First you have the City of Winston Salem taking out two-thirds bonds for road improvements. Next you have the City of Greensboro, in a noble effort to trim its budget, putting $2 million in road improvements on the chopping block.

At the same time, the City Council agreed to keep a total of $1.3 million intact for housing and community development, nonprofit funding and neighborhood grants.

Maybe me, but it doesn’t seem like the city has its priorities straight. And we’ll all wonder why a transportation bond will be on the November ballot.