Cabarrus Cheap Seats

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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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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Harold is not going to take down his list of names, base salaries, and position titles or revise it like I’d requested. Something told me that appealing to his and Coy’s on the basis of human decency would like trying to sell spinach to a six-year-old. I’m sure it’s been done; but I’ve never seen [...]

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There’s an acronym that is used frequently in the technical world - RTFM. Nicely put, it stands for “Read The Friendly Manual”. Exercise your imagination as to what word usually replaces Friendly.
Whenever I read an outrageous post by Harold Smith, it usually takes me anywhere from a few minutes or a couple of e-mails to [...]

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In order to accept what I’m about to tell you - it’s necessary for you to suspend all belief in facts, logic, and fiscal responsibility. You’ll have to ignore your judgment and believe what Harold Smith (www.goharoldsmith.com) has said about the Capital Reserve fund being a “slush fund” to be true. This will be difficult, [...]

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Sorry about the sparse blogging - I’ve been on the road and workin’ hard.
At any rate, Harold continues to claim that there’s a “slush fund” that John Day and spend on anything he wants; but doesn’t prove it. You notice how there’s no real references. That’s becuase it’s really complicated.
I’d explain it; but I’m too [...]

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There’s an old joke about people who mess with numbers for a living. A manager had three numbers people working for him: a mathematician, an engineer, and an accountant. He realized that there were some communications differences - so he’d thought he’d ask a question of each of them and see what kind of answer [...]

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Each month, I make a bet. I bet that I will total my car, that my house will be robbed, that I will need open heart surgery, and I will die within 6 weeks.
Of course, I regularly (and happily) lose this bet. Progressive Insurance, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and NC Farm Bureau end up [...]

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Update: For the full summary of the “Juba Scandal” - click here.
For months, we’ve been hearing how Joni Juba forced the Construction Manager Selection Committee to choose Turner. Harold Smith and others have painted a picture of a backroom deal between Joni Juba and Turner Construction. In this clandestine meeting Juba makes sure that Turner [...]

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