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The White Street landfill fight continues. On August 16 Greensboro city council voted 4-3 to enter negotiations with Gate City Wastes to run the White Street landfill. The four republicans on council (Mayor Bill Knight, Trudy Wade, Danny Thompson and Mary Rakestraw are trying to open the White Street landfill open again even though the city promised it would stay closed. The landfill is located in a predominantly black neighborhood and the four republicans hit a stumbling block when they found out there are new state laws that prohibits expanding or building new landfills near minority neighborhoods. Originally they were trying to get a 15-year contract with a waste company but that plan was shot down. So the four republicans decided to try to open the landfill with existing permits in phase 3 of the landfill which they are legally able to do. When the council selected the waste company on August 16, two council members were not able to vote (Nancy Vaughan and Zack Matheny) because of conflict of interest. Vaughan's husband is a lawyer for one of the waste companies. Robbie Perkins, Diane Bellamy Small and Jim Kee voted against the contract because they want to keep the landfill closed. Mayor Bill Knight, Trudy Wade, Danny Thompson and Mary Rakestraw voted for the contract. However once the four republicans picked Gate City Waste, they ruled out the company that Vaughan's husband is representing. This means there is no longer a conflict of interest and Vaughan can vote for the final vote in September. Vaughan stated she wants to keep the landfill closed so this means it would be a 4-4 tie which would stop the landfill from opening. The four republicans now want to reconsider the company Vaughans husband represents just to keep Nancy Vaughan from voting. This whole process has been flawed and unethical and at least three of these four republicans will likely get voted out of office this November.

"At-large Councilman Robbie Perkins, who opposes the move to reopen the landfill, said he had never before seen the council take action on a major policy decision on the same day the information was presented. Typically, a briefing session is held to allow members to digest the information, and then a vote is scheduled for the following council meeting."[/]

Clearly the four republicans are trying to rush this thing through before the November election.

http://www.yesweekly.com/triad/article-12622-vendor-selection-in-landfill-decision-questioned.html

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The White Street landfill fight continues. On August 16 Greensboro city council voted 4-3 to enter negotiations with Gate City Wastes to run the White Street landfill. The four republicans on council (Mayor Bill Knight, Trudy Wade, Danny Thompson and Mary Rakestraw are trying to open the White Street landfill open again even though the city promised it would stay closed. The landfill is located in a predominantly black neighborhood and the four republicans hit a stumbling block when they found out there are new state laws that prohibits expanding or building new landfills near minority neighborhoods. Originally they were trying to get a 15-year contract with a waste company but that plan was shot down. So the four republicans decided to try to open the landfill with existing permits in phase 3 of the landfill which they are legally able to do. When the council selected the waste company on August 16, two council members were not able to vote (Nancy Vaughan and Zack Matheny) because of conflict of interest. Vaughan's husband is a lawyer for one of the waste companies. Robbie Perkins, Diane Bellamy Small and Jim Kee voted against the contract because they want to keep the landfill closed. Mayor Bill Knight, Trudy Wade, Danny Thompson and Mary Rakestraw voted for the contract. However once the four republicans picked Gate City Waste, they ruled out the company that Vaughan's husband is representing. This means there is no longer a conflict of interest and Vaughan can vote for the final vote in September. Vaughan stated she wants to keep the landfill closed so this means it would be a 4-4 tie which would stop the landfill from opening. The four republicans now want to reconsider the company Vaughans husband represents just to keep Nancy Vaughan from voting. This whole process has been flawed and unethical and at least three of these four republicans will likely get voted out of office this November.

"At-large Councilman Robbie Perkins, who opposes the move to reopen the landfill, said he had never before seen the council take action on a major policy decision on the same day the information was presented. Typically, a briefing session is held to allow members to digest the information, and then a vote is scheduled for the following council meeting."[/]

Clearly the four republicans are trying to rush this thing through before the November election.

http://www.yesweekly...questioned.html

Many people, black and white, have said council's decision is based on racism. In fact the landfill debate made national news a few months back in a CNN story about race relations in Greensboro. You have to wonder why those four really want to open the landfill back up. They say it would save the city $3 million dollars a year. (yet they didn't vote for contracts that would have save the city $5 million a year) Currently Greensboro ships its trash to Montgomery County. However Randolph County is opening up a regional landfill away from residential areas in 2 years and there are estimates the city was also save $3 million a year with that option. So why are they hell bent on opening up White Street? Even If I supported opening the landfill, I would support a city run landfill because it would be the better deal financially for the city. Here is the reason its not being considered.

