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		<title>Mecklenburg County commissioners adopt $1.39B budget</title>
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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>
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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>James&#8217; divisive comments raise worries about economic impact&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/01/25/james-divisive-comments-raise-worries-about-economic-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ernie Reigel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julio Colmenares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Thomas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill James could be bad for business in Mecklenburg County. At least that&#8217;s the concern of some in Charlotte. James, a Republican representing District 6, has been one of Mecklenburg County&#8217;s most polarizing and talked-about politicians, offending blacks, gays and immigrants in a recurring cycle of remark, outcry, defense and, ultimately, re-election. A commissioner since [...]]]></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 2 race&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/26/decision-2010-board-of-commissioners-district-2-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, 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>
		<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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