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As Jon Stewart explains to my GOP friends: " Losing is supposed to taste like a sh*t taco".
After long consideration, I have decided to run for Chairman of the Cabarrus County Democratic Party for 2009-2010.
Starting in August, I will be a full time employee of the North Carolina Democratic Party. I will be a "field organizer" for Cabarrus and Stanly County.
This Saturday is the day to get active!
The Cabarrus County Commissioners have to work too hard. That's why they say they need to expand the Commissioner Board from the current 5 members to 7 members. While hardly anyone disputes that expanding the board is a good idea, I'm all for it myself, there [...] 
After an excruciation year and a half, tonight, what most people already knew a few months ago, was finalized: Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee for the Presidency and will be the next President of the United States.
After recuperating from several weeks of lack of sleep, with 2 or 3 hour long nights being very common, it is an absolute pleasure for me to use My 100th post to thank all the voters in Cabarrus County for giving Barack Obama a victory in [...] 
While the Primary race between Clinton and Obama has gotten pretty vicious lately, I was always convinced it's nothing compared to the stuff Republicans would be spewing around the general election. Turns out I didn't have to wait that long, thanks to the NC GOP and [...] 
Today our local Board Of Elections opens its doors for the early "one-stop" voting process.
When it comes to voter registrations there's a very remarkable trend lately.
There's nothing better than letting the sea breeze blow all your worries and stress away for a week on Topsail Island.
I returned on Tuesday from Ohio, where I volunteered for Sen. Obama's campaign in the frozen city of Cleveland. Hundreds of volunteers from all over the country descended upon the state to help out the Obama campaign.
There was a lot to do recently about a pretty big hike in the fee for garbage pick up as Allied Waste Services added curbside recycling services for County residents that live outside the Concord and Kannapolis city limits.
This past weekend I flew to Chicago to help a Belgian TV News crew make a report on the Barack Obama campaign. As you might know, Chicago is Obama's hometown and it's here that his political campaign started.
The victory on Saturday in South Carolina wasn't a surprise to all the volunteers who had been working for the Obama campaign there, but the extent of the victory was.
As you know by now, I've been spending some of my time as a volunteer for the Barack Obama campaign in South Carolina.
Welcome to all Independent Tribune readers!
I almost forgot, but this week marks the first anniversary of this blog.
In the final installment of my look back at 2007 I want to talk about My favorite chubby and extremely obnoxious hobbit: Bruton Smith.
My second local highlight for 2007 is by far my favorite story of the year.
As the year winds down I wanted to look back at what, for me, where the 3 major local news events of 2007. They all seem to have one thing in common; we will still hear plenty about them in 2008.
From LKSOC (the Larry Kissell School of Original Campaigning) comes the following event, which Under The Dome already calls "the most creative political event of the year".
It's your weekly dose of chuckles to start off your work week!
The Cabarrus County Democratic Party holds it's annual Christmas party this Tuesday December 11th.
I'll be traveling to Columbia, SC this weekend to spend some time with my in-laws but mostly to spend more time with My favorite presidential candidate, Barack Obama.
As you might know from a previous post of mine, Mark Ortiz, a well known progressive in our area, got involved in a hit and run accident a few weeks ago.
They chickened out!
This Monday evening our County Commissioners are having their, usually very entertaining, public get together again. It promises to be a doozy.
This week I received My bloggers badge of honor, because you don't know you're achieving anything until some wacko puts up a hate site against you.
Every now and then you run into a story that makes you lose faith in humanity. This is one of those stories.
Do you know there is an election tomorrow? This Tuesday we vote for our local Mayors and/our Councilmen.
Yesterday, my favorite presidential candidate visited the campus of NCCU in Durham, NC.
This is the first installment of my new weekly post to chase away that "Monday blues" feeling.
Unbelievable. That was my first reaction when I heard How Robin Hayes keeps voting against the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill. I'm pretty sure you'll agree with Me after you read what his reasoning behind his vote is.
If your answer would be "Yes of course, why do you even ask such a stupid question?", you and I will get along just fine.
I'm packing my bags right now to leave for the ConvergeSouth Conference in Greensboro.
I had a blast at the County Commissioner meeting last night. It was hard not to laugh out loud and at one point I did.
As a kid I used to watch "Dallas" on TV with my parents.
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Concord City Council members voted unanimously Monday to halt construction on a drag strip that's being built at the Lowe's Motor Speedway complex, according to the Charlotte Observer.
Ever since I started my protest asking for the resignation of Coy Privette, I've talked to dozens and dozens of people on this issue. Most are positive about what I'm trying to do, but every now and then I get a reaction from a Privette supporter (yes, [...] 
"I realize [...]
Coy is not the only official in Cabarrus County dealing with sex issues - Does anybody know why 15 [...]
Harry Foy is charged with one count of assault on a female, possessing less than half an once of marijuana and [...]
Cops: Virginia Minister Flashed Kids While Urinating, Offered Officers Oral Sex
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — A Baptist minister and Christian radio station employee has been charged with indecent exposure as well as DUI and [...]
This weeks edition of our "hometown newspaper", The Concord Standard, has an interesting editorial with the all-saying title "Privette should resign". You can read the complete editorial on their website.
As I predicted, Coy Privette didn't show up at the Cabarrus County Commissioners meeting tonight.“Dear (County Manager) John Day and Fellow Commissioners: The issues on the agenda tonight are very important to the citizens [...]
Cabarrus County Commissioner Coy Privette seems to have "skipped town", probably waiting until this whole sex scandal storm has blown over.Is it just a [...]
Kannapolis City Schools is looking to provide a good home for the treasures you find during your summer cleaning. The school system is planning a [...]
Rep. David Almond resigned Thursday from the state Legislature due to an unspecified personnel complaint filed with House leadership, a day after the chamber's GOP caucus said it was looking into allegations of "serious, improper behavior."
"Sadness" was [...]
"[We] must remember the high standards that come with high office. This begins with careful adherence to the rules. I expect every member of this administration to stay well within the boundaries [...]
It seems there's a lot of people that think the one reason the Philip Morris plant in Concord is closing is because people smoke less. I think that's BS.
The parent of the Philip Morris cigarette companies (Altria) said Tuesday it will close a Concord manufacturing plant that employs 2,500 people off U.S. 29 as it moves cigarette production for non-U.S. markets to [...]
CNN has learned from coalition intelligence sources that several top terrorist operatives met [...]
This past February the world community of scientists published a report on global warming under the umbrella of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). That report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and human activity is the main driver, “very likely” causing most of [...] 
Yeah, I said it.
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