Readers are aware that Skip Alston and his cronies are getting ready to increase our taxes. The only question is how severe the increase will be. To facilitate their tax increase, the News and Record decided to publish a couple of articles. It had been reasonably well known that our […]
Tag: Greensboro Political Culture
Red Light Cameras One Step Closer
The News and Record reports that the city of Greensboro is completing regulatory hurdles with the state to implement its red light camera program. The article contains an announcement that the program will be introduced at five intersections, at least for starters, although it does not specify precisely which locations. […]
Greensboro Police Chief Resigns After City Council Election
It was almost like clockwork. It was just over one week since the election when Greensboro residents elected a large Marxist contingent to the City Council. Police Chief John Thompson has submitted his resignation citing family considerations. He has kids in middle school. He is not nearly of retirement age; […]
203 Guilford County Employees Make >$100,000
The Triad Business Journal demonstrates once again that local government in our region is much too big. Guilford County is reported to have 203 employees that make $100,000 or more. To the victors go the spoils. It has all the trappings of a modern-day patronage mill. How many of them […]
Dot Kearns and Guilford County Schools
In a retrospective published by the Rhino after Dot Kearns’ passing, it was mentioned that one of her major achievements was the consolidation of the Guilford County Schools system. This occurred during the early 1990’s. Prior to that, Greensboro, High Point and the county all had their own school systems. […]
April Parker Primer
The below graphic indicates she is receiving help from a local liberal mainline church. (HT: TS) This is a black woman who performed surprisingly well in the Greensboro City Council primary against Zack Matheny. They will face off again in the general election. Her campaign website is replete with mentions […]
Local Anti-Police Group Issues Demands, Finds Sympathetic Council Members
The News and Record has a story today about the “Rev.” C.J. Brinson and his group formed to oppose the police. This is the crowd that has been agitating in response to the ugly traffic stop that occurred in east Greensboro a few months ago. Despite all the hoopla, the […]
Guilford Property Taxes To Rise 48% Unless Commissioners Act
The Rhino Times reports that the Guilford Tax Department is now projecting that property values in the county will be (average) 48% higher than the last time properties were revalued. That means property taxes will rise around 50 percent– plus or minus– for homeowners unless the county commissioners (and the […]
Comparing Murder Rates in Washington, D.C. and Greensboro
I used Neighborhoodscout.com to get the murder rates for Washington, DC and Greensboro. The site provides 2023 data. The rate in Greensboro was 0.25 per 1,000 population. In Washington, D.C., it was 0.39 per 1,000 population. We can take some comfort in the fact that our rate is 36% lower […]
Significant Drop In Percentage Attending Traditional Public Schools in North Carolina
A recent article demonstrates that the percentage of students attending traditional public schools in North Carolina dropped from 86.5% in 2010 to 74.9% in 2025. That is a drop of nearly 12 percent over 15 years. (HT: JH) We had discussed this recently in the context of all the bond […]