Back from vacation—no better way to get caught up than reading this week’s Rhino.
*Right off the bat, John Hammers on Greensboro City Council’s hands off approach toward the ’15-’16 budget:
We currently have a City Council that has huge discussions about nothing and no discussions about things that matter, like the budget and changing the way the City Council does business.
Pretty much says it all—that this council is prime for serious change—whether that happens via Raleigh or in the upcoming municipal election remains to be seen. Odds are on the former.
*Hammer says the City Council is looking forward —not backward by voting in Justin Outling over former council member Tom Phillips to replace incumbent Zack Matheny, who’s leaving for Downtown Greensboro Inc. I hope so—Outling is a bright young guy—fellow UNCG grad, Duke Law School grad, coming back to Gboro to raise a family. He’s also a black Democrat, very few of whom I agree with politically. That said, I will give him the benefit of the doubt will be interested to hear his views on where Gboro is and where it should be going.
*Former Piedmont Triad Partnership president David Powell is the focus in the investigation of a “large sum of money” gone missing. N&R follows up, reporting “charges are pending” against Powell.
*Last certainly not least—top heavy city salaries, including a $3,000 raise for Assistant City Manager Andy Scott “who has not been operating as an assistant city manager for over a year.”
