Cabarrus Cheap Seats

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During the series of NCRC doubts, I spent some time on why Kannapolis is going with a TIF.  Later, I outlined why going with COPS instead of TIFs were a bad idea in this instance. 
In his Spotlight report, Colletti leads with fear-mongering:
Just as lenders and borrowers underestimated some of the risks from subprime mortgages, there [...]

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In a recent Spotlight report, resident John Locke Foundation financial expert Joseph Coletti made the argument against the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) Tax Increment Financing (TIF) bonds passed recently.  The report deals with the two projects that have received TIF financing - the NCRC and the Randy Parton Theater.
The report is interesting in that [...]

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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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Of course, the fella in the picture is David Murdock - the man behind building the $1.5 Billion NCRC Research Campus in Kannapolis.
I think it’s awful when people in the press stereotype billionaires as drunken, illegal neredowells. David Murdock is just trying to make a living like the rest of us.
*  Note: David Murdock [...]

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First, there was this bit of news of breaks on sales taxes and expanding the TIF limits [click here to read more] - that’s par for the course lately.
Now, Congressman Robin Hayes is helping out.
This from the Sailsbury Post:
Hayes worked to get specific language in the bill to recognize the importance of plant genetic and nutrition research [...]

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Do you remember this NCRC Doubt: The State be putting in more - they should do their fair share [click here]?  This from the Observer:
The research campus is slated to receive $26.7 million over the next two years as part of the budget Gov. Mike Easley signed Tuesday.
The funding includes $4.2 million each of the [...]

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There are many people who are visiting this site for the first time after reading my response in the Kannapolis Citizen to Commissioner Privette’s mendacious Op-Ed on his opposition to Tax-Increment-Financing (TIF) for the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC). 
I thought I might point out some places of interest on this site.
[Click Here to Read Coy Privette's [...]

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UPDATE (June 21, 2007): THIS ARTICLE WAS USED AS SOURCE MATERIAL FOR A KANNAPOLIS CITIZEN OP-ED - CLICK HERE TO READ MORE. 
I was going to put a video from Saddam’s Information Minister (AKA “Baghdad Bob”); but he seemed credible in comparison to what I’m talking about today.  So, no video for today’s Friday Five.
This week the Kannapolis [...]

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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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