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	8/1/2004

Krispy Kreme Watch

Just like I track RF micro fortunes by the still two vacant lots down the street held by one of their executives, I had an early warning sign last fall on Krispy Kreme when my other neighbor working in the KK inner circle canceled his new home buy and took his own off the market. Someday I will start investing on this kind of "insider info."

10:24:05 PM

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RF Micro Watch (snapshot)

Guilford County $2.5 million 1999

Orlando $1.6 million 2001

Guilford County $1.168 million 2004

Last June's 10K filed with Feds. Note to self: Need to get this year's.

Other notes:

1) The RF micro executive who bought two $70,000 lots down the street over 2 years ago still has not gotten past the surveyor stakes.

2) Steak Street lunch 3 weeks ago (listening in to 6 RF micro mangers). "What do we expect, we keep chasing these all this low margin business and we wonder why we are have major parts of our business giving us 15% gross margins."

10:19:23 PM

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No Credit, Bad Credit, No Problem --- Everybody Rides

That was the sign at a car dealer lot on Wendover a few months back. It is also an accurate description of how too many people view our system of governance; from the first level of self-governance right on up the ladder (if you're a Democrat, Republican, fascist, commie or progressive -- right on down if you're a Libertarian or like-minded independent.)

I think I am close to calling a truce for a Hogg Blog hosted debate on funding for the City (not County) Coliseum. Here is the bottom line though in my worldview: Using city taxpayer dollars for the Coliseum is just a form of corporate welfare and it should be stopped just as certainly as many of the social "pet" projects funded by the Guilford County Commission.

In my candidacy, I seek to represent the taxpayers of Guilford County in the 7th district who say, "No mas."

I've got my 2004 county property tax bill in front of me as I post this. You know this is the one that includes the "revenue neutral" property revaluation that everyone in the county received.

Today, I did a quick re-review for our home:

2002 tax = $1341

2003 tax = $1409 (5.1% increase)

2004 tax = $1597 (13.3% increase)

The natives (who were listening) got restless when they heard about the revaluation, then everyone got angry when it actually came in the mail and they saw how much it was. Now, with the August payment date option upon us and checkbooks being pulled out and real live money leaving people's hands, get ready for the next step in infuriation...Please remember this sensation when you vote on November 2nd and stop pushing the D and R buttons. It is costing us all real money.

8:41:02 PM

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