Cabarrus Cheap Seats

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Dear Friends,
As North Carolinians, we all share concerns about the future of this great country. That’s why this November’s elections are so important; it’s critical that we put our American ideals first, and political differences aside.
These elections are especially exciting for Cabarrus County, as we have the opportunity to [...]

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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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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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Can anyone tell me why Robin Hayes and Liz Dole are rated so low in the ratings of Congress???Also why are they rated lower than Representatives that are Junior to them.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/power_rankings/…

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Our favorite Congressman Robin Hayes took the award of “Top Gun” at the annual Congressional Shoot-Out this year. I think this should make top campaign news across the district, but that might just be me. Who better to represent our district for two more years than a straight shooter on the issues, and [...]

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Our Monthly meeting of the Cabarrus County GOP will be held TOMORROW!!! Thursday, March 6, at 7pm at Troutman’s on 601. Our speaker will be BILL GRAHAM, candidate for Governor!!! Bill has been an incredible source of support for our local party, and with primary day just around the corner, it’ll be a [...]

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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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[Image Credit: This was taken by my friend, Capt. Charlie Benbow of Concord, following Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004.  His blog (Lightning From The Sky) was featured in Better Blogs a little while ago.]
I’m going to take a little bit of a break from the local fare to share a series of articles that are [...]

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Before people get all bent out of shape: I support our troops in Iraq and I supported and will probably continue to support Robin Hayes. That being said, Congressman Hayes didn’t do himself or anyone else any favors by a comment reported in the past two weeks’ Concord Standard & Times while he was [...]

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There has been a lot of press about Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Carruth maybe supporting a Democrat in lieu of Coy Privette. What he does in the ballot box is his business, just as what you do is yours. However, he’s working hard to put Republicans who’ll work towards a better Cabarrus [...]

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