The Rhino Times has the story. I suggest looking at the comment thread.
This is not school bond spending. Instead, it is for non-education buildings.
Who benefits? Government employees get to enjoy newer, more luxurious digs. And connected construction contractors benefit from the spending also. In some cases, other disciplines that participate with new construction– legal, real estate, etc.– might also have their hands in the cookie jar.
The taxpayer, once again, is ripped off.
The serfs in the fiefdom will pay 50% more in property taxes so King Skippy can build a new castle.
Yes, JayCee, Skip Alston is definitely engaging in empire-building. Of course, he already has an empire– and he is making it bigger.
Fred leaves the following comment:
As of early 2026, he remains a deeply polarizing figure whose fitness for leadership is a subject of ongoing debate. Arguments regarding his leadership fitness generally center on the following things:
Political Dominance and Control: Critics often characterize Alston as a “hard-nosed politician” who maintains a “tight grip” on the board’s chairmanship. Some opponents have labeled him “King of Guilford County,” arguing that his long tenure is a result of voter apathy or undue influence over other commissioners.
Fiscal Policy and Debt: A primary point of contention is his supporters his definition of “unity” requires total agreement using “the race card” or relying on racial friction to maintain his power base.
Controversial History: Alston’s-long career includes high-profile clashes, such as a 2013 call from a local newspaper for him to resign from the International Civil Rights Center & Museum due to a lack of public trust. Past interpersonal conflicts with other commissioners, including mutual criminal charges filed during a 2002 feud, are also frequently cited by those questioning his temperament.
What are Skip Alston’s key accomplishments as chairman?
I guess term limits are out of the question. If he’s a shoe-in again, why have a vote; just make Skippy chairman Skip is only interested in Skip’s fortune to be made on this situation.
Newspaper calls for Skip Alston to resign
A local newspaper is calling for Board Chair of the International Civil Right Museum in Greensboro Skip Alston to step aside; WXII 12’s Bill O’Neil reporter.
Skip Alston Keeps Tight Grip On Guilford County Chairmanship
Posted by Scott D. Yost | Dec 1, 2025
https://www.wxii12.com/article/newspaper-calls-for-skip-alston-to-resign/1838967
Sit-In Museum Sues News & Record
Posted by John Hammer | Dec 15, 2016 | Archives, Greensboro, News
And talk about Alston’s thin skin . Watch this diatribe:
HE MUSTA BEEN OFF HIS MEDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szYvoiN2NDQ
Good riddance. (Man 0n the Street )
In the end, those attending Sunday’s meeting overturned, by an overwhelming voice vote, a decision last week by the local NAACP branch’s executive committee (on which Alston sits) to endorse Wade’s bill that would eliminate at-large council members, draw new districts, reduce the council to seven members and a mayor and strip the mayor of her vote.
Alston and local NAACP President Gladys Shipman had earlier resisted any action Sunday on the local NAACP board’s support of Wade’s bill, which was ruled inappropriate and illegal by the state NAACP — and which had never been shared with, or approved by, the general membership.
But in a battle of words that went back and forth for what seemed like at least half an hour, the Rev. T. Anthony Spearman would not back down from Alston or the clearly flustered Shipman in his insistence that the endorsement of Wade’s bill needed addressing right then and there.
The debate was not settled until, as Kate Queram and Amanda Lehmert reported in today’s News & Record, the booming, disembodied voice of state NAACP William Barber instructed the local chapter, via a cellphone placed on speaker and held to a microphone, to settle the matter with a vote.
“There must be a discussion of that matter today,” Barber said. “The general membership should act.
Barber also made several references to the NAACP’s statewide struggles over voter suppression.
“We are in the middle of some of the most egregious attacks on our voting rights since the 1960s,” he said.
And Barber defended the right of the media to be there. (At one point, Shipman had requested that all reporters leave the meeting.)
Alston, who routinely would try to intimidate the opposition in the past with threats and personal attacks, isn’t as effective at that today. Spearman stood toe to toe with him. And when Alston accused Spearman of badgering Shipman, Spearman, a state NAACP official, shot back: “Mr. Alston, you are the last person to be talking about badgering because you are bullying your way into ruining this branch.”
Fred, Skip’s antics over the years certainly have been detestable. This is ultimately the responsibility of the voters of Guilford County. They are the ones who allow this cancer to persist.