TAMMI Z. THURM: I have spent my career as the CFO/VP of operations of small and large family-owned businesses. Greensboro, NC 27429, Advertising Greensboro, NC 27429, Advertising Remember who broke it when you vote. Box 3427 Greensboro NC 27402 Greensboro Office 301 W Market St Greensboro NC (336) 641-3836 High Point Office 325 E Russell Ave High Point NC (336) 641-3836 Office Hours Of course, when she announced, the primary was scheduled for October 2021, but thats a long time to be shaking hands and kissing babies. Cummings resignation agreement was accepted, ending the investigation, but part of the agreement was that he would never run for a judicial office again. Readers of The Rhino Times will be able to rely on rhinotimes.com for daily coverage and opinions of Greensboro while gaining insider access to important Guilford County work sessions and events. Required fields are marked *. I imagine you are aware of the number of 911 calls the county receives. Do the restaurant owners know that the city once again is stabbing them in the back? Its interesting that former District Court Judge Mark Timothy Cummings is running for mayor. Portia Shipman, Latoya Bernice Gathers and Cecile (CC) Crawford also filed to run in District 2. Just look at what he did a couple years ago when officers were just trying to locate a guy with a gun on the Greenway. Dr. Latoya Bernice Gathers stands out because of her varied background working with Doctors Without Borders and at a tuberculosis clinic in Sudan. Outling has to be recused from voting on either project because he is a partner in the Brooks Pierce law firm, which did legal work on both. As always, we need to work toward economic development and jobs. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. I have heard the voices and cries of the community. But it damaged the perception of the councils honesty and transparency which takes time to rebuild. TONY WILKINS: On an 8-1 vote in 2019 City Council increased property tax. DUSTIN KEENE: I feel we overpay for underdelivering a lot. (336) 814-3256 An economic collapse, with the dollar losingits control of world currency. Listen to the council meetings. For example the $120 million on the performing arts center, for that kind of money we could have built something architecturally stunning that the nation would have taken notice of. I am confident that my vision ofGo B.I.G. LATOYA BERNICE GATHERS: I would invest in institutions of higher education as engines of innovation and job creation, foster communities, utilizing untapped talent to drive higher economic returns as well as greater equity, and build basic infrastructure to ensure future growth and to retain a highly trained local workforce. If you dont vote, you have no right to complain about who ends up in office, and you deserve whatever you get over the next election cycle. I am so disillusioned with the leaders of Greensboro that I will do one of two things. Outling then easily won election to a two-year term in 2015 and a four-year term in 2017. Proof positive that were fed up with the turd sandwich we have in place presently. Rossabi has served for 10 years with the Department of Social Services as a guardian ad litem, which is a person appointed to protect the rights of a minor or incapacitated adult in cases of legal action. District 1 City Councilmember Sharon Hightower filed to run for reelection. A North Carolina city council fired a man for 'white privilege and entitlement' after he refused to address a Black woman by her professional title. Sweeping bans hinder economic growth. Its an appeasement. To learn more, I invite you tovisitmathenyforcouncil.com. In its final form, the consent form was going to have to be provided to the person granting consent in their native language and had become so complex that even the extremely liberal City Council couldnt agree that it was necessary. They have been in too long already! Additionally, I would like to continue to build a business-friendly city and foster economic development that makes Greensboro better for all of us. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. It was originally scheduled for October and November 2021, but the primary was postponed to March 8 because the US Census data required for redistricting was delayed due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Im hopeful that my experience and familiarity with Staff, Council and current city issues will be of value, he wrote in his application. You can vote for three, but we recommend voting for two in hopes that they can make it to the general election in July. I will continue to be a voice for the voiceless. The two other candidates on the ballot, Eric Robert and Mark Cummings, havent raised or spent much money and dont have the name recognition to compete without a major advertising campaign. Johnson and Abuzuaiter were both elected to four-year terms in 2017. Ph: (336) 763-4170 Council should deny funding to the wasteful Participatory Budgeting program. We will need to feed and house people. A primary is scheduled for May 17, 2022. Wilkins was known for asking tough questions when he was on the City Council. He later dropped that lawsuit. The city council and real estate developers, in my opinion, should collaborate. Take 30 minutes out of your busy lives, do your own homework and vote for who you think are the best candidates. The District 3 City Council candidates are Chip Roth, former District 3 City Councilmember Zack Matheny and Bill Marshburn. I can bring all of this to District 2. Im also quite concerned about climate change. I have also served in various leadership roles in community organizations allowing me to create the experience necessary to listen and lead while building a better Greensboro. It was a tragedy that should have never happened. The only one worth keeping is Outling. Several chances Outling had to support OUR police, he did not! That link is to the City of Greensboro website because Guilford Metro 911 is a city department. Until the community at large can trust the police, fear will prevail on both sides. