The Rhino Times airs some dirty laundry within the pro-referendum factions in today's edition (not linked until Monday).  The headline is "Naysayers Alive and Kicking Each Other" and  refers to my rift with the Petitoner's Committee that began with this weblog entry.  I later explained my reaction to their decision to continue the legal battle against the stadium and apologized to some great friends.  My position on the matter remains firm however.

Also, Scott Yost has a great account Tuesday's League of Women Voters Forum.  I saw the GCTV replay of the event early this morning and I agree with Yost.... he pegged the event with his headline "Hard to Top Council Race...for shear boredom". Because of the format and the fact that I actually wore a tie, the event came off as a dry, uninteresting and almost silly.

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I have been raising the question lately about why it seems that Greensboro has more than it's fair share of dissention when it comes to major proposals such as FedEx, new stadiums, and the like.

I am pretty sure that our water is laced only with chlorine and flouride so that is not the culprit.  What is it about Greensboro's political climate that creates such vociferous divisions among it's Citizens?  I am making the discussion, and the remedy, a campaign issue.

If you scroll down a bit under this linked topic at the Greensboro Sports forum, inflammatory moderator Bruce Bullington has an opinion, " While Greensboro doesn't have any more stupid people than anywhere else, the mass exodus of people with any sense gives the idiots the run of the room. In other cities, there are enough intelligent people to keep CAVE (Citizens Against Virtually Everything) people on the fringe."

My opinion is that Bruce is full of himself.  The problem is that "the powers that be" haven't felt the need to obtain grass-roots buy-in before they plow ahead.  That type of old-style politics and arrogance cost the pro-stadium guys over $250,000 in promotional and legal costs according one of the principal boosters.

For one-quarter of that amount they could have had one helluva love-in at the Coliseum at the first sign of organized dissention.

There is a better way to get important things done in this town, we can start with me.

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I suppose if the Bush Administration just says things are OK with the textile industry, then they are.  I need to get the Commerce Dept. to comment favorably on my at-large race so I can just sit back and win soley because of their favorable evaluation of my situation.

The N&R reports less than enthusiastic responses to Bush's efforts to lull the Congressional Textile Causcus into a "What? Me Worry?" mindset .  The Commerce Department released a 20 page report (PDF file) that, "outlines (the) improving conditions in the U.S. textile industry".  What a crock!

The Economic Strategy Institute gives Bush's plans the benefit of the doubt, but the best thing everyone could do is talk to the manufacturers themselves. Hell, the Administration hasn't even invoked the "China Safeguard" yet that was called for by our local mills two months ago.  Jock Nash with Milliken Industries thinks someone needs to wake up,  "Textiles and apparel are just canaries in the mine," he said. "Damn right the government has to get to work."

Even Howard Coble is speechless at the Commerce Department's rosey prognostication,  "I am reluctant to talk about this because I am clearly pro-Bush administration."   Mel Watt calls a spade a spade, "I can't imagine that anyone in their right mind would say there has been improvement in the textile industry in the last year. ..."

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