The election without voters
What if they held an election and nobody came?
It happened at one Guilford County precinct Tuesday: High Point 5. Its polling place is Williams Memorial CME Church on Triangle Lake Road.
There are 1,344 registered Democrats in the precinct, but not one showed up to vote in the Democratic runoff primary for state labor commissioner.
Many other county precincts weren't much better: Turnout was fewer than 10 (not 10 percent, 10 people) in 71 precincts.
Was it worth even having this runoff? We don't think so, and we'll address better alternatives in an editorial tomorrow.
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This is another attempt to over-hype the "gang" issue. By doing this, the writers are infusing a false "fear factor" to this community. The writers do not take into account that Greensboro is trying to promote itself as great community for families and business to locate here.
Now, I may not be the smartest person in the world, but shouldn't the management of the News & Record take a more responsible approach to not infuse and promote "fear" with this gang issue. Do you want metro-Greensboro to become an economic hub, where jobs are constantly being created, salaries are constantly improving, and it citizens are participating in a positive way in the benefits of the economic hub? If yes, then, let all the readers of this publication and other media outlets in this region to say, "Enough of talking about gangs. Let's do more to promote metro-Greensboro as viable location for the creation of jobs with significant salaries and any other postivity from creating a viable econiomic hub known as Greensboro."
The writers of the News & Record need to infusing this "fear" about reporting about gangs. By doing this, the writers are not preventing gang activity, but they are promoting kids to join. Kids today want notoriety. That is what they see on TV and they do try to emulate what they see on TV.
Posted on June 29, 2008 1:37 PM