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Spirited Discussion About Life in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Friday Five: Mike Easley Was Right About The Community College Decision

November 30th, 2007 · 6 Comments

In comments on the article where I invite you to name Coy Privette’s replacement, I state that I’m not planning on running for anything in 2008. In this article, I’m going to prove it.
Nobody in their right mind would run as a Republican around here and write the article that you’re about to read.
Today’s [...]

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Phobia

November 29th, 2007 · Comments Off

Why crazy 9/11 theories persist.

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Monday Mornin’ Roundup

October 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Good mornin’ - here’s some stuff I’ve picked up around the web since last Monday.
Democrats Fear NASCAR Cooties - here’s a good collection of articles: Charlotte Observer (news article), Charlotte Observer (editorial) Carolina Politics Online, Carolina Politics Online Again, The Moderate Voice (great cartoon); but the best analysis, hands down, came from our friends at [...]

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Tags: Ancient History · Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners · Current Events · Personal Experiences

Y’all Hablo Engrish?

January 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I applaud Coy Privette’s move to make English the official language of Cabarrus County. As the most studied language in the world, it happens to be the most misunderstood. Every English speaker thinks they speak English and they understand it; but they really don’t. With English as our official language, getting around [...]

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Hayes to County Commission Immigration Crusaders: “Leave Immigration to the Feds”

April 8th, 2006 · Comments Off

At last night’s Reagan Day dinner, Robin Hayes addressed one local issue - illegal immigration. And what did he say?
Back off.
Specifically, don’t do anything locally until the Congress gets their immigration policy straight.
It was sort of funny coming from the Congressman who backed the controversial House bill on Immigration Reform. One would think that he [...]

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Deputized Deputies

February 7th, 2006 · Comments Off

For those of you who believe that Illegal Immigrants are the #1 threat in America - you might just get to spend more local resources dealing with this crisis.
Now, if we could only do more about the terrorists that come to this country legally.

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You Don’t Have to Go Home; But You Can’t Stay Here

December 29th, 2005 · Comments Off

At last week’s Board of Commissioners meeting, Coy Privette introduced a resolution intended to curb illegal immigration. He got the language of the resolution from one submitted to the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners by Bill James. According to the Cabarrus Neighbors article, the resolution would direct County staff to do the following:

Participate in a [...]

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