Mayor Smothers calls it as she sees it
By now you probably have read today's story about High Point Mayor Becky Smothers' battle against an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Becky talks about her cancer as she does everything else: straight, honest, matter-of-fact. It is what it is.
By the way, she made certain this week to schedule her chemotherapy around her participation on the One Guilford panel.
She always has impressed me with her blunt but refreshing candor. Whenever I've heard her speak, she tends to cut through the platitudes and get to the substance.
She did that at One Guilford Wednesday.
Some thought she might have been a little too direct as a panelist. I thought she was perfect and helped move us from observations about how wonderful Guilford County is to the work we have to do and the attitudes that have to change to move us forward.
She is a fine leader and a consistent champion of regionalism. She also is a proud High Pointer.
Those qualities aren't mutually exclusive.
My prayers are with her.
An update: The mayor has received so many phone calls from well wishers that city officials have asked that people please stop phoning.
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