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Re: NYT calls out Guilford County for not staying home
I have a confession to make–I read the print edition of the New York Times every day. It’s complicated; it involves a deal within the capitalist system with my local…
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Greensboro Transit Authority vs. PETA…
…Definitely two things you would think have absolutely nothing in common, but this is the world in which we live. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is threatening to…
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Guilford legislators want to bring home the bacon
Greensboro News & Record reports on efforts by Guilford County legislators to bring home “a larger share of the state budget for their constituents.” A cursory scan of the N.C.…
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Greensboro Coliseum director earning his top salary
It’s that time of year again when the Rhino times publishes its lists of local government salaries. This week it’s the City of Greensboro and the highest-paid employee is—once again—Greensboro…
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Greensboro gun debate makes national news
At its Tuesday night meeting, the Greensboro City Council discussed the upcoming gun show at the Greensboro Coliseum. Mayor Nancy Vaughan had called for the gun show to be cancelled…
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City charter prevents Gboro from canceling gun show
Rhino Times editor John Hammer reports city charter prevents the Greensboro City Council from canceling a gun show at the city-owned coliseum: The whole issue came up shortly after the…
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Gboro plans to cancel gun show at coliseum
Mayor Nancy Vaughan tells WXII she and the City Council will discuss canceling a guns show scheduled for later this year at the city-owned Greensboro Coliseum. http://www.wxii12.com/article/greensboro-plans-to-cancel-gun-show/19152388
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Gboro performing arts center booster challenging Budd in District 13
News & Record reports Greensboro attorney and philanthropist Kathy Manning will enter the Democratic primary in hopes of challenging incumbent Rep. Ted Budd in the 13th Congressional District: Manning said…
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New contractor for Gboro performing arts center…
News & Record reports negotiations between the City of Greensboro and Durham-based contractor Skanska-Rentenbach have broken down, meaning phase 1 work on the proposed Tanger Center for the Performing Arts…
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Another reason to be ware of the ol’ public-private partnership…
…..I present the proposed downtown Greensboro performing arts center….Citizens and antsy donors are awaiting at the very least a groundbreaking–which the News & Record reports in today’s edition will be…
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Problems with Gboro performing arts center…?
About three weeks after reporting on the state-of-the-art sound system that will grace Greensboro’s proposed $78 million downtown performing arts center, the N&R reports (front page, above the fold—bigger than…
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A recent history of Gboro bonds
Right now Greensboro’s proposed bond referendum sits at $178 million. It’s not on the ballot yet but odds are it will be considering—as Rhino editor John Hammer puts it, City…