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; […]
Category: Greensboro Political Culture
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 […]
The Guilford County Money Spigot
A couple of unrelated articles call attention to the way money is spent by our county commissioners. Scott Yost has an article at the Rhino Times that lists the dozens of nonprofits upon which the commissioners shower the taxpayers’ largesse. Fox 8 reports how the county school system is considering […]
Moms For Liberty: Guilford County Schools Breaking The Law
The issue is using pro-LGBTQ materials in elementary schools, violating parental rights: 🚨ATTENTION GUILFORD COUNTY (NC) PARENTS: Guilford County Schools (GCS) is violating North Carolina’s Parents’ Bill of Rights (SB49) by using https://t.co/N7DjwI1JK3 materials in K-4 classrooms. These materials, including books like Born Ready and What Are Your Pronouns,… pic.twitter.com/CVDWM45EOV […]
Robbie vs. Marikay
The News and Record reports this morning that Robbie Perkins and Marikay Abuzuaiter are both running to be Greensboro mayor. Perkins is a progressive Republican who historically has been aligned with the east Greensboro political establishment and with development interests. When conservative Republicans were elected to the city council in […]