The DEQ officials at Wednesday’s town hall stood by their citations against Greensboro, but also praised city officials for being proactive in tackling problems with the chemical and at one point achieving an 80% reduction in levels released in effluent from the Osborne plant.
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The City Council has taken to holding closed sessions before the public meeting rather than after, which means the public meetings often start late. But if the council holds the closed meeting after the public meeting then the big wigs the council meets with in closed session have to wait for the unwashed masses to finish with their business before the closed session. The City Council has decided it makes more sense to let a hundred or so of their constituents wait rather than a couple of attorneys or economic development professionals.
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The state House has passed a new congressional map, giving Democrats a better chance to pick up U.S. House seats in 2020, based on recent voting history.
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Some oppose the proposed change and are encouraging others to speak out against it. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but every argument I’ve heard in opposition is either misleading or incorrect.
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While the Guilford County Board of Commissioners hasn’t discussed the project publically, the board has scheduled a public hearing for its Thursday, Nov. 21 meeting, when the commissioners will listen to any pro and con arguments from citizens and then vote on a proposed incentives package for the upscale grocery store chain. According to county documents, the proposal is “to appropriate and expend $106,000 in county funds to The Fresh Market, Inc. for the creation of 53 new jobs and retention of 248 positions at an average wage of $86,000.”
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SJP’s are formed when community leaders from schools, law enforcement and the court system join to develop and implement strategies to address student misconduct within the school system and the community rather than via referral to the justice system. There are currently 12 SJP’s operating in counties across North Carolina.
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The Rhino Times published an article on November 1, 2019 with the title State Puts Out Good News On Child Fatality [sic]. The author is identified as Rhino Times writer Scott Yost. Substantial portions of the article were copied word-for-word without attribution from a press release from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and falsely represented as original reporting.
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