The N&R takes stock of the Greensboro City Council’s progress, just a couple of days after council member Nancy Vaughan says she won’t seek another term because she doesn’t think “we have accomplished a lot when you look back at the term.”
Pretty much what you’d expect to hear, although there was an interesting quote from Robbie Perkins, who said a goal for the remainder of the term was to “defend city revenue from state encroachment.” I’d like to hear exactly what Perkins means, although it won’t be harder to figure out once the upcoming mother of a budget year gets underway.
Maybe it’s just me, but I see irony in Perkins’ statement, considering the that he lobbies for every federal dollar the city can get its hands on, all of it with strings attached that will end up costing the city more in the long run. I wonder if he ever thinks about where that money comes from.
