CONCORD, N.C. -- Tension building for months among Cabarrus County commissioners came to a head Wednesday when Commissioner Chairman Liz Poole questioned whether recently appointed Commissioner Jason Oesterreich had gone too far by speaking on the entire board’s behalf to local school officials earlier this week.
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County Commissioner Jason Oesterreich ask questions to the Kannapolis City Schools Board of Education during a meeting earlier in March at the Cabarrus Government Center.
Blake Kiger (right), chairman of the Cabarrus County school board, speaks during a January 2013 meeting with county commissioners in this file photo. Also pictured are Jonathan Marshall (left), deputy county manager, and Barry Shoemaker, Cabarrus school board vice chairman.
County Commissioner Steve Morris asks questions during a meeting at the Cabarrus Government Center Wednesday afternoon.
Kannapolis Board of Education chair Todd Adams talkings during a meeting with county commissioners at the Cabarrus Government Center Wednesday afternoon.
County Commissioner Liz Poole is shown with County Manager Mike Downs during a meeting at the Cabarrus Government Center Wednesday afternoon.
County Commissioner Steve Morris (right) talks with Cabarrus Board of Education Chair Blake Kiger during a meeting at the Cabarrus Government Center Wednesday afternoon.
FILE - In this file photo, Kannapolis City Board of Education Chair Todd Adams (center), Superintendent Pam Cain and Director of Business Operations Will Crabtree are shown during a meeting with the county commissioners at the Cabarrus Government Center earlier this month.
County commissioners Larry Burrage (from left), Steve Morris, Chris Measmer and Jason Oesterreich are shown during a recent meeting at the Cabarrus Government Center.
County Commissioner Chair Liz Poole gestures during meeting at the Cabarrus Government Center Wednesday afternoon.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College President Carol Spalding talks during a meeting with Cabarrus County commissioners at the Cabarrus Government Center Wednesday afternoon.
CONCORD, N.C. -- When three Cabarrus County commissioners voted for Jason Oesterreich’s plan to move the county toward a cash-only system of p…
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