The N&R reports last night’s Greensboro City Council debate got a little “feisty,” but reading the article I don’t see where.
District 4 candidates Bill Knight and incumbent Nancy Hoffmann get the most ink:
In the District 4 race, challenger Bill Knight, a staunch fiscal conservative who was mayor when the council reduced taxes several years ago, didn’t take an opportunity to say exactly how he might trim the city budget.
Instead, he said generally that there should be something that can be cut since the council finds money to spend on extra projects.
“There have been a lot of things that have come along that the city has no business spending money on,” Knight said.
Incumbent Nancy Hoffmann said that “the spending of taxpayer dollars has to be done wisely and strategically, and with the end result being a very good return on investment.”
But she didn’t offer something specific that should be cut.
Best that Knight laid it out, but to anyone paying attention it would seem obvious —- recently the city has gotten into the performing arts center business, the shopping center business, the saloon business, the energy business (with help from the federal government) the museum business.
Only question is who’s paying attention. I also have a little piece of advice for District 1 candidate Sharon Hightower, who’s running against incumbent Dianne Bellamy-Small: eliminating loose-leaf collection as a way to trim the city’s budget is a losing proposition.
