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 […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
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 […]
Tax Hearing Thursday
The Guilford Board of County Commissioners will have a hearing Thursday at 5:30 PM regarding the potential for property tax increases resulting from property revaluations. George Hartzman reports further. We have discussed this issue here at least a few times in the recent past. Concerned citizens ought to attend and […]
City of Greensboro Corruption
A few items caught my eye recently: Some things never change.
George Hartzman’s SBI Complaint Against Zack Matheny
A post at his Substack reveals the substance of the complaint George Hartzman filed with the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) regarding Zack Matheny. (HT: JH) He alleges conflicts of interest; illegal uses of public funds for entertainment; and additional legal violations. It is interesting that Greensboro City Manager Trey […]
The Passing Of Jim Melvin
Retrospectives on the contributions of Jim Melvin have been published elsewhere by Scott Yost and Allen Johnson. The Triad Business Journal and the News and Record also report. He was probably the closest thing we have had in Greensboro to an oligarch. I expect his time as mayor in Greensboro […]
Lots Of Six Figure Salaries In Guilford County Government
Scott Yost at the Rhino Times reports. There are many well-renumerated “chiefs” who lord over average Guilford County residents– i.e., those who earn far less.