I had posted here several days ago about the efforts of a Republican Guilford County Commissioner to promote local government building a new hockey rink/ arena for the professional hockey team in Greensboro. Of course, the Greensboro Coliseum is perfectly adequate for this purpose; so certain questions naturally arise. Why […]
Tag: Guilford County
NC Values Coalition Endorses Cara Dohner For Guilford School Board
The endorsement list is here. Ms. Dohner is running for school board in this socialist-controlled county where cultural Marxism rules the county schools. Note that John Blust is also endorsed for NC House by this organization.
Guilford County Passes Pride Month Resolution
Scott Yost has the details. A few citizens spoke out against the resolution, but the socialists proceeded to pass it– unanimously, with apparent Republican support. Other media reports had suggested this meeting was packed with people pushing for more public schools funding. When Yost says the crowd cheered after the […]
Guilford County To Recognize Pride Month?
The Rhino Times is reporting that the Guilford County Board of Commissioners will be considering an item at its meeting Thursday night to recognize “pride month” for the first time. Skip Alston is allowing this item to be heard at the request of another lefty commissioner. The city of Greensboro […]
Spreading Greensboro Homicides To the County
The message was beyond parody. Mayor Nancy Vaughan asked during her State of the City address regarding the city’s high homicide rate, “Where is the outrage?”. She asked this after having spent many years undermining the police, playing identity group politics and hamstringing law enforcement. She and her fellow council […]
Guilford County’s Era of Big Spending
The Rhino Times had an article yesterday that outlines how 2023 was the “year of massive spending” for our county government in Guilford County. And today, the News and Record reports that the county plans to create 27 new positions for social workers, thus assuring the massive spending increases will […]
Skip Alston to Kill “In God We Trust” Inscriptions
James Upchurch, a former-Democrat-turned-Republican Guilford County Commissioner, proposed with inscribe “In God We Trust” on 10 important Guilford County buildings. Now, Skip Alston– the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners– says he is opposing the move because he doesn’t like the intent. The Rhino Times provides the details. It […]
Cone Health’s Millions in Property Tax Breaks Last Year
North Carolina Health News has an interesting article that outlines the property tax breaks that the non-profit hospital systems enjoy. Guilford County lists approximately $817 million in assessed value for properties owned by non-profit hospitals here. That translates to approximately $11 million in property taxes avoided by these hospital systems. […]
Guilford County’s “Savings Account” is Getting Depleted
An interesting article was published on the Rhino Times website yesterday. It was reported that the County Manager told commissioners he was concerned that the county’s fund balance was getting too low. Democratic socialists have been in charge of Guilford County since the 2020 election. It’s funny, but I don’t […]
Drama Over the Canceled Guilford Jail Demolition Contract
Samet Construction has been doing business in this part of North Carolina for many decades. It had won a contract recently for the demolition of the old Guilford County Jail in Greensboro and the construction of a new Sheriff’s Department headquarters. Some of the work already had been done. It […]