The News and Record dutifully reports that the West Market United Methodist Church has a “social justice and advocacy ministry” that is sponsoring an event focusing on voting rights and “a more just and engaged community”. Various speakers from the religious left will be featured. Once again, there is no […]
Tag: Greensboro Political Culture
Assault On Old Oak Ridge Trail
A black man started asking a woman questions before trying to attack her. He exposed himself. It all occurred on a trail near Old Oak Ridge Road in Greensboro. You can thank Obama’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing whereby low income/ charity housing must be placed throughout entire cities– not just […]
Greensboro’s Upcoming Pride Festival
The city of Greensboro is gleefully accommodating the Pride Parade and Festival to take place downtown. The city has a longstanding history of being one of the most LGBTQ-friendly jurisdictions in the state of North Carolina. Yes!Weekly has the details. These annual events are not only tiresome. They also are […]
Property Tax Crusader Mike Perdue Running For County Commissioner
The unexpected withdrawal of a Republican candidate for the Guilford Board of County Commissioners led to the selection of a replacement. His name is Mike Perdue. It turns out that he was one of the leaders of the efforts to show up at meetings and express objections to property tax […]
Greensboro’s Property Taxes Increasing 19%
Just do the math.
Legacy Media Preparing Guilford Citizens For Probability Of Property Tax Increase
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 […]
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. […]