Fox 8 reports they are asking for more money from the Guilford Board of County Commissioners even though the county budget was only passed a couple of weeks ago. By my recollection, the county commissioners do not have ready access to the county schools system’s finances. They are not able […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
Greensboro Water Bills: Massive Increases Since 2013
George Hartzman reports that our water bills have increased greater than 100 percent since 2013. That represents an increase of greater than 8 percent per year. He also represents that the increases– and our water charges in general– are used to subsidize developers when they build new housing. Water used […]
One Step Toward Fixing Greensboro’s Corrupt Machine Politics
The recent massive tax increase passed by the Greensboro City Council was bad enough. But then we learned that 57% of the revenues would be directed toward city staff compensation. That creates the appearance that city council members were paying off city employees for their support during election season; or […]
Guilford County Raises Property Taxes 8%
For Greensboro homeowners, that is in addition to the city of Greensboro’s 19% increase. The socialist commissioners are claiming that they restrained themselves, and the schools say they need more, but it is obvious the usual special interests are getting paid, and taxpayers’ money is being wasted. We need good […]
Will Guilford Commissioners Feel Restrained Because of Greensboro’s Whopping 19% Tax Increase?
The Board of County Commissioners in Guilford County has not yet decided on its budget and property tax rate. Given the fact that many of its residents are now facing a huge increase in Greensboro city taxes, there are rumblings they might take this into consideration when deciding on their […]
Hartzman: Property Tax Increase Paying Mostly For More Compensation For City Employees
George Hartzman’s analysis reveals that 57% of the revenue from our 19% tax increase will go to overall compensation for city staff. He points out this is much different than the justification offered to the public for the astronomical tax increase. They lied to us. Big time.
Greensboro City Council Raises Property Taxes
The vote was unanimous, thereby demonstrating that they are ALL socialists at this point. There is no evidence of a concerted effort to find spending reductions. The homeowner does not have a single representative on the Greensboro City Council. At this point, it is more than predictable. They are trying […]
Greensboro Nixes Red Light Cameras, Explores Speed Zone Cameras
The Orwellian totalitarians in the city of Greensboro decided against the red light camera program they planned to implement. But they have now decided to explore a speed zone camera program to enforce speed limits. This, of course, will be a mess. Speed limits on many Greensboro thoroughfares are set […]
City Of Greensboro LGBTQ, Spoils System Emphases Revealed
A couple of recent items caught my attention about our beloved city of Greensboro. Our city government has been LGBTQ-friendly at least since the time of former Mayor Keith Holliday two decades ago. However, we learn that the city is recruiting for its LGBTQ Task Force; and also that its […]
Socialist Council Members Call For Budget Cuts In Greensboro
The ongoing saga regarding property tax revaluations has led to an occurrence we don’t see often. Several Greensboro City Council members called for budget cuts to alleviate anticipated property tax increases due to revaluations. Greensboro News and Record: During a budget work session on Thursday, some council members said they […]