OK I embellish there a bit….A couple of weeks ago I posted on the City of Greensboro’s press release graciously thanking state Sen. Trudy Wade for her help in passing legislation that will the city the Westin Hotel move forward with plans for a downtown hotel and parking garage that will span February One Place at Davie Street. Nothing in the N&R so far as I’ve seen.
Meanwhile, in this week’s ‘Rhino Shorts,’ editor John Hammer takes note of Wade’s help in passing legislation helping teachers:
On Thursday the News & Record ran a feel-good story abut a bill that fixed a problem with teacher bonuses. Third grade teachers get a bonus, but if the principal moves them to fourth grade they have to give up their bonus. The legislature fixed it so teachers who are moved by the administration, and not because they requested it, still get their bonus.
But what the N&R didn’t report is that the entire bill came about because the principal at Peck Elementary School sent an email to state Sen. Trudy Wade asking if something could be done about the problem. Wade, President Pro Tem of the Senate Phil Berger, who also represents Guilford County in the state legislature, and Sen. Kathy Harrington from Gaston County sponsored a bill to fix the problem. The bill passed and the problem, pointed out by a Guilford County Schools principal, was fixed with the help of two state senators from Guilford County.
Doesn’t it seem like mentioning the people who were responsible for fixing the problem, since two of three sponsors were from Guilford County, would be part of the story?
Apparently not. The N&R simply hates Wade and usually makes not-so-subtle attempts to show it. Wade could discover the cure for cancer but in the N&R’s eyes she will always be the ‘Queen of Refuse.’