What were they thinking?
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I posted this on the "Inside Scoop."- a Melvin bobble head is going to be on my dresser for life! If I were blessed with the use of monies and power afforded Jim Melvin, Greensboro would be a much poorer community. I wonder who could say they loved their community more than him.
We are all better off for having leaders like Jim Melvin among us. I don't know if he has always been right about every project, (like the stadium), but it is clear that he has spent his professional life for Greensboro's greater good.
Posted on July 24, 2005 6:04 PM
Actually, John -- the Melvin Bobblehead is free, but you have to pay for upkeep and maintenance on it, which I can't tell you how much it is going to be.
Posted on July 24, 2005 6:52 PM
Yes, Sun, but it's private money.
Posted on July 24, 2005 7:30 PM
And I heard it comes with a water feature.
Posted on July 24, 2005 7:37 PM
Where can I get a Billy The Blogging Poet Bobblehead Doll?
Posted on July 24, 2005 10:24 PM
Chip, Mr. Melvin is in charge of the late Joe Byran's money, it's not his. He may be a visionary and at least now he has the money to pull it off. You can't say the same for his previous efforts.
Posted on July 25, 2005 9:33 AM
Yes Don, and I reiterate that if the administration and distribution of monies were in most anyone else's hands, Greensboro would not be as nice of a place to live.
He is not only a visionary, he is a leader. Say what you mean....
Posted on July 25, 2005 2:00 PM