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh, the 69th-most populous city in the United States, and the largest city in the Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. Bradley Hunt, president of the Greensboro Chapter of the NAACP, stated that it is the position of his organization "that this body vote to postpone the Greensboro City Council elections initially scheduled to take place in November of 2021, until after U.S. Census data has been received, properly processed and certified." But the announcement of the Toyota battery plant coming to the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite and Boom Supersonic coming to the Piedmont Triad International Airport has turned the tables and given Vaughan a campaign issue. Greensboro, NC 27401 Ten candidates filed to run in the at-large City Council race, including the three incumbents: City Councilmembers Yvonne Johnson, Marikay Abuzuaiter and Hugh Holston. Positive policing and trust is another main issue we face in Greensboro. Johnson and Abuzuaiter were both elected to four-year terms in 2017. The original Rhinoceros Times, founded in 1991, went out of business in May 2013. Matheny and current Mayor Nancy Vaughan devised the plan to finance the Tanger Center for the Performing Arts using parking and ticket fees, not general fund dollars, for the citys share of that public-private partnership. The original Rhinoceros Times, founded in 1991, went out of business in May 2013. 2 former council members among 47 applicants to fill Kennedy's vacant The mayoral race was originally scheduled to be on the ballot in 2021. sales@rhinotimes.com, Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, Former County Commissioner Steve Arnold Enters District 2 Commissioners Race, Next Countywide Revaluation May Be Here Sooner Than You Think. Box Address The Greensboro City Council would be much more effective and efficient without District 1 City Councilmember Sharon Hightower. https://www.rhinotimes.com/news/police-stop-on-greenway-may-lead-to-city-council-work-session/. Its all politics. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Most candidates stick to their own race during a campaign, but Robert has used his campaign to attack DGI President and District 3 City Council candidate Zack Matheny. Voters will choose among 6 candidates for 3 at-large seats on Greensboro City Council ANNETTE AYRES Jul 23, 2022 0 GREENSBORO Three City Council members hope to retain their. The Mayor and three Council members are elected at large and the remaining five Council members are elected from districts. Her platform includes support for the police, increased transparency in government decision making, supporting small business and economic development, having a multi-pronged approach to the affordable housing crisis and focusing on youth development. I think the experience and the successful results of my leadership in the past equipped me for the task. The election was originally supposed to happen in 2021 but was delayed because of redistricting from the 2020 Census. Greensboro City Council: Here's the lineup for the race - FOX8 WGHP I am proud to say that I am also able to advocate for small businesses having owned a small, independently owned business for 22 years. You are a sitting city council member, have been for years, and you can make a motion any time you like. Thats all we need to know really. Vaughan has three challengers by herself. Qualified Candidates for the November 2 , 2021 General Election Skip to Main Content Home News Events Departments Government Business Contact Address City of Greensboro 212 N Main St Greensboro, GA 30642 706-453-7967 706-453-2912 fax News Greensboro designated as a Georgia Exceptional Main Street- (GEMS) Town broke public records, open meetings law: N.C. auditor Evan -Metro 911 center is run by the city not the county. Our city spent time and our money refusing to admit any responsibility for Marcus death. The Citys actions took their livelihoods away while doing nothing to combat violent crime in our city as we have now the highest crime rate in the nation for a municipality our size.. Dont believe it? City of Greensboro 212 N Main St Greensboro, GA 30642 706-453-7967 706-453-2912 fax News Greensboro designated as a Georgia Exceptional Main Street- (GEMS) . District 2 City Councilmember Goldie Wells filed to run for reelection. I also think we need to focus our economic development on the small businesses that are here in Greensboro. She served on the City Council from 2005 to 2009, when she did not run for reelection. Also filing to run in the at-large race are Katie Rossabi, Linda Wilson, Tracy Furman, Taffy L. Buchanan, Fanca Jalloh, Dustin Keene and Melodi Fentress. Dont vote for who the TV tells you to vote for. 18 officers in the police academy is a joke when they are missing over 100 officers in the field right now, and council knows it. Rhino Times Office I have been watching the changing of them guards for many years. Crime and drug-free streets and neighborhoods. But Kennedy said at the time that her experience in housing the homeless as director of the Interactive Resource Center made the job a logical step in her career and that the position was open to anybody who wanted to apply. Police officers were adamantly opposed, noting that there is already police body cam video footage of the person consenting and officers are required to fill out a form about the consent after it is given. Early, in-person voting began last Thursday for the Primary Election in North Carolina, which culminates May 17, and voting for the Greensboro City Council, which was to have occurred last year, is underway with 27 names on the ballot for mayor and four district and three at-large seats. Massachusetts Democrat resigns following backlash for comments about Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TCB reported that in 2021, the BHRT program responded to 3,274 calls. No one should be subjected to exclusionary speech of any kind. Big whoop. Withthisgrowth, it is inevitablewewillalso experience problems, coupled with national economic and