"After the meeting councilman Danny Thompson said they didn't want to consider the city running the landfill because if the city operated the landfill, if one vote on the City Council changed, the council could close it immediately. Thompson said it would be more difficult if the city were locked into a long-term contract with a corporation."

All I can say is WOW. Its pretty reckless when you have council persons making major policy decisions this way without any thought about the repercussions.

more about this circus

http://greensboro.rh...t-Briefing.html

It does get interesting:

"under the present scenario, with Vaughan being allowed to vote down the contracts, "We would have a very difficult time giving the contract to anyone but Waste Industries." Waste Industries is the company Vaughan's husband represents and the reason she can't vote. So if the council offered the contract to Waste Industries, then Vaughan could not vote it down. But in that case Matheny, who can't participate because it was ruled his company, Bell Partners, has business dealings with D.H. Griffin Companies, which is a part of Gate City Waste Services, could vote. So if the council chose to negotiate a contract with Waste Industries, Vaughan couldn't vote, but Matheny could."

It is interesting that the four republicans just so happened to narrow it down to the two companies where two council members have a conflict of interest. This whole thing was thought out and engineered to pass but they didn't take into account the most recent legal interpretation of Vaughan or Matheny voting.

Either way the four republicans may be screwed and are going to look like a bunch of idiots.

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This article brought up something really interesting

The railroad made Greensboro, initiating its status as a transportation hub and bestowing its nickname, Gate City. It was only because of the political pull of Gov. Motley Morehead, a resident, that the railroad came through Greensboro instead of, say, the more centrally located Asheboro. Morehead raised the funds to lay the initial track, and later became the president of the North Carolina Railroad Co. If not for the railroad, there would not have been a textile industry in Greensboro.

Similarly, High Point was so named because it lay at the highest point of the railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro, where it intersected a major east-to-west plank road.

...a what if as in what if Morehead had been unable to secure the NCRR route for Greensboro and the railroad had gone through Asheboro instead? Perhaps Morehead would have spent the rest of his life trying to get a parallel railroad built through Greensboro, but an alternate railroad would have had problems and parts of the line may have eventually been abandoned. Here are the ways how different central NC would be today:

The Overall Area

The Asheboro route would have fundamentally altered central NC. For starters, there would have been no Piedmont Triad as Asheboro would have stood on its own as a metropolitan area (and had it not been for the 1898 Wilmington coup, NC's population might be on par with TX's). The city's population would be on par with the Triangle and Charlotte. Randleman would be surrounded by Asheboro with no opportunity to grow. Ulah and Level Cross would be gobbled up by Asheboro while Archdale and Trinity would naturally serve as Asheboro's suburbs alongside Ramseur.

Greensboro would be significantly smaller and Guilford County would have resembled Davidson County and other counties that once relied on manufacturing. Meanwhile, High Point would only exist in small segments--or it may not exist at all. As a result, we're talking about certain areas that make up present-day High Point being small towns or villages.

As for Forsyth County, it is very possible that Winston and Salem would have remained two separate towns with differing identities.

Highways

I-40 and US 64 would have switched places between Mocksville and Raleigh while I-85 and NC 49 would have done likewise between Charlotte (Exit 42) and Burlington (Exit 143). So, 40 and 85 would have naturally met in Asheboro. Unlike today's alignment, there would be guaranteed all-freeway access between Charlotte and Raleigh. As a result, the NCTA proposes a toll road between Charlotte and Burlington using I-85's current routing outside of Greensboro and 85's old routing between Exits 120A and 131--absorbing US 29/70, US 52, NC 150 and US 64.

Perhaps, a 3-digit interstate (3di) (I-285) in the city's north would have relieved congestion on the interstate duplex. As for US 220, the highway would have remained on its old alignment (Fayetteville Street/Randleman Road/Spring & Edgeworth/W. Smith & Battleground) while a 3di--let's call it I-185--would've been the freeway between Asheboro and Greensboro. This highway would have ended at W. Market Street on the north end and I-40/85 on the south end.

