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 […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
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 […]
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.