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Here’s some more information on the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) bonds.

NCRC Parking Deck Issues
Revenue Impacts of the Recommended TIF Package
TIF Revenue and Expenses Summary(Excel)

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Give the Charlotte Observer a Commissioner, a Mayor, and a billionaire and here’s the People-magazine tripe they produce:
Last week, at a luncheon Murdock attended in Kannapolis for campus-related ceremonies, he told county commissioner Privette that anyone who does not participate in the bonds is “an idiot,” according to Privette. Kannapolis Mayor Bob Misenheimer, who was [...]

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This week’s Friday Five is a list of the top five things to put on your calendar.  But first, if you’re going to go to any of these events - make sure you look as nice as John Edwards.  Trust me - watch the whole thing…this will be the funniest 2 minutes you spend all [...]

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In post from last August, I compared decisions to fund the NCRC to Thomas Jefferson’s 1803 decision to buy the Louisiana Territory from France.  Well, this week’s Kannapolis Citizen carries a similar theme in their editorial page.  Here’s a taste:
Which comes first, the county decision or the city decision? More and more it appears the [...]

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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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Ever in search of a thickening plot, Harold Smith is now bringing into question the approval of voluntary annexations approved by the Kannapolis City Council earlier this month. Here’s the text of his post:
The Kannapolis City Scheme 
Kannapolis City Approves Annexation into the Odell Community
What is wrong with Kannapolis City annexing into the Odell community?
Odell is [...]

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Agree with him or not - Milton Friedman is one of the most influential thinkers of our time, and the most famous living economist. He’s only one of three economists I could name off the top of my head: (Adam Smith and J.M. Keynes being the other two) He’s credited for quotes like “There’s no [...]

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A quick personal note
I haven’t made a post in more than two weeks, because I’ve been crazy busy. I’m overbooked at work, my family’s business is in their busy season, and it’s seems like this is the time for crashed hard drives and crashed family vechiles (my dad was involved in a rollover accident…he is [...]

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Wow, North Carolina Law is a funny thing. According to an article in Friday’s Independent Tribune, before the incorporation of Odell can go to a vote by it’s residents ALL of the municipalities in the county must approve.
That includes Kannapolis.
Yes, Kannapolis, NC that “undesirable address” I guess they are going to be discarding their main [...]

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Liar is a pretty hefty label. It’s not one that I throw around. So, to say that I caught Harold Smith in a lie would be a little strong for me. Let’s just say that I just detected a “deceptive factual inaccuracy in a statement intended to mislead”. Here goes:

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