In this alternate timeline, the momentum for I-73 falls flat even though there is more urgency. The reason for this is that NC leaders are skeptical about Greensboro's future and tremendous local opposition to the highway. Despite a spirited effort by WV leaders, there are no plans to extend I-74 beyond Cincinnati. Present-day and future I-73/74 to the beach is merely a southern extension of I-185.

US 311 is still two lanes between Archdale and Salem since High Point is negligible. US 421 would actually serve Winston as a freeway while the US 64 bypass would be a freeway in southern Salem and Business US 64 would be an expressway in northern Salem. US 52/NC 8 would remain on its current alignment as would US 158 but US 311, NC 109 and NC 150 would have never been removed from their historic routings.

Transportation

Asheboro's historic train station is going strong after over a century and serves as the city's transportation hub for Amtrak, Greyhound and city buses.

Asheboro International Airport has decent traffic. Greensboro Regional and Smith Reynolds Airport have always been seen as second or third-tier airports that rely on niches like air shows.

An Asheboro bus system would serve the metropolitan area very well and wouldn't be in the kind of trouble PART is in now. The system would provide Express service to Greensboro and Lexington as well as frequent service.

Pro Sports

The Cougars would've stayed in NC and been absorbed into the NBA, negating the need for the Hornets. The team would play at a brand new arena while the old Asheboro Coliseum would serve a supporting role that Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte does in the present day timeline. The Twins almost move to Asheboro in the late '90s but Karl Pohlad has a change of heart at the last minute and decides to sell the team instead. Asheboro has a Southern League team that competes with the Carolina Mudcats.

Colleges and Universities

Wake Forest University never moves to Forsyth County but Trinity College still moves to Durham and is replaced by Asheboro University (later renamed NC State-Asheboro). Winston's consolation prize is the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (est. 1991, not 1956) after WFU cuts off ties with Southern Baptists in 1986. The School of the Arts is renamed the UNC Art School in 2006 by then-Gov. Easley. Rubbing salt into the wounds, NCA&T is located in eastern Asheboro, meaning that Greensboro is a university town.

NCSUA is ECU's natural rival in CUSA while UNCG is still a Division III school.

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very interesting. Its hard to believe that the Triad is what it is today because of one man. Its true, without that railroad, Greensboro would look dramatically different from today. Greensboro would be Lexington's size or even smaller. Asheboro would be much larger today

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Greensboro and Winston-Salem ranks in America's 50 Best Cities in Business week. Three other NC cities also ranks in the top 50

nationwide rankings

1st Raleigh

20th Charlotte

31st Greensboro

37th Durham

46th Winston-Salem

http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/

http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-greensboro-ranks-best-cities-businessweek-110921,0,634805.story

