I just wanted to let my readers know that in considering me for Mayor of Greensboro in 2009, I am 100% in favor of returning to Greensboro's citizens the right to Protest Petitions.

It is simply wrong that Greensboro citizens and taxpayers do not have the same legal rights as every other citizen in every other city and every town in North Carolina. Discrimination based on the city of one's place of residence is just as wrong as any other form of discrimination and as long as North Carolina continues to deny Greensboro citizens their equal rights Greensboro will continue to suffer.

Might I remind you that Councilman Robbie Perkins continues to be in favor of denying Greensboro citizens their equal rights and has said so publicly. As Perkins has already been picked by the powers that be to be Greensboro's next mayor I thought that is something you'd like to know.

If you don't already understand what protest petitions are and how they apply to you I highly recommend you read the work of Keith Brown at Protest Petition In Greensboro.

And while I've got your attention, please don't forget that Robbie Perkins, our current Mayor Johnson and former Mayor Bobblehead Melvin were among those behind the Dam Scam.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming. 

Mike J Baron will be appearing live at the Garage in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for their open mic night taking the stage at 8:45 PM. I wonder if Mike will sing about the Dam Scam?

Ryan has set up a real independent survey that Greensboro residents can take to express your concerns about Greensboro city government.

Most people already know Jim, the Bobblehead Mayor, Melvin has been in control of Greensboro government for many years since leaving office but for those of you still brainwashed by the evil Bobblehead let me show you just how confident the former Mayor is about forcing Greensboro City Council to bend over and take it.

Even though the Downtown Greenway Project has not been approved, Jim Melvin's cronies have already issued a Call to Artists to design benches, icons, sculptures, and other items to the tune of $145,000.oo.

They're also asking that citizens vote for the new logo that will no doubt soon be plastered all over downtown Greensboro. (Frankly, I think all 3 suck.)

Yep, the Bobblehead is pretty damned sure of himself and is already spending millions to make the greenway a reality even though Greensboro has neither the water to fill the man made river or the police to patrol it. And you can bet he'll get the taxpayers to pay him back 100 fold.

Next time you have a problem with Greensboro government or need the police I suggest you call the Bryan Foundation and ask to speak with the Bobblehead. No, he won't help you either but at least you'll be calling the real government of Greensboro.

Well the sun has just gone down in my East Greensboro neighborhood and already I've had to call the police on a young woman.

Just down the street police are looking for yet another young woman with a golf club. They didn't tell me what she's said to have done but as possession of a golf club is not illegal I suspect it was something other than playing golf.

And while I picked up the trash in my yard and in the street just this morning it looks as if it's not been cleaned up in months or longer. These people throw garbage in your yards when you're standing not 10 feet from them and when you complain they tell you it's not your business.

Local politicians and high ranking police are happy to tell us how they've reduced crime but as one who has watched it for a lot of years I can tell you things aren't looking any better this year than in previous years and a police officer told me a couple of weeks ago that the 2 blocks immediately to the south of my house has more gang activity than any other place in our district.

Frankly, I'm not sure I can live through another Greensboro Gangsta' summer.

And where are all those cops we were promised? They never got hired. Just today I heard stories from GPD officers about depending on back-up from 10 miles away. In a city of 280,000 people, 10 miles might as well be the moon.

The picture you're looking at is one I shot in Columbus, Georgia recently. The house on top of the parking garage was built by the founder of AFLAC insurance so that he could remain close to his work. Local rumor is he built it there because he feared Fidel Castro was planning to send people to Georgia to kill him.

While not much is visible from the photo, an unnamed AFLAC employee told me there are greenhouses, swimming pools and gardens along with a private park like area atop the parking garage. Also, rainwater supplies the entire needs of the gardens, greenhouses and pool.

The house is scheduled for demolition as it's currently used as a very expensive storage building that costs AFLAC over $5,000 a month to maintain.

Did you know that the upper levels of Greensboro's downtown parking garages are almost always empty? From time to time people are caught drinking, using drugs and dealing drugs on the top levels but usually they're empty. Maybe a mansion on top isn't the answer but somehow that just seems wrong.

 

This morning I had an 8:45 doctor's appointment at the clinic inside Cone Hospital where I've been getting lots of holes poked into me since having a stroke in 2004. Because the weather was nice out this morning I decided to ride my bicycle but when I got there I found there were no bicycle racks to be found.

And when I walked inside I saw signs everywhere encouraging me to walk, do aerobics and bicycle as a means to take better care of my cardiovascular health-- the very reason I take all those pills and allow all those holes in to be poked into my arms. I also participate in a Wake Forest University Hospital cholesterol study at their Greensboro location and there are no bicycle racks there either.

As a matter of fact: very few Greensboro businesses offer bicycle racks and the bicycle racks offered at a few City owned locations are far from being ample or adequate in a city that prides itself on being green. And while my friends at Recycles do have a bicycle rack many other Greensboro bicycle shops don't have any. Which, by the way, is one big lie and everyone in Greensboro knows it.

Somehow, that seems sad. And yes, I do have a solution but I'm not ready to talk about it today.

Apparently people just don't understand what has been happening and while local news affiliates are happy to report on water scams in far away cities they still fear reporting the truth about the Randalman Dam.

Well I'm not scared and I'm not alone. Greensboro Water Conservation Director, Mile Baron has the truth.

Update: In more local news, it appears the same people who slandered Police Chief, David Wray and forced his removal from office are now attempting to slander and remove the man they chose to replace Chief Wray with. Oh what a tangled web we weave......

 

To my out of town readers: Sorry, it's Greensboro Politics.