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 […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
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.
Alston Wants Another School Bond
As I have mentioned previously, it never ends. Rhino Times: The county and the schools have a real challenge on their hands because, despite voters approving a whopping $2 billion in school bond debt in recent years, even that massive funding effort is leaving a lot of planned school capital […]
Guilford/ Greensboro Taxes Rising
All of us have gotten our property tax bills recently. There was some sticker shock. The numbers continue to climb quite a bit higher than they had been. Scott Yost has the details. We can expect these property tax bills will continue to rise higher as the socialists on the […]
The Matheny Conundrum
If we are to believe various suggestions that are being reported, the SBI’s investigation of Councilman Zack Matheny was precipitated by a complaint that George Hartzman filed. Here are two related circumstances. First, North Carolina state law is weak from the standpoint of dealing with corruption in local elected officials. […]
Greensboro’s “Homebuyer Assistance” Program Gets New Infusion Of Tax Dollars
The Rhino Times reports on this outrageous program that provides money for down payments to buy houses for certain favored groups— i.e., those who “qualify” by income, those who buy homes in certain favored neighborhoods, employees of local government, etc. It is a classic case of picking winners and losers; […]
Local Drama
There is much drama in Washington, D.C. with the case of the Epstein files, Bondi, Bongino and Patel. This is superimposed on other items of concern that include extending the war in Ukraine; bombing Iran; and illegals getting the green light to work in certain industries. But we also have […]