GREENSBORO

Percent with bachelor's degrees: 34.9

Percent under poverty level: 17.9

Median household income: $41,050

Violent crime rate: 766.2

Property crime rate: 6,044.1

School score: 72.02

Pro sports teams: 0

Foreclosure rate: .0064

Percent Unemployment: 9.7

Park acres per 1,000 residents: 24.2

Bars: 77

Restaurants: 635

Museums: 36

Colleges: 10

Libraries: 13

Air Quality Index: 93

WINSTON-SALEM

Percent with bachelor's degrees: 31.3

Percent under poverty level: 19.1

Median household income: $41,979

Violent crime rate: 752.9

Property crime rate: 5,969.4

School score: 70.67

Pro sports teams: 0

Foreclosure rate: .0073

Percent Unemployment: 9

Park acres per 1,000 residents: 15

Bars: 50

Restaurants: 432

Museums: 46

Colleges: 12

Libraries: 11

Air Quality Index: 93

DURHAM

Percent with bachelor's degrees: 45.6

Percent under poverty level: 16.3

Median household income: $47,384

Violent crime rate: 699.4

Property crime rate: 5,170.7

School score: 68.41

Pro sports teams: 0

Foreclosure rate: .0026

Percent Unemployment: 7

Park acres per 1,000 residents: 10.6

Bars: 29

Restaurants: 526

Museums: 16

Colleges: 6

Libraries: 13

Air Quality Index: 98

RALEIGH

Percent with bachelor's degrees: 47.5

Percent under poverty level: 13.9

Median household income: $53,370

Violent crime rate: 492.9

Property crime rate: 3,403.2

School score: 74.4

Pro sports teams: 1

Foreclosure rate: .0056

Percent Unemployment: 6.9

Park acres per 1,000 residents: 30.8

Bars: 110

Restaurants: 867

Museums: 51

Colleges: 10

Libraries: 18

Air Quality Index: 83

CHARLOTTE

Percent with bachelor's degrees: 39.8

Percent under poverty level: 12.8

Median household income: $52,364

Violent crime rate: 723.3

Property crime rate: 4,954.7

School score: 72.25

Pro sports teams: 2

Foreclosure rate: .0104

Percent Unemployment: 8.8

Park acres per 1,000 residents: 20.3

Bars: 159

Restaurants: 1,361

Museums: 70

Colleges: 12

Libraries: 25

Air Quality Index: 92

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Looks like Greensboro's abundant parks, bars, restaurants and entertainment options push Greensboro ahead of Durham. Either Durham's crime rate has gone down or Greensboro's crime rate has gone up. Durham was notorious for having the higher crime rate. Durham does have more college graduates with with bachelor's degrees and a higher median household income.

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The Winston-Salem MSA lead the state in job growth from August 2010 - August 2011. However, unemployment inched up to 9.9%

Winston-Salem MSA (up 4,900 jobs)

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill MSA (up 4,100 jobs)

Raleigh-Cary MSA (up 3,700 jobs)

Greensboro-High Point MSA (down 900 jobs).

read more:

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/news/futures/Job_gains_don_t_keep_area_unemployment_rate_from_rising_165399328.html

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Here are Greensboro city council primary results. Looks like City Council will be run by democrats again. While Robbie Perkins is a registered republican, he seems to have more progressive views and votes with the democrats on council. It appears as though three of the four council persons who tried to re-open the White Street landfill will likely be voted out of office in November. There has been a spike in turn out in east Greensboro due to the landfill issue and political bickering. But there seems to be a Democratic resurgence in other local elections across the state including a blow to republicans in Raleigh. Local elections tend to reflect whats going on nationally so these results could indicate that democrats may win nationally in 2012. Like the bickering on Greensboro city council, people are tired of the bickering in Washington DC and they are tired of the stale mate. National polls show that the GOP is more to blame in terms of why Washington isn't getting anything done. Congress is polling much lower than the president. If Obama gets re-elected and democrats take back the house, they better not blow their opportunity.

Robbie Perkins (candidate for mayor)

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Bill Knight (current mayor of Greensboro)

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MAYOR

R Robbie Perkins (currently at large councilman) 47.96% 9,433

R Bill Knight (incumbent) 33.71% 6,630

AT LARGE (3 at large seats on council)

D Yvonne J. Johnson (former mayor of Greensboro) 22.74% 11,563

I Nancy Barakat Vaughan (incumbent) 16.34% 8,309

D Marikay Abuzuaiter 12.43% 6,319

R Chris Lawyer 10.93% 5,559

R Danny Thompson (incumbent) 10.47% 5,325

DISTRICT 4

D Nancy Hoffmann 38.27% 2,164

R Mary C. Rakestraw (incumbent) 37.51% 2,121

DISTRICT 2

D Jim Kee (incumbent) 72.75% 2,194

D C. Bradley Hunt II 20.49% 618

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So I was checking on http://edcsns17.cr.u...wEarthExplorer/ and found a lot of really old aerial photographs of the triad and I thought you guys might get a kick out of seeing them.

Greensboro -1968-1

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Greensboro 1968-2

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High Point -1965

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And some beautiful pictures of W-S in 1948

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2nd

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3rd

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And the last

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Anyway, I thought you guys might like to see what the triad looked like back then - for better and worse. Also I might as well mention a site I found with some really amazing historic pictures of Greensboro: http://windowstothepast.wordpress.com/memories/ their facebook image section is really neat, with some of the images dating back to the very early 1900s -http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.239721539408950.52057.239701246077646&type=3

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Here are Greensboro city council primary results. Looks like City Council will be run by democrats again. While Robbie Perkins is a registered republican, he seems to have more progressive views and votes with the democrats on council. It appears as though three of the four council persons who tried to re-open the White Street landfill will likely be voted out of office in November. There has been a spike in turn out in east Greensboro due to the landfill issue and political bickering. But there seems to be a Democratic resurgence in other local elections across the state including a blow to republicans in Raleigh. Local elections tend to reflect whats going on nationally so these results could indicate that democrats may win nationally in 2012. Like the bickering on Greensboro city council, people are tired of the bickering in Washington DC and they are tired of the stale mate. National polls show that the GOP is more to blame in terms of why Washington isn't getting anything done. Congress is polling much lower than the president. If Obama gets re-elected and democrats take back the house, they better not blow their opportunity.

