What am I missing here? Is the N&R not posting election letters to the editor, or are they posting them somewhere else?
I’m curious because there’s a very interesting (as yet unposted) letter in Saturday’s paper from Donna Bonds of Kernersville, who makes some serious claims against HOT advocate and City Council candidate Robbie Perkins:
Perkins encourages implementation of the Heart of the Triad plan, which would significantly lower air quality and put citizens’ health at risk.
In the process, Perkins incites the governing bodies of seven cities and their transportation agencies to ignore the Clean Air Act. Further reducing the air quality in the Triad is a problem because it is already below EPA standards. (V)oters should carefully consider carefully whom they elect. Perkins fails to come across as having the best interests of citizens at heart.
Funny, that characterization of Perkins contrasts with the green candidate in today’s candidates’ Q&A. When asked which issue he had rethought over the course of the campaign, Perkins said:
“Greening” of our city has emerged as a very popular issue among our citizens. Incentives to save energy, increase tree preservation and replanting and promote construction of of “green” buildings need to be moved up on the city’s priority list. Interestingly, both environmentalists and developers are adopting the “green” mentality. When the marketplace and environmental stewardship are moving in the same direction, Greensboro’s city government needs to do its part.”
I’m not sure where Ms. Bonds got her information, because it certainly hasn’t been reported, at least not that I’ve see. Makes for an argument that the N&R is allowing heresay on its editorial page, doesn’t it? It’s also a strange point of view considering the fact that HOT supporters keep saying over and over again how they’re going to save the environment by discouraging automobile use and implementing smart growth planning. I actually heard an HOT advocate say that “single family homes on large lots are bad for the environment.”
The disconnect is baffling. When opposing groups have such radically opposite ideas about how to solve the same problem, citizens just don’t know whom to believe. That’s exactly why, as Ms. Bonds put it, they need to be careful and figure out for themselves who has their best interests at heart.
