My suspicion was correct.  I ran into a 'higher up' from the Guilford County School's administration tonight at a GDOT planning session and asked him about the $1 BILLION DOLLARS (with a B) in backlogged school repairs that the N&R reported.

He says the figure is more like $300 Million and no one was more surprised than the administration to hear the inflated figure.  It's still high, but not a billion with a "B".   Look for a retraction.

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I just added County Commissioner candidate Carl Allen's new weblog to my local political links.  I also moved Jim Capo's blog there since he has announced that he is running for Commissioner. 

Note to Carl: Paragraphs are good thing.

Note #2 to Carl: Ed Cone has a point.

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Echoing my first call for council outcry back on Sept. 13 when it was discovered that the citizens of Greensboro had taken over management of our local hockey team, the N&R's editorial staff takes the City Council to task this past Saturday in and editorial titled "Amnesia about Homestead":

"...(t)he council's muted responses speak volumes.  There is not only a dramatic absence of embarrassment and outrage, but no sense of urgency at dealing with the issue head-on

Council members may feel blessed that they aren't up for re-election this year.  But if they continue to react, rather than act, on issues such as Homestead and the coliseum, it'll make little difference whether the election is this year or next.

The voter's memories won't be so short."

The majority of the editorial staff saw it differently back in September.  As I said last week... timing is everything.

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