Robbie Perkins (candidate for mayor)

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Bill Knight (current mayor of Greensboro)

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MAYOR

R Robbie Perkins (currently at large councilman) 47.96% 9,433

R Bill Knight (incumbent) 33.71% 6,630

AT LARGE (3 at large seats on council)

D Yvonne J. Johnson (former mayor of Greensboro) 22.74% 11,563

I Nancy Barakat Vaughan (incumbent) 16.34% 8,309

D Marikay Abuzuaiter 12.43% 6,319

R Chris Lawyer 10.93% 5,559

R Danny Thompson (incumbent) 10.47% 5,325

DISTRICT 4

D Nancy Hoffmann 38.27% 2,164

R Mary C. Rakestraw (incumbent) 37.51% 2,121

DISTRICT 2

D Jim Kee (incumbent) 72.75% 2,194

D C. Bradley Hunt II 20.49% 618

Here is an ad Mayor Bill Knight put out in the Rhino Times. It amazes me how partisan Greensboro city-council is when its suppose to be a non partisan board. All indicators say that Robbie Perkins will beat Bill Knight in the election. Maybe we can finally get some sanity on city-council.

AD:

"Think about it, in 16 years what has Councilman Perkins done?

Perkins supported a "progressive" liberal agenda

Perkins never questioned tax or fee increases

Perkins never questioned water and sewer rate increases

Perkins never questioned Project Homestead

Perkins never proposed a long-term solution for solid waste disposal

Perkins failed to stand by our police department when the chips were down

Perkins encouraged backroom deals

Do you want Perkins and his liberal colleagues controlling YOUR city council?

Go vote for Mayor Knight on Nov. 8th and Stop Perkins and his liberal colleagues from getting control of Greensboro."

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Greensboro election results are in. Greensboro has a new mayor. The city elected veteran city councilman Robbie Perkins who defeated incumbent Bill Knight.

here are the full election results. Looks like the democrats have full control over city council again. The landfill issue and other issues was a big driving force behind tonight's results. One of the more shocking races was district 5. Jorge Cornell, a known gang leader (Latin Kings) actually got 20% of the vote. He faced incumbent Trudy Wade a republican.

CITY OF GREENSBORO MAYOR (Vote For 1)

VOTE TYPE SUMMARY

CONTEST DETAIL MAP 106 of 106 Precincts Reporting Percent Votes

Bill Knight

percentageMeter.gif 42.87% 15,728

Robert V. (Robbie) Perkins

percentageMeter.gif 56.69% 20,798

Write-in

percentageMeter.gif0.44% 161 36,687

CITY OF GREENSBORO CITY COUNCIL AT-LARGE (Vote For 3)

VOTE TYPE SUMMARY

CONTEST DETAIL MAP 106 of 106 Precincts Reporting Percent Votes

Wayne Abraham

percentageMeter.gif11.53% 10,733

Marikay Abuzuaiter

percentageMeter.gif16.34% 15,208 Yvonne J. Johnson

percentageMeter.gif23.72% 22,083 Chris Lawyer

percentageMeter.gif15.38% 14,319 Danny Thompson

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13.66% 12,720 Nancy Barakat Vaughan

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19.03% 17,715

Write-in

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0.34% 318

CITY OF GREENSBORO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 (Vote For 1)

VOTE TYPE SUMMARY

CONTEST DETAIL MAP 20 of 20 Precincts Reporting Percent Votes

T. Dianne Bellamy-Small

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72.36% 4,479

Donnell (DJ) Hardy

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27.50% 1,702

Write-in

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0.15% 9 6,190 CITY OF GREENSBORO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 (Vote For 1)

