Wit and criticism from the county retreat
If you say you're going to be there, show up
Guilford schools Supt. Terry Grier was on the agenda to pitch $457 million in bonds, but didn't make it to Monday's retreat for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners.
At the end of the presentation by his stand-in, Guilford County school board Chairman Alan Duncan, Commissioner Kay Cashion had one question.
"The agenda said Grier would be with us. Where is he?"
Someone in the in the crowd joked "San Diego."
"He's in the district today," Duncan told Cashion, referring to Guilford, and added that he was taking care of school business.
"We all have jobs, and we're all here," Cashion deadpanned.
Tough act to follow
Money requests from schools, parks, GTCC, and the library all went ahead of David Grantham's presentation on $115 million in bonds for a new jail.
Vaudeville had a rule: Never follow an animal act or a child act.
Grantham, head of the Guilford County Property Management, seemed to have a variation of that in mind when he went to speak.
"I've got to follow libraries and schools with the jail," he said, and chuckled at the irony.
Commissioner Billy Yow saw it another way.
"That's after-school day care, that's what it is," he said.
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Yeah when i was at a couple of board meetings recently Grier got up and walked out during the public comment period. Is it arrogance, rudeness or does he just not care what people think?
Posted on January 16, 2008 12:48 PM
Michael McKinney is another Triad Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition Member otherwise known as the TREBIC CARTEL
The TREBIC CARTEL wants to put it’s stamp on everything in Guilford County. If the people of this county don’t wake up to the unethical and down right influence of the TREBIC CARTEL on rules & regulations , policies and procedures
than anything goes welcome to the TREBIC TRIAD
Look at what Michael “Love to see his TREBIC CARTEL 2008 Campaign Contributions” Mckinney wants to do:
explore outsourcing construction to private developers that build and lease schools to the district
Wonder why he wants to do this it is a part of the TREBIC CARTEL and their influence in Guilford County and Greensboro and High Point’s City Councils.
DO NOT VOTE for another TREBIC CARTEL Member NO to McKinney
Posted on April 29, 2008 10:56 PM