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Flying below the radar

If you are reading some accounts, Greensboro City Manager Mitchell Johnson should be handing in his resignation papers any day now. At least that's what some folks are hoping.

But that assessment -- that Johnson has royally mussed things up in the city -- seems to a minority viewpoint, at least if you consider Thursday's Greensboro Neighborhood Congress Forum.

Sure, guest of honor Johnson did get harangued for his treatment of former police chief David Wray. At least one person asked if he would leave his job and let Greensboro heal.

But if there was a tidal wave of sentiment that he should quit, seems like more people would have showed up and thrown rocks. Or at least shown up.

The crowd at the Greensboro Historical Museum numbered about 30 people -- approximately half of whom were bloggers, journalists and city employees. Not a single rock in sight.

It's something worth considering as the city council meets with Johnson in closed session Tuesday night, to consider his 30-plan to turn around the city.

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Christine Wilhelm said:

April14, 2008 Short Stack "We stayed away in droves" is a short sighted editorial analysis concluding alledged angst over Mitchell Johnson's job performance could at least be a little overblown failed to consider that few citizens would waste gasoline to hear Johnson answer presubmitted, preslected questions to answer. Greensboro citizens are practical and bonds of trust have been so severly frayed that a roll of toilet paper is worth more than Mitch reguritation "I'm so fine". Plus throwing "rocks" gets citizens arrested as the BOE is prone to do.
Scoop April 15 repeats reporter "feeling" Well get your own rocks. Citizens are not cave m/women

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