Cabarrus Cheap Seats

If you’ve not called your Mom.  Quit reading this and call your mom.  After that, enjoy this video.

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Check this out:
http://www.jibjab.com/originals/what_we_call_the_news
We have all been a little too serious lately…

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Earlier today, the NC Baptist Association voted out Myers Park Baptist for welcoming homosexuals. You-know-who is one of the delegates to the convention from North Kannapolis Baptist Church. [A side note, I blogged about this very policy last year]

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Fans of the Colbert Report are no doubt familar with the segment “Formidable Opponent” where Steven Colbert debates who he sees as being his only worthy opponent - himself.
Harold Smith often likes to get into “debates” on his website - where, if you challenge him, he might respond to you and refer to you as a [...]

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This week’s Friday Five is a list of the top five things to put on your calendar.  But first, if you’re going to go to any of these events - make sure you look as nice as John Edwards.  Trust me - watch the whole thing…this will be the funniest 2 minutes you spend all [...]

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North Carolina Open Meetings Law requires that during every public meeting of a city or county board - the citizens are given a time to speak. In Cabarrus County, it’s 3 minutes. In all honesty, it can be the entertaining part of the meeting…or the most disturbing.
For those who’ve been to a Cabarrus County Board [...]

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Alright, I figure at least once a week I need to divert just a little bit from what’s going on in the county. So, here goes.
Y’all may have heard about this test (especially if you’re NPR listeners) “Are You A Yankee Or a Rebel?” (link)
The answer is not as obvious as you might think. Check [...]

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Things have been slow in the local news and busy in my life; but I had a brief observation that I wanted to share with y’all.
First, there’s the whole Rush with Viagra thing. Which I don’t want to expond on; because it’s Rush and Viagra.
Second, the strangest time in an election cycle is the first [...]

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I’m collecting some data for a later post; because Coy Privette and Robert Freeman might have voted to cut funding to the Cabarrus Health Alliance, the Arena and Events Center, HVAC for several facilities, a new Board of Elections office, and some other things. Matching all that up will take some work and I’ve got [...]

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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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