Cabarrus Cheap Seats

I thought since the big growth summit is coming up next week - I would repost (and finish) the “Appetite for Construction” series of posts from last August.
I posted two posts of what was to be a three post series. I never finished; but I aim to this week. So, here’s the first one:
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In the [...]

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When we last left our two participants at the Odell Lobbying seminar being taught by “Fella From Odell” the instructor from was suggesting that being rude should help when offering bribes doesn’t.
Part 3: “File a phony ethics complaint”

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On Tuesday, I told you about a lobbying class that I sat in on. For the first part of the strategy was bribery. And the second part, be rude:

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Not a lot of people know this; but an unnamed person from the Odell Community held a training class on “How to Lobby Your Local Officials for Results”.  Over the next three days - I’ll be sharing some excerpts from what I saw. 
Here’s the first step in their three-step process: ”Ignore The Law”

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This is in three parts, because of how important this subject is. The quality of our schools, the congestion on our roads, and our tax burden can be traced back to the rate and manner at which growth takes place.
The third of three parts is coming around the bend.
In the last post, we established the [...]

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OK, I’ve talked about annexation and the Odell situation ad nausem in the past. Here are the links:

Politics in an Odd-Numbered Year X: Odell Stops that Big, Yellow Taxi and Skips on the Fare
Odell, NC: The Toes You Step On Today Are Connected to the Butt You Must Kiss Tomorrow
The Odell Compromise
Politics in an Odd-Numbered [...]

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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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