It seems that every 5-10 years, there is another demand for spending tens of millions to upgrade Greensboro’s coliseum complex. Like clockwork, another effort was announced within the last couple of weeks. This time, the city wants $21 million to be financed with bonds that don’t have to be approved […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
Rallies Against Property Tax Increases
Citizens are concerned, and they showed up at the Greensboro City Council Meeting last night. The News and Record reports several prominent local Republican elected officials appeared also. Citizens plan to do the same at the Guilford County Commissioners’ meeting Thursday evening. Kudos to these citizens who showed up and […]
Overlord Skippy Speaks On Property Taxes
Now that Guilford County homeowners have received their property revaluation notices, Skip Alston is publicly discussing how the County Commissioners’ board will handle property taxes. The bottom line? Taxes are going up, but maybe not as much as your revaluation might suggest. And some favored parties might get exemptions. However, […]
ICE Detention Center Illegal In Greensboro
We discover that our exalted City Council in Greensboro adopted new regulations to cover detention facilities. This was apparently in response to the revelation that ICE was possibly considering the failed Jewish school at the corner of Hobbs and Jefferson. The regulations say there can be no facility within 2500 […]
Downtown Parking and Conflicts Of Interest
George Hartzman discusses the tightening picture regarding downtown Greensboro parking. Decks are closing; and the city is now requiring use of an app to use surface lots. More money is being charged. But he also explores the topic of taxpayers funding new parking decks downtown to assist the owners of […]
All Of A Sudden, Downtown Police Officers!
Recall the minor tempest last week when it became apparent that multiple downtown businesses in Greensboro were closing in part because of crime conditions and the pervasive homeless situation. Yesterday, I received a mailer from Downtown Greensboro, Inc. that solicited residents to go downtown to enjoy the restaurants and shops. […]
Is Downtown Greensboro A Failed Experiment?
A News and Record article today discusses business closures, purse snatching and excrement on sidewalks in downtown Greensboro. Over a period of nearly 25 years, we have seen enormous investment of taxpayer dollars in downtown Greensboro to prop up the interests of the owners of downtown commercial real estate. The […]
Skip Plans $527 Million More In Construction Spending
The Rhino Times has the story. I suggest looking at the comment thread. This is not school bond spending. Instead, it is for non-education buildings. Who benefits? Government employees get to enjoy newer, more luxurious digs. And connected construction contractors benefit from the spending also. In some cases, other disciplines […]
Unnecessary Demolition Of Downtown Parking Garage?
George Hartzman reports that the Bellemeade Parking Garage in downtown was slated for demolition by the city of Greensboro on the basis of a contractor’s letter– under the guise of safety considerations. However, two engineering reports indicated that repairs could be made, and the building could be salvaged. He explores […]
Greensboro Sex Shops Remain Free To Operate
A follow-up article by Ian McDowell at Yes!Weekly suggests that massage parlors that deliver sexual services remain free to operate in the city of Greensboro. The article points out that shops such as these often use women who have been victims of human sex trafficking. Decades ago, numerous massage parlors […]