Wednesday, April 07, 2004

End quote used on emails from a Greensboro woman: "I am a follower of JESUS CHRIST, Son of God, Savior and LORD. I believe in: unity and equality for all races of people; the rights of the unborn; the sanctity of Biblical marriage; the responsibility of the community to provide for those in poverty and without resources to care for themselves. I support President George Bush and his campaign for re-election." 4:56:07 PM    comment []

Jennifer Gardner has established a foundation to honor the memory of her husband, Doug, who died on 9/11. 4:51:20 PM    comment []

Developers pull the strings of city government in many places, but in Greensboro we cut out the middleman and let them vote directly on important land-use decisions. Hoggard: "This fox-running-the-hen-house policy landed Greensboro the number two spot on the urban sprawl index of American cities last year... our City Council has made it obvious that second place just isn't good enough." Hoggard also links to a bulletin from the Town of Summerfield urging residents to push for County funding of the Greensboro Public Library and to oppose the imposition of library-card fees for individual users from outside the City limits. County funding is definitely the way to go. (Can't that board do anything right?) (The Summerfield page probably should be clearer that the $600,000 in lost revenue is not net of new funds.) 2:25:10 PM    comment []

Glenn Reynolds: "I blame John Ashcroft. No, really, this time I mean it." Instapundit has a roundup on the Justice Department's bold new focus on...porn. "This is so ham-handed and sure to blow up in the Administration's face, making them look like stooges for the religious right while accomplishing nothing." 1:53:44 PM    comment []

As others see us: John Hood, president of the Raleigh-based libertarian/conservative John Locke Foundation, weighs in on Billy Yow, the NAACP, and Guilford County politics ("one of North Carolina's most dysfunctional political cultures," says Hood). Anybody who thinks the publicity Yow's antics earn us isn't harmful to Guilford County's image and prospects is dreaming. Hood calls it "one of the biggest political stories the region has seen in years." Hood is right that the local GOP needs to deal with this problem, and that saying Yow represents the views of his constituents is an insult to those constituents. There are signs that many in the party get it -- Republican commissioner Mary Rakestraw voted to reprove Yow at last week's meeting, where former State Senator Mark McDaniel made that great speech from the floor, and the Rhino seems ready to cut Yow loose. And as Hood notes, Yow has a primary challenger. Hood: "The image on Yow's t-shirt isn't within the bounds of fair criticism, even of the cartoonish kind. It is designed to provoke and humiliate. It is indefensible. Obviously, he has the right to free speech, but so does everyone else. It's time to exercise it." 10:31:14 AM    comment []