematician, an engineer, and an accountant. He realized that there were some communications differences - so he’d thought he’d ask a question of each of them and see what kind of answer [...]

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“I have no problem whatsoever letting the future pay for schools” - Coy Privette 
Oh, yes, you heard that right: Coy is interested in mortgaging the future. In all honesty, I thought of using the term “Cabarrus Youth Tax” as an illustration of how the debt that Coy Privette, Richard Suggs, and Robert Freeman arranged when [...]

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