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N&R, Rhino diss Danny Thompson
I realize offering endorsements for at large seats in a crowded Greensboro City Council primary is problematic, but the N&R gives its best shot. No surprise that former Mayor Yvonne…
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Vandals hit Guilford County GOP headquarters
OK, what kinda nuts would do such a thing? They even hit a campaign sign for Greensboro Mayor Bill Knight.
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Politicizing the landfill debate
Seems to me it’s the left who’s always bemoaning the interjection of politics in certain controversial issues. With that in mind, note that Greensboro City Council member Dianne Bellamy-Small —sitting…
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N&R says delay landfill vote
In yesterday’s editorial, the N&R describes the vote to proceed with a contract to operate the White Street landfill as “rushed and flawed,” ultimately concluding that the decision should be…
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Jordan Lake Rules: A little breathing room, please
H119– a bill to amend environmental laws in 2011 —-has been filed. According to an (unposted) report in today’s N&R, the bill gives the City of Greensboro more time to…
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G’boro DOE grant: Pregnant pause
The N&R writes up (unposted) the waiting game Greensboro city staff is playing while the City Council tweaks the $5 million Department of Energy grant: U.S. Department of energy staff…
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Jordan Lake Rules: Good for Greensboro?
I give Greensboro Mayor Bill Knight and City Council member Zack Matheny credit for going to Raleigh and requesting a delay in implementing the Jordan Lake Rules. Sen. Don Vaughan…
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G’boro council: Lament for a lost year
Speaking of the Greensboro City Council, the Rhino’s John Hammer pens a lamentation for the government that was not to be: The year 2010 was a year of missed opportunity…
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G’boro council signs off on DOE grant
Though skeptical at first, the Greensboro City Council signs off on a $5 million Department of Energy grant to make homes more energy efficient. Total joke —-city bureaucrats get cash…
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G’boro politics: porn, garbage
Prominent Greensboro bloggers are hotly debating the number of porn site hits up at the city’s central library. John Hammer joins the debate, reporting the disputed numbers as fact in…
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G’boro getting the message?
Down Interstate 40, the N&R reports (e-edition only) Greensboro’s population growth trials the state’s other major cities, including Winston-Salem and —gasp —– High Point. Veteran reporter Donald Patterson turns to…
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Mayor Knight: Same old, same old
I have no doubt that Greensboro Mayor Bill Knight is an earnest, hard-working individual. But I still don’t see where he’s shaking things up in local government. If anything, it’s…