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G’boro council spikes performing arts center bond
At least for now: But the council will consider holding a special election next spring to seek voter support for building a downtown performing arts center. It would cost the…
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Matt Brown doing double time
I was mentally shouting out a big —-pardon the pun —-yessss! as I read Yes!Weekly’s editorial letting Greensboro Coliseum Director Matt Brown hear it over his push for a $30-plus…
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Farewell, Mayor Knight
Part of me finds Rhino exit interviews with former City Manager Rashad Young and former Mayor Bill Knight intriguing, and part of me says who cares they’re outta here. Those…
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GSO-Guilford luv fest —good luck
Seems to me the spin since the election of the liberal-majority Greensboro City Council is ‘everyone’s going to get along so much better.’ Pretty typical —remember it’s always evil conservatives…
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G’boro council approves risky loan
That’s not my description of the 40-year, no-interest loan the Greensboro City Council approved to help renovate the run-down Bessemer Shopping Center. The N&R reports (unposted): City staff members said…
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G’boro’s interim city manager
I’ll admit I’m surprised to the strong reader reaction to the news that Denise Turner Roth has been named Greensboro’s interim city manager while the City Council searches for a…
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Rashad Young and the White Street landfill
The N&R officially confirms what we already knew: Greensboro City Manager Rashad Young is leaving for Alexandria, Va. Both the article and op-ed page editor Allen Johnson (unposted) mention the…
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G’boro city manager leaving
Some might try to make this an election issue, but if memory serves me right it was a given that Rashad Young was using Greensboro as a stepping stone. I…
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More G’boro staff departures
Interesting N&R front-pager (link via Ed Cone) on the departure of two respected veteran Greensboro city staff members, Water Resources Director Allan Williams and Environmental Services Director Jeryl Covington. These…
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G’boro’s staff-driven model
The N&R editorializes on Greensboro City Attorney Rita Danish ‘separation’ from her new City Council bosses. The paper speculates City Manager Rashad Young might be next out the door: Then…
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Municipal Government Econ 101
The Rhino’s John Hammer asks “where else can you cut $13 million from a budget and wind up with a higher budget than the year before?” Of course the answer…
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G’boro council: Amending the ‘family’
Item number 13 on the agenda for this week’s Greensboro City Council meeting: Set public hearing date of June 7, 2011, for LDO text amendment amending definition of term “family.”…