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 […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
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 […]
Guilford County Commissioners Twice Called Out For Poor Stewardship
It is not often that we see high-level chastisements of a local elected body take place twice within a period of 24 hours. Yesterday, the Rhino Times reported that two Republican county commissioners openly raised concern about the socialists’ county commissioners’ spending. That is to be expected, and part of […]
City Approves Townhomes On Friendly Avenue In Midst Of Conservation Overlay
The Preserve Friendly Avenue organization reports that the Greensboro Zoning Commission approved for Glenn Drew to build his luxury townhomes on the plot of land he inherited from his uncle. Recall that Drew is the Jewish guy who ran the failed American Hebrew Academy at Hobbs and Jefferson; who relinquished […]
Matheny Tries To Take Credit For JetZero Jobs
First, we must understand that the 14,000 jobs being discussed may not come to fruition. We have had other instances when employers have been recruited and showered with incentives; and things did not materialize. But last week, councilman Zack Matheny said the following: “The Council’s investments in community, quality of […]
Proposed Greensboro Budget Raises Water/ Sewer Fees Ten Percent
The Greensboro News and Record has the article here. What the article doesn’t report is the fact that we have had similar increases of water and sewer fees nearly every year, it seems, for nearly two decades. At annual increases of ten percent, fees double over a period of seven […]
Alston vs. Matheny
Yes!Weekly reports that Zack Matheny was verbally accosted by Skip Alston at a county commissioners’ work session because he did not cite the civil rights museum during a presentation about downtown Greensboro. Of course, Alston is a thug. That has not changed for at least thirty years he has been […]