social issues. ZACK MATHENY: Greensboro is experiencing tremendous growth from work being done over the last 10 years. When the city sets the standard for paying a living wage, other employers are encouraged to do the same. If he cannot get the votes after being on council for years then how is he going to get them as mayor. We need an Eviction Legal Defense Fund (money set aside to help people facing an eviction), and a Right to Counsel, in order to help people navigate the very expensive eviction process with a lawyer to help them in court. TRACY FURMAN: We are about to grow rapidly with the large new companies moving to this area. I will demand, and on the council will demand a RUCO 2 revision. Your email address will not be published. RESPONSIBILITIES : The faculty member will be responsible for teaching up to two sections of the Humanities core curriculum and an elective each term. We need to develop creative housing solutions to improve affordability and mobility throughout the city. I believe that my commonsense approach to issues has helped me gain widespread support with my constituents. Humanities Teacher in Concord, NH for St. Paul's School LATOYA BERNICE GATHERS: There are not enough affordable housing options in my neighborhood. Now he wants to do both! We need to convene critical conversation forums on social justice and racial equity by bringing together the various community players who need to be heard and who also need to listen. Woke = Broke. Go watch the council meeting where this happened and see what he said and how he said it. Voters that are indecisive about the District 5 City Council race must either have no political opinions or have trouble making decisions. In other words, Evan, ask your councilmembers to stop making token gestures and to actually do something that makes enough of difference to make a difference. Outling for mayor.nope, not a wise choice at all.nor is Nancy. I bring a network of relationships in many areas with me and continue to build that network out in order to better understand issues that face people in District 2, and ways we can address them from City Council. TONY WILKINS: I have lived in Greensboro my entire life. Ten candidates filed to run in the at-large City Council race, including the three incumbents: City Councilmembers Yvonne Johnson, Marikay Abuzuaiter and Hugh Holston. Look at how the alphabet people have more rights than those who live right. ZACK MATHENY: My experience managing the economic and social development of the center city gives me a special skillset and clear understanding of what it takes to do the job that the entire city of Greensboro needs today. We must establish creative solutions to increase density, partner with developers to identify city policies that add unnecessary expenses to the development process and create a land banking program to push back against gentrification. Others are not likely to sign up for their three-minutes allotted speaking time at Tuesdays meeting, but that still leaves a substantial number of speakers the council will hear before voting on who will fill the open seat. From Sept. 11, 2001, to now. The offices were originally scheduled to be on the ballot in 2021. And Hester Petty, who regularly speaks at public forum periods during council meetings, has also submitted her name. She opposes most of the rezoning requests for East Greensboro and, unfortunately, often convinces a majority of the City Council to vote with her. Certainly, the most intriguing candidate in the race is Robert, who was born in Lyon, France, and raised in France and Gabon in West Africa. A primary was scheduled for May 17, 2022. Specifically, in District 2, those undeveloped and overlooked neighborhoods are predominantly low-income and communities of color, specifically Black and Latino. Collectively, they continue to blur the lines between ethical and legal all while refusing to be transparent and held accountable, The Gun Shows involved hundreds of vendors and small business owners. Both would provide some needed diversity of opinion on the very liberal City Council. Name recognition is a big part of elections and its hard to find a local politician with better name recognition than Vaughan. On November 15, 2018, the last printed edition of the Rhino Times came off the presses leaving the world of print journalism behind and moving into the future with an e-paper. I want to use my experience and my voice to champion my Three Pillars for Progress (Economic Development Public Safety Community Engagement). Town broke public records, open meetings law: N.C. auditor The town had three council members, its town manager, the longtime attorney and town clerk all resign on the same day. ZACK MATHENY: We need to perform a proper strategic action plan for growth of the city for being proactive versus reactive. Osborne Water Quality Reclamation Facility has been fined more than $70,000 by the state for at least 19 air-quality violati. MARIKAY ABUZUAITER: Issues facing Greensboro for the next four years are reducing crime, increasing our housing stock, keeping our infrastructure sound and keeping the momentum going on our recent economic development successes and supplying the trained workforce for the businesses that are locating here. Toss em all out! District 3 is considered one of the more conservative council districts and had always been represented by a white Republican, but Outling, a black Democrat, has won by wide margins in both elections. All they do is talk. But, to live in our city we need more. Agreed- vote out the entire city council! However, City Attorney Chuck Watts doesnt see a problem with Matheny serving as both a city councilmember and president of DGI. You seem to be a pro-police voter, which is good, but Outling does not share your point of view: Outling is a wolf in sheeps clothing. Fostering relationships in our community by encouraging events that include police invitations will help to build more trust as well. The Mayor and City Council, who are elected to office for a four-year term, develop City policies for the City of Goldsboro.