St. James and hockey and so on and so on and dooby-dooby-do
The St. James Homes II fiasco brings into focus, again, city leaders' tendency to manage taxpayers' money with all the aplomb of a blindfolded man with holes in both pockets.
We have generally praised the Greensboro City Council as more effective and less prone to wage petty feuds as, say, the Hatfields (Democrats) and McCoys (Republicans) on the almost always entertaining, frequently depressing, Guilford Board of Commissioners.
Generally, the council has been a more constructive, less cantankerous bunch.
That said, they also have been incredibly blissful as questionable spending and lax oversight have wasted thousands upon thousands of taxpayer money.
From the Project Homestead episode (in which some council members actually got in the way when staff wanted to ask tough questions) to the slippery Greensboro Generals deal (in which city leaders essentially were had by a group of businessmen who were supposed to help defray losses) to the St. James mess (in which there is nothing but failure to show for $1 million in city funds), the council has been no less than irresponsible.
Now the city will spend another $400,000 to tear down the 36-unit low-income apartment complex.
They have often blamed the newspaper for having the gall to point out these problems, but few council members have stepped forward and admitted their own culpability.
To its credit, the city did adopt a new process for funding nonprofits, but much later than it should have.
What this all means is that each of these issues should be front and center in the coming city elections.
The voters should bear in mind the incumbents' stubborn denial in these cases and their propensity to throw good money after bad. Being well-intentioned is hardly an excuse, especially when the council has repeated the same costly sins, over and over.
The question is whether strong challengers will step forward. And that means more than someone who woke up one morning and decided over his bowl of Cheerios that he wants to be mayor.
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Personally, I'm a Raisin Bran guy, but your points are well taken.
It has been a long time since there were such clear indications that we are in need of some serious house cleaning.
Posted on February 17, 2005 10:58 AM
Problem is, more viable challengers need to come forward. Maybe more of them will this election. Have you heard any rumblings about challengers other than yourself and possibly Mary Rakestraw?
Posted on February 17, 2005 11:44 AM
Sadly, no.
I did, however, talk to someone the other night who knows the Mayor well and had ask him point blank if he was going to run again.
His answer, again sadly IMHO, was a leaning yes.
It is almost impossible to get good people to run if they know their chances of winning are almost nil because of how the thing is run as more of a popularity contest than a decision based on the issues.
As you know, much depends on Keith's ultimate decision.
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