VOTE TYPE SUMMARY

CONTEST DETAIL MAP 21 of 21 Precincts Reporting Percent Votes

C. Bradley Hunt II

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24.35% 1,293

Jim Kee

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75.39% 4,003

Write-in

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0.26% 14 5,310 CITY OF GREENSBORO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 (Vote For 1)

VOTE TYPE SUMMARY

CONTEST DETAIL MAP 22 of 22 Precincts Reporting Percent Votes

Zack Matheny

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78.07% 6,884

Jay Ovittore

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21.41% 1,888

Write-in

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0.52% 46 8,818 CITY OF GREENSBORO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 (Vote For 1)

VOTE TYPE SUMMARY

CONTEST DETAIL MAP 21 of 21 Precincts Reporting Percent Votes

Nancy Hoffmann

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51.73% 4,959

Mary C. Rakestraw

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48.07% 4,608

Write-in

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0.20% 19 9,586 CITY OF GREENSBORO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 (Vote For 1)

VOTE TYPE SUMMARY

CONTEST DETAIL MAP 22 of 22 Precincts Reporting Percent Votes

Jorge Cornell

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19.90% 1,030

Trudy Wade

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78.52% 4,064

Write-in

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1.58% 82 5,176

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The Triad's first electric vehicle charging station will be dedicated 10 am Wednesday. The station is located on the Guilford/Alamance County line at the rest stop

http://www.news-reco...ordalamance_lin

BTW forgot to mention if you have an electric car, it won't cost you anything to charge your car up at the station because of laws prohibiting the sale of certain items at rest stops. I'll bet that will change once more people own electric cars. But hey.....some people for the time being will be getting a free ride literally.

http://www.digtriad....Alamance-County

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In 2004 and 2005, Greensboro was in the national spot light on American Idol. The viewing party in the Greensboro Coliseum arena was broadcast nationally on tv at the finale during the 2004 season when High Point's Fantasia Barrino won that season. The following season Greensboro once again made it on national tv when the American Idol auditions were held at the coliseum and the downtown Marriott where judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson came.

The city will once again be on national tv. Now Greensboro is one of the audition cities for X Factor 2012. Simon Cowell who is now a judge on X Factor will return to Greensboro. Other judges coming to Greensboro are L.A. Reid, Katy Perry and Cheryl Cole. Paula Abdul's replacement was suppose to be Whitney Houston but now she has passed away. Rumored replacements are Janet Jackson, Fergie, Kelly Rowland, and Madonna. The auditions will be held May 1, 2012 at the Greensboro Coliseum and Greensboro will be the audition site for the southeast.

This is great for Greensboro because its just another event the puts Greensboro in the national spot light. Too often when you say Greensboro to someone in another part of the country they will say "Greensboro where?" but events such as the PGA Wyndham Championship, ACC Tournament/NCAA, and the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships helps Greensboro become better known on a national level. Name recognition is so important for any community.

info on X Factor website

http://www.thexfacto...-north-carolina

http://www.news-reco...s_in_greensboro

2012 X Factor Audition cities listed so far.

Kansas City, MO

Austin, TX

San Francisco, CA

Greensboro, NC

last season's auditions were held in

Los Angeles, CA

Miami, FL

Newark, NJ

Seattle, WA

Chicago, IL

Dallas, TX

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Guilford County Commissioner Billy Yow is running for U.S. Congress against Greensboro native Howard Coble who is also republican and the incumbent.

Yow posted an image of t-shirts that he sells which shows a little white boy holding a confederate flag and he is urinating on the NAACP logo. Yow constantly attacked that black commissioners of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners at meetings.

http://billyyow.com/...ee_on_naacp.jpg

http://billyyow.com/

Makes you wonder about the people who kept re-electing this tool to the board of commissioners

Howard Coble on left and Billy Yow on the right

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Simon Cowell discusses coming to Greensboro in the upcoming Xfactor auditions which will be broadcast nationally.

“There is something about this region which attracts the type of people we like,” Cowell said, referring to the Piedmont Triad.

Stokesdale native Chelsea Sorrell is the third notable “American Idol” contestant from Guilford County, following Fantasia Barrino and Chris Daughtry. Other North Carolina “Idols” include Kellie Pickler, Clay Aiken, Bucky Covington and Scotty McCreery.

http://myfox8.com/20...uditions-video/

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