Cabarrus Cheap Seats

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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The Independent Tribune covered the highlights of last night’s meeting; and I figured I would link to some related articles.

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Hickory sits at an elevation of 1180 feet, Kannapolis is at 780 feet, and Concord at 704 feet.
Why is this important? Well, thanks to gravity, water flows downhill and that causes higher elevations to be upstream. As a matter of fact, Hickory is also 50 miles upstream from the probable site for transferring [...]

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Here’s the question:
Many local leaders supported the Interbasin Transfer proposal. The discussions brought forward the reality that this community will be dealing with more people and fewer resources. As a commissioner, what will you do in the areas of environmental and resource conservation?
Here are the responses:
Coy Privette
Grace Mynatt

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The last meeting for the IBT is tonight. I was planning on going; but work and family trumped it. Here’s the details:
The meeting will be at Olympic High School from 6PM to 9:15PM. The Chamber is sending buses - call Jocelyn Smilie at 704-782-2000, ext. 37 to find out of there are any vacancies.
Also, some [...]

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Again, I’m taking time from putting up the third post in the “Appetite for Construction” series to over this IBT mess. I’ve put up nearly 200 posts and most of the time there’s a philosophical difference (i.e. most of Cabarrus County supports public education vs. the Cabarrus Taxpayers’ Association opposing it); but this time - [...]

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Due to a death in the family, I won’t be able to get to post a planned third installment to the development articles - “Appetite for Construction” - and a comprehensive article on the Interbasin Transfer (IBT). I plan to get to both of these later this week.
However, I’m taking a few moments to address [...]

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In case you missed it, Eric Deines wrote a very informative artice on the proposed Catawba and Yadkin Interbasin Transfer (IBT).
The cities in Cabarrus County have been leading the charge with this very important issue for our future. It was only last month that County Government drafted a letter of support.
We’d be better off if [...]

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