Cabarrus Cheap Seats

This is an e-mail that was sent last month from the Jay White campaign:
Hello, I am Jay White , candidate for county commissioner. Cabarrus County is my home and I want to do everything that I can to continue to make it a great place to live for my family and yours.
Although my campaign was [...]

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As Chair of the Cabarrus Parks & Recreation Commission - this one is near and dear to my heart.
Earlier this decade, the County entered into a plan called the “Livable Community Blueprint”. There are 4 years left in the plan and quite a few parks to go. The community, as a whole, is behind and [...]

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Once again, only the Republican candidates responded. Here the question:
If elected, what is your plan for building the schools needed for the next decade?
And here are links to the answers:
Coy Privette
>Grace Mynatt
>Jay White

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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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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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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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