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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; Neil Cooksey</title>
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		<title>Charlotte Knights win commissioners&#8217; support</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/13/charlotte-knights-win-commissioners-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mecklenburg County commissioners approved a deal Tuesday night to allow the Charlotte Knights to move forward with plans for an uptown stadium on county-owned land. The deal passed in a 7-2 vote. It stipulates that: • by Aug. 31 the Triple-A baseball team must deposit $100,000 into an escrow account toward its obligation for county [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knights move closer to building stadium</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/22/knights-move-closer-to-building-stadium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Charlotte Knights are closer to building a stadium in uptown Charlotte now that Mecklenburg County commissioners have agreed to keep the project moving forward. But the project will need additional approval from commissioners before it becomes a reality. After a recommendation from the commission&#8217;s economic development committee, the board voted 7-1 Tuesday to have [...]]]></description>
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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>County’s budget battle heads into homestretch&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/03/county%e2%80%99s-budget-battle-heads-into-homestretch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mecklenburg County&#8217;s 2011 property tax revaluation could result in the county raking in an extra $70 million in revenue for its fiscal 2012 budget. For some county commissioners, the money is already burning a hole in their pockets, and they&#8217;ve come up with their wish lists. Some are calling for more spending on schools. Some [...]]]></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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		<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>Commissioners OK consolidating HR, IT positions</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/04/commissioners-ok-consolidating-hr-it-positions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 16:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move to save costs, the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a plan to consolidate some human resources and information technology functions with the library system. They OK&#8217;d consolidating two HR positions and eight IT posts from the library system to the county to save money. Commissioners Neil Cooksey, Bill James [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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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>Decision 2010: Board of Commissioners District 5 race&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/26/decision-2010-board-of-commissioners-district-5-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, 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>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>
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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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