Held this for long enough... Y'all voted for 'em SMH - GSO Mayor and some of council exclude black members in tax talks

[Owen Wister]

Regardless of one's thoughts about Nancy Vaughan, G'boro has to get permission from the NCGA in order to implement the tax. I'd say there's virtually no chance that happens.

The Rhino was a great bar. The online blog that is the Rhino Times is a joke.

[Mr. Big]

Originally Posted by UserNamesake

Way to support the local economy, Big!

So you really think this is gonna be pushed through?

Huh?

The prepared tax is, correct me if I am wrong, only 2%. Not a deal breaker. For normal people.

Like I said in my previous post, I prefer to grill my own food. Plus, my wife and kids can never agree on a restaurant. Plus, I at 64 years old, I am free to grill my own food.

[TunedIn]

Originally Posted by TunedIn

Would Miss Nancy have us believe that without a new tax, there's simply not enough money to "pay for maintenance and improvements to city venues and sports fields? What else could it be but a revenue shortage due to insufficient levels of taxation? Greensboro isn't Cary, we need to be far more fiscally conservative. If it comes to a vote, mine is likely no. And definitely no if the money is funneled to general revenue rather than dedicated to a specific purpose.

I'm starting to think that this is just a typical Democratic mugging. We've heard Miss Nancy's ostensible rationale for the tax, and this from Skip Alston, Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman who supports the tax: "The African American community must get its fair share of the funds it will generate". He's salivating at the opportunity to spread other people's money around to enhance his own popularity and this is likely a first nibble of the ensuing feeding frenzy. This is why it's good to have adult supervision in Raleigh. Specifically earmark its intended purpose and put it out for a vote by the people it will affect. Personally, I'd keep an open mind before deciding, but the simple rationale that others are doing it isn't good enough. It's naive not to understand that Guilford County and Greensboro are in a less enviable economic situation than others being mentioned.