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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; Harold Cogdell</title>
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		<title>Mecklenburg County commissioners adopt $1.39B budget</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/08/mecklenburg-county-commissioners-adopt-139b-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voting along party lines Tuesday night, the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners approved a $1.39 billion budget for fiscal 2012. The budget, OK&#8217;d in a 5-4 vote, includes a lower property tax rate of 81.66 cents per $100 in valuation from 83.67 cents per $100 in valuation. It also lowers the county&#8217;s law enforcement service district tax rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioners up sales tax projections by $3M</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/02/commissioners-up-sales-tax-projections-by-3m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[County commissioners added $3 million to sales tax projections during the straw vote process for the fiscal 2012 budget Wednesday night. In the straw vote process, commissioners vote on budget line items, but the votes are nonbinding. The results can be ignored or commissioners could change their minds when they officially vote on the budget Tuesday. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Charlotte Knights be victors in their crusade for an uptown stadium?&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/31/will-the-charlotte-knights-be-victors-in-their-crusade-for-an-uptown-stadium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 16:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobbie Shields]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Craig Depken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Rajkowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Dunlap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Cogdell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Bentley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Cooksey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Charlotte Knights have slain the lawsuit dragon delaying their new stadium in uptown. Now, the Triple-A ball club must convince some skeptical Mecklenburg County commissioners that the project is still a good use of the land. In their pitch, the Knights are pointing to Indianapolis, a city about 440 miles away, and what they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How much are Meck’s parks worth? $985M, study says</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/12/15/how-much-are-meck%e2%80%99s-park%e2%80%99s-worth-985m-study-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harold Cogdell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who don&#8217;t consider the community value of local parks priceless, The Trust for Public Land has put a dollar value on Mecklenburg County&#8217;s parks, recreation centers and greenways: approximately $985 million. In 2009, the assets that fall under the county&#8217;s Park and Recreation Department brought $8.2 million to the county and $28 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neighborhoods brace for loss of libraries, schools, rec centers&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/19/neighborhoods-brace-for-loss-of-libraries-schools-rec-centers/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/19/neighborhoods-brace-for-loss-of-libraries-schools-rec-centers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angela Haigler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belmont Community Development Corp.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte city council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to budget shortfalls, Mecklenburg County facilities, such as recreation centers, libraries and schools, have found themselves on the chopping block. In some neighborhoods, though, the impact is worse than in others. Some communities are losing multiple facilities, which could hurt real estate values and quality of life in those areas. &#8220;It&#8217;s extremely unfortunate, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican addition could bring board bipartisanship&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/05/republican-addition-could-bring-board-bipartisanship/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/05/republican-addition-could-bring-board-bipartisanship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Kelso]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the red wave that swept the House of Representatives across the country Tuesday, the Democrats on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners were able to hang on to their majority, losing only one seat. Although all six seats held by Democrats on the Board of Commissioners were challenged by Republicans &#8212; the three incumbent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some companies find the grass is greener in S.C.&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/02/some-companies-find-the-grass-is-greener-in-sc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Perdue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dale Carroll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robb Hudson was frustrated with Mecklenburg County. The North American vice president for Leicestershire, England-based Winbro Group Technologies had hoped the county would take more of an interest in the company when it began shopping this year for a location for its North American headquarters. Winbro considered the Charlotte metropolitan area, including York and Lancaster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decision 2010: Board of Commissioners at-large race&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/26/decision-2010-the-mecklenburg-county-board-of-commissioners-at-large-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor's note: The following is part of The Mecklenburg Times' coverage of the Nov. 2 elections.)]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioners defer vote on library task force funding</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/20/commissioners-defer-vote-on-library-task-force-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Murrey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Dunlap]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners deferred a vote Tuesday night to give $75,000 to a library task force, saying more time was needed to learn where the money would be going. At the commissioners meeting, county manager Harry Jones requested that the board approve the appropriation out of the county&#8217;s contingency fund. The task force, formed this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eye on Government&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/08/eye-on-government-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at happenings in local government Commission votes down immigration proposal The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on Monday voted down a proposal by Commissioner Bill James to request more information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about how a county organization could report undocumented immigrants seeking assistance for their U.S.-born child. The measure [...]]]></description>
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