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Budget votes. Because they all matter.
Budgets lay out priorities. Votes on the budget reflect priorities of lawmakers. The governor had his with a 2.3% increase in spending. The House passed a budget last week that…
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Snag in Bowman Gray Stadium sale
Apparently Rep. Dale Folwell was the puppeteer in the effort to pull the sale of Bowman Gray Stadium to Winston-Salem State University, but fellow Forsyth Rep. Debra Conrad says: Although…
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Gun control and PART
What do the two have in common, you might ask? They were brought up during a meeting at Joel Coliseum between local elected officials and local members of the General…
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Meanwhile, in Winston-Salem….
The Journal voices its approval of a raise and 28k bonus for Visit Winston-Salem president Richard Geiger. The Tourism Development Authority approved the raise and bonus by a 5-1 vote,…
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Forsyth commissioners nix $223m school bond….
Citing policy that limits county debt to no more than 15 percent: Commissioner Debra Conrad, who led the effort to put in the 15 percent debt cap, said school board…
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Heaven forbid Forsyth would lose fed lobbyist
Bill Whiteheart’s victory over Ted Kaplan for a Forsyth County Commission at-large seat shifts the board to the right, and Chairman Dave Plyler isn’t happy. As a result, Plyler makes…
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Stuck with the tab
‘You gotta spend money to make money’ seems to be the mantra of city government these days. As yet another example, the City of Winston-Salem finds itself stuck with the…
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More illegal immigration talk
The Forsyth County Republican Women’s Club listened to an angry speech on illegal immigration last night: William Gheen, the president of Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee, spoke to…
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Conflicts of interest
Forsyth County Commisioner Debra Conrad is taking some heat for using her position as an elected official to drum up some business for her marketing company at the N.C. Associaition…
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Negotiating the Forsyth County budget
“Tense” budget negotiations in Forsyth County: Forsyth County commissioners approved their 2007-08 budget yesterday, and Vice Chairwoman Debra Conrad, who cast the only dissenting vote, paid for it. Conrad refused…
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What part of ‘no’ didn’t Billy Prim understand?
Forsyth County commissioners hopefully will take a vote tonight on $12.5 million in incentives for Winston-Salem’s proposed downtown ballpark. Some opponents want the county to delay its vote, but Commissioner…