Will Greensboro City Council Vote The Will Of The People

As one who has been involved in the petition drive to raise Greensboro's Minimum Wage to $9.36 cents per how I'm happy to announce we now have the minimum amount of signatures required to force this issue to the people.

I'd like to make note that the Greensboro Mayor and City Council could save taxpayers thousands of dollars by preempting the election by voting to raise Greensboro's minimum wage to $9.36 per hour which is below the Federal Government's $9.58 per hour figure required to keep up with inflation.

Also, I'd like to make note that Mayor Johnson and District 2 Representative Wells both signed the very copy of the petition that I circulated. Wells signed the petition in the parking lot of the Food Lion Grocery on East Market Street and Mayor Johnson signed the petition at a dinner of the local League of Women Voters at the church on Greene Street. Let's see if either of them bring the issue to the table.

Comments

[Tina]

This is an incredibly important issue, and those who have worked hard to get it to the forefront of Greensboro's leaders' minds should be highly commended. This can go a long way to helping solve the poverty problem right here in our own hometown.

[Tony Wilkins]

Billy,
I calculate they would need 8438 signatures. How did you guys arrive at the 5000 figure?

[Billy The Blogging Poet]

Tony,
I don't know how that number came about. Are you basing your calculations on the population of Greensboro or the number of registered voters?

[Tony Wilkins]

A valid petition is based on signatures amounting to 25% of the ballots cast in the most recent election.
According to the GCBOE website there were 33,752 ballots cast on Nov 6th. (25% being 8438) The required amount of signatures probably increased after the Nov 6th election.
Did the BOE accept the petitions today as announced on the petitioner's website?

[Billy The Blogging Poet]

Tony, I have no idea.