I decided to pull brief snippets from the campaign websites of some of the newly elected Greensboro City Council members to illustrate the bold neo-Marxism and radicalism they display. This is at least a step or two beyond the usual liberalism we have had here in Greensboro. Irving Allen, At […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
Greensboro City Council Turns Further Left
The results of the Greensboro City Council elections are pretty clear. The city is taking a sharp turn even further leftward than it already is. Marikay Abuzuaiter delivered a landslide victory over Robbie Perkins. We can only hope that she will be a stabilizing force on the new city council. […]
Adam Marshall Endorsements For City Council
Recall that Adam Marshall is running against Nicky Smith in the District 4 Greensboro City Council election. Marshall outpolled Smith handily during the primary election. I saw an ad today for Marshall that represented he is endorsed by the Simkins PAC and the Guilford County Community PAC– two black PAC’s […]
Look At Robbie’s Pitch To Different Parts Of Town
Check out George Hartzman’s post regarding how Robbie Perkins alters his campaign pitch to different parts of the city. In east Greensboro, he talks up the welfare state, but in the remainder of town he talks vaguely about traffic safety and clean streets and respect. Voters be forewarned.
N&R Endorses Robbie Perkins For Mayor
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 […]
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 […]