Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Everybody you talk to these days wants to talk about growth. It is, I believe, the number one issue for the 2008 election cycle. School requirements, road needs, and tax issues are all directly related to how we handle growth. First, I want to explain some of the facts surrounding [...]

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I’ve still got another week until I’m spreading hate and discontent on a regular basis; but Brad from Kannapolis 2.0 has something like 20 new articles up.  Go check them out.

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Two things happened yesterday:
A landmark agreement for the NCRC is settled and the Speedway is saved by offering road improvements (and renaming one road) [here's the Observer Article on the Speedway]
Now, ask yourself this question: Could the old majority - who took 5 years to decide to build a jail that was needed immedately; who [...]

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Could this image be the “Marines at Iwo Jima” of The Surge?

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Update: Election Returns should be here when polls close.
Today’s the day. I didn’t do Cabarrus Election Challenge this year. I was going to do something else; but it fell through. Thankfully, there are three sources that have picked up the slack and are great sources of information.
The first is the Cabarrus Neighbors who [...]

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Thierry (AKA LiberalNC of Left on 49 fame) actually did something on my “to-do” list.  Before I started talking about the upcoming municipal elections, I wanted to post the candidates’ political registration information.   But, Thierry beat me to it AND upped the ante by making a Google Maps Mashup
As you know, municipal elections are “non-partisan” which is code [...]

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Update (August 23, 2007): The “Wordpress Blogger’s Blog” (Lorelle on Wordpress) gave a challenge this week to give the story as to where a blog came from it’s original start.  I guess I was 2 1/2 months early.
This past week, this blog turned two. That makes me a seasoned veteran in the world of [...]

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Last night, the Cabarrus BOC voted to approve the County’s participation in the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) financing; but not necessarily in the Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) bonds.  The issue was that, at this late moment, the County has decided to consider using Certificates of Participation (COPS), because of a slightly lower interest rate (but [...]

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Scott Jagow was the litmus test of my morning commute.   As I took in the morning news from the local NPR outlet, if I pulled into work when Scott was still on - I was on time.  Now if I hear Mr. Jagow - I’m late.  This is because he’s moved to California and is the voice of the nationally-syndicated [...]

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If you haven’t already, you can speak out in favor of the County’s participation in the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) Bonds at the Cabarrus Board of Commissioners’ Meeting at 6:30PM3:30PM (the evening meeting is on May 21). The NCRC project list is out there, the projections are out there - it’s [...]

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