Cabarrus Cheap Seats

A complaint against N.C. Sen. Fletcher Hartsell was filed with the State Board of Ethics, alleging that in a rezoning and forced-annexation case his roles as an elected official and as a lawyer for a developer and the Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County created a conflict of interest.
How could any of us consider [...]

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With his election in 2006, Jay White continued the move away from the paleoconservative, buy now-pay later philosophy of the majority of the Commissioners during the first half of this decade (that switch started in 2004 with the election of Joni Juba).  In addition to that, his campaign was a breath of fresh air that [...]

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We should be so lucky.
I almost missed this article in last week’s Observer until a Cheap Seats fan pointed it out to me. Here’s a taste:

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Here we go again.  This is Harold from yesterday:
Commissioner Bob Carruth prohibits John Day to accept an invitation to appear  on Alex Rankin’s Business Forum local cable program with Mike Legg to discuss Increment Tax Financing (TIF).
Another attempt by Commissioner Carruth to keep the public in the dark!

Of course, none of this is true.  Here are [...]

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I was going to get the exact numbers; but left my copy of the Concord Standard at work. Anyhow, the Jay White campaign, according to the paper, spent about $54,000. But Jay White himself didn’t spend $54,000, as Harold claimed. Check this out.
According to campaign reports, Jay White has already spent $54,000 in his campaign [...]

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Many times our exposure to the press only brings out the negative. I’ll admit that I’m much more apt to post something when I’m motivated by negative feelings than positive ones. However, this ballot is full of people who want to make a difference locally and I’d like to share messages I’ve received over the [...]

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This is the fifth e-mail from Jay White
There are only a few days left until the election. As you are aware this year’s election is extremely important to our local government. We are voting to elect three commissioners to a board made up of five commissioners’ seats. We are electing a majority of board members [...]

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This is the fourth message from the Jay White campaign:
This is the fourth of several emails about Jay White . Thank you for continuing to forward these emails to friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, teammates, etc. We need to encourage everyone to get out and vote. Less than 10% of registered voters voted in the primary. [...]

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This is the third of several emails about Jay White, why he is running for County Commissioner , and what he hopes to accomplish. We appreciate all of the support we have received and ask that you continue to forward these emails to help us spread the word about Jay and encourage others to vote [...]

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This is the second e-mail sent from the Jay White campaign.
This is the second of several emails leading up to the November election about Jay White , why he is running for County Commissioner , and what he hopes to accomplish.
Several of you have told me that recent events concerning the Tribune building and the [...]

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