Cabarrus Cheap Seats

Spirited Discussion About Life in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Friday Five: Welcoming Our New Overlords

November 7th, 2008 · 22 Comments

 
In a single night, the residents of Cabarrus County went from being represented - at the federal level - by people that most of them voted for (Bush, Hayes, and Dole) to seeing the other guys win the day.
Here are Five Ways I’m Dealing With It.

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2008 Cabarrus Election Return Roundup

November 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Here are the full results for the County.
I cannot think of a more appropriate occasion to show this video.


County Trends - The County went hard for McCain/Palin, Local GOP, Hayes, and Dole…pretty much in that order; but the gap between straight Republican and Democrat Straight Ticket was narrower than in the [...]

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The Price of Honesty

July 15th, 2008 · Comments Off

Crossposted on The Concord Standard
Recently, on my blog, a contributor posted a video of an ad criticizing the Larry Kissell’s Congressional campaign’s practice of avoiding paying payroll taxes – including Social Security - by designating his campaign employees as independent contractors. Why he did it is the sign of the times for entrepreneurs in [...]

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Backup Information on the Hayes Ad

June 13th, 2008 · Comments Off

As promised, here’s some backup information from the press release on the Hayes ad.
First, here’s the Fact Sheet, for those who’ve worked 1099 - could you have gotten away with this?
Second, here’s the tax information.
Finally, here’s what Dems have said about others on this practice…think of it as “What Democrats would say if Robin Hayes [...]

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