Dr. Guarino advises us to be on the lookout for biased reporting on the upcoming Greensboro City Council race from Yes!Weekly, saying challengers Joel Landau and Teresa Jobe get favorable ink over incumbent Mary Rakestraw.
Imagine that, considering the fact that back in 2007 Yes!Weekly endorsed Landau even after he was eliminated in the primary, rationalizing he was “a popular candidate victimized by low voter turnout.”
As for candidate-blogger Ryan Shell being a registered Republican, all I know is last night’s speech opposing a possible reopening of the White Street landfill was a liberal talking points memo, right in line with Mayor Yvonne Johnson and council members Dianne Bellamy-Small and Goldie Wells.
By the same token, it was Democrat Mike Barber who countered that the “worst economic decision made by this city since 1808” costs between $7 million and $14 million per year and —given the economic climate —- the city simply can longer afford the luxury of of trucking its garbage elsewhere.
