Recall that Adam Marshall is running against Nicky Smith in the District 4 Greensboro City Council election. Marshall outpolled Smith handily during the primary election. I saw an ad today for Marshall that represented he is endorsed by the Simkins PAC and the Guilford County Community PAC– two black PAC’s […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
Look At Robbie’s Pitch To Different Parts Of Town
Check out George Hartzman’s post regarding how Robbie Perkins alters his campaign pitch to different parts of the city. In east Greensboro, he talks up the welfare state, but in the remainder of town he talks vaguely about traffic safety and clean streets and respect. Voters be forewarned.
N&R Endorses Robbie Perkins For Mayor
The Republican is endorsed over the Democrat. When our local paper does this, you have to ask what the real motivation is. Obviously, this would not have happened if Perkins were not a progressive Republican. I don’t know who the key black PAC’s are endorsing. But the Simkins PAC has […]
Mayoral Candidates Promise Revenue-Neutral Tax Rates
At a city of Greensboro mayoral forum, both candidates said they support avoiding property tax increases by making the rate revenue-neutral in response to property revaluations. This is a positive piece of news. But it needs to be interpreted in the context of the larger picture. First, we still might […]
The Dolley Madison Monument
It was fairly shocking to learn at the Rhino Times website that Guilford County is planning to place a monument to Dolley Madison at the Old County Courthouse in downtown Greensboro. This flies in the face of all the cultural Marxist nonsense to which we had been subjected over the […]
Two No Kings Rallies In Greensboro Saturday
One will be on West Wendover; the other will be downtown. Both are being organized and sponsored by socialist groups: Indivisible and Occupy, respectively. These are national groups with a local presence. Given the fact that Greensboro is a socialist city, it only makes sense that these folks would be […]
TBJ: 235 Greensboro City Employees Paid More Than $100,000
News such as this suggests that something is terribly wrong in our city government. It is far too big, and engaged in far too many activities, to even remotely justify paying this many people six figures. This large crowd also provides a built-in constituency to keep growing city government. The […]
Greensboro Primary Results
There were no major surprises in the Greensboro City Council primaries yesterday, although a few results might be predicting the general election results in one month. Marikay Abuzuaiter outpaced Robbie Perkins by a healthy margin– seven points– in the race for mayor. The other two candidates drop out of the […]
Adam Marshall’s N&R Ad
Recall that Adam Marshall is the machine’s candidate for Greensboro City Council in district 4. He had an ad in the News and Record this weekend. It states that he supports “Housing Down Payment Assistance Program for qualified service individuals including our first responders.” Recall that the city council enacted […]
Residents Show Up Regarding Guilford Property Tax Increases
The News and Record reports. Kudos to those who showed up; and even more kudos to those who made the effort to speak. Recall that we will be vulnerable to property tax increases of upwards of 40 percent with the most recent property revaluations. One of the commenters discusses a […]