Cabarrus Cheap Seats

I’ve asked this question of all of the candidates. Oddly enough, only the Republicans responded.
Here’s the question: If elected, what issue or issues will you get resolved for the people of Cabarrus County that aren’t being addressed effectively by the current board and what will you do to work with the other Board members to [...]

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I’m firing up Cabarrus Election Challenge once more for the November Elections. I’ll be focusing on the Board of Commissioners and School Board Races. During the primary, I’d asked the Republican Candidates some questions. As the general election is starting up, I’ve extended the invitation to the Democrats. I’ve gotten one response thus far. Here [...]

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To My Dear Harold Smith devotees,
I know you earnestly want to believe that what he says is true; but don’t believe it unless he has some external references. Otherwise, you might believe that having become a Republican “recently” means doing so in the last 50 years.
Take for instance what he’s recently said about Grace Mynatt
Grace [...]

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“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.” - Thomas Carlyle
According to Harold Smith and Coy Privette - I’ve been undertaxed. Or, they were simply mistaken. Or, they were exploiting perception to score some votes in the May Primary.
I’m going to serve up a big helping of the benefit of [...]

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A Brief Programming Note
Because of some commitments between tonight and Sunday night, I will not be able to update this blog or get to approving any comments until the end of the weekend.
It’s part of a post-election deal I made with my wife.
Diminishing Returns
About 8% of the County bothered to show up for the Primary [...]

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Before I get started, let’s consider a term - RINO or “Republican In Name Only”. What makes one officially a Republican is to go down to the Board of Election office and to register as one. However, Republicans themselves have differing criteria for when to consider someone else a Republican. When a Republican doesn’t meet [...]

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Here was the question:
From 1999 to 2004, the majority of the county’s debt load moved abruptly from voter-approved bonds to non-voter approved instruments. Debt service is the fastest growing part of the budget and is the only major part of the budget significantly outpacing population growth and inflation. With these debt service payments taking up [...]

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The Second Question for 2006 Election Challenge was “As a commissioner, what do you feel your role is in response to the North Carolina Research Campus?”
This question was directed at the candidates on the Republican Primary for Cabarrus County Commission.
Here are links to their responses.

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I’ve finally got the Cabarrus Election site up. It’s here: http://cabarruselection.blogspot.com
I asked the candidates why they were running. Here are the links to their responses:
Coy Privette
Jay White
Grace Mynatt
Larry Griffin
Carolyn Carpenter

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In a poll released last week by the North Carolina Center for Voter Education, more NC Voters could identify recent American Idol winner Carrie Underwood than they could Attorney General Roy Cooper.
In their article, they postulate that public financing would take the pressure off of candidates; but I have another idea. A review of the [...]

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