May 24, 2012
The controversy about the proposed performing arts center in Greensboro easily can be resolved by asking those in favor of it to sign up and contribute to the establishment of the center.
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Heiner Egloff (letter, “Occupy movement deserves more respect,” May 20) will have great difficulty convincing anyone that the Occupy movement is in any way on the same level of nobility as Rosa Parks and the Greensboro Four.It is an insult to...
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It is an honor to have won the Republican nomination for N.C. House District 59. I am humbled by the support that was granted to me, and I truly appreciate each and every vote that I received. There is no way that I could have won this election without ge...
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Guilford Education Alliance supports the Board of Education’s request of an increase of $9.83 million for Guilford County Schools for 2012-13. The county manager has not included any increase in her proposed budget.
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A few weeks ago Scoop reported that Guilford County school board member Amos Quick donned a “hoodie” sweatshirt in support of Trayvon Martin.Scoop also mentioned that Mr. Quick recently was ordained as a minister. That should immediately make...
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May 23, 2012
I read with great interest the article in the News & Record’s May 14 edition, “Men, women pay gap wide.” Whenever I see statistics in articles, with bold assertions and precise numbers covering large populations, I am reminded of a q...
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Regarding the news that Duke basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski received more than $7.2 million in compensation in 2010:
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The News & Record printed a story on April 10 from the (Burlington) Times News that Labcorp hadn’t sent documents requested by a U.S. Senate inquiry. As the story reports, months after U.S. senators requested financial documents in an investigat...
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An apology to my grandchildren: I am sorry to leave you with such a large debt (about $69,000 each) even before you can get started. This has happened because a government that I voted for has been spending and giving away money that we did not give it to...
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Regarding your editorial, “What we don’t know” (May 20): Amid all the discussions about the proposed downtown performing arts center, I have not seen or heard any reference to “war memorial,” as in War Memorial Auditorium.
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May 22, 2012
That sound you hear emanating from the corridors of power downtown is the start-up of the machine that will ultimately give us the performing arts center that we are now being told that we simply cannot live without.
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I read with great pleasure Susan Ladd’s “Take a Hike” story in the May 12 News & Record. Her descriptions of walking on the West House Trail and the Peninsula Trail were beautiful and evocative.
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First, let me state for the record that, as an independent voter, I have little regard for either of the political parties in Washington as they now stand.What do you suppose would happen to you and me if we lost $2 billion of our corporation’s mone...
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A recent News & Record article stated that the Greensboro Parks & Recreation director has been fired and that Mr. Chris Wilson has been appointed interim director until a new director can be found. I would like to suggest that Mr. Wilson be offere...
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May 21, 2012
The Greensboro Coliseum Complex has lost more than $20 million of taxpayer funds over the last 12 years. Now our City Council, headed by Mayor Robbie Perkins, wants to force Greensboro taxpayers into funding what will no doubt be another failed, big-gover...
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