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The typical BlueNC post on corporate incentives is a rant against the practice of offering massive incentive packages to companies to stay in or locate in North Carolina - deals that ultimately won't impact employment figures or bring in tax revenues at a rate that makes sense. I think I've found an incentive package that makes sense and I've been working hard to find something wrong with it.

Charlotte 4 Hillary will hold a brief meeting after the office opening party in Charlotte on Thursday. We will discuss voter registration activities, visibility strategies, debate parties, election return parties, telephone banks and other future events. Feel free to participate, and feel free to offer your thoughts and ideas for delivering Mecklenburg County and North Carolina to Hillary. I look forward to seeing everyone there.

North Carolina for Hillary Charlotte Head Quarters Office Opening

We will be holding a gathering of volunteers and HRC supporters in the Charlotte area. This is a chance to get to know fellow supporters and find out what you can do to help the campaign in the coming weeks. Please join us for fun, food and information!!!

The first Huddle for Hillary on 10 March in south Charlotte was a success. Another organizational meeting for Hillary will occur on Thursday, 20 March, at 6pm at Talley's Green Grocery, which is located at the intersection of Scott Avenue and East Boulevard in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte. Future events such as fundraisers, phone banks, GOTV efforts, debate parties and future meetings will be planned and discussed. Please arrive with friends and suggestions.

Special precinct meetings for Mecklenburg County will be held on Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. in 123 precincts. To see where your precinct is meeting, visit the North Carolina Democratic Party website at ncdp.org.

Democratic Party organizational meetings for ALL Mecklenburg County precincts will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Precinct meetings will be held at the precinct polling location, unless public notice of an alternate location is posted by 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 12th. You can apply to be a temporary precinct Chair, for the purpose of organizing your precinct.

But you have to apply by 5:00 pm tomorrow!

For more information, go to http://www.ncdp.org or call (919) 821-2777 and push "0" for the operator.

Did Nick Mackey cheat to become Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff? I don't know. I'm not sure I'd want to be one of the people charged with making that determination. From information released by the state party to The Charlotte Observer, this looks like it's going to be very sticky business.

Three Charlotte residents have written the state Democratic Party saying Nick Mackey organized their precinct during his race for Mecklenburg sheriff and named them officers without their knowledge or permission.

That's not good. That's not good at all.

Most of you probably haven't been paying attention to what is going on in Mecklenburg County with the selection of the next sheriff. The very popular Sheriff Pendergraph has moved to Washington to take a job with the Department of Homeland Security. Members of the Democratic Executive Committee gather tonight to choose his successor. Holy mother of pearl, what a nightmare! You will find background here.

A week ago, I became the acting president of the Mecklenburg County Young Democrats, and I'm running to keep my post when we have our elections meeting on May 6 (3:30-5:30 at the Independence Library Branch). And all of that seemed well and good until our new party chair, David Erdman, told me that when he was the president of the MCYD (back in 1980), he had 442 dues paying members (including a certain Arkansas Governor). I was blown away, since all of the MCYD incarnations I've known were much smaller. Still, I want to beat that number, even though our official membership rolls currently show 3 dues-paying members.