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Roy Carroll violates the noise ordinance. More in depth explanation here.
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Showing posts with label Noise Ordinance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Noise Ordinance. Show all posts
Friday, July 19, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
WIll UNCG Be The First to Violate The Noise Ordinance?
Will University of North Carolina-- Greensboro, alumni be the first to violate the new Greensboro noise ordinance? And will it be enforced? Will black people be allowed to attend?
Just askin' that's all.
Just askin' that's all.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
New York Cartoonist, Claire Chin Illustrates Greensboro City Council
Just when the Greensboro City Council thought it couldn't get any worse: Lennie Alehat at Avant Greensboro has the story.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Roy's Noise
It appears Roy Carroll is a very loud landlord. Here's video from outside one of the apartment complexes Roy owns.
Remember: The airport was there before Roy built the apartments and townhomes he sold at the airport. The people living there have no right to complain, no right to demand the airplanes be made quieter or the airport closed down. And the downtown clubs and bars that Roy Carroll, Mayor Robbie Perkins and Theresa Yon complain so loudly about? They were there first too. As a matter of fact, Roy, Robbie and Ms Yon all had a hand in recruiting those downtown club owners to build their businesses in Downtown Greensboro. And now the 3 of them have the audacity to complain about a problem they created for their own personal gain.
Be careful who you get in bed with Ms Axleskater, too often they leave you to hang. And running for political office while commenting on blog threads under an assumed name is always in bad form. It's something you will never live down.
Remember: The airport was there before Roy built the apartments and townhomes he sold at the airport. The people living there have no right to complain, no right to demand the airplanes be made quieter or the airport closed down. And the downtown clubs and bars that Roy Carroll, Mayor Robbie Perkins and Theresa Yon complain so loudly about? They were there first too. As a matter of fact, Roy, Robbie and Ms Yon all had a hand in recruiting those downtown club owners to build their businesses in Downtown Greensboro. And now the 3 of them have the audacity to complain about a problem they created for their own personal gain.
Be careful who you get in bed with Ms Axleskater, too often they leave you to hang. And running for political office while commenting on blog threads under an assumed name is always in bad form. It's something you will never live down.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Winston-Salem Gets An Entertainment District, Has Greensboro Blown the Chance?
Recognizing the long term value and economic impact of venues like Ziggy's and the District Roof Top Bar & Grille, the City of Winston-Salem voted 7-1 on Monday night to establish that city's first downtown entertainment district.
For you dumbass newcomers to Greensboro who bought condos in downtown Greensboro without researching the existing clubs there and might not know, Ziggy's is roughly 30 years old and over the years has brought $Millions in economic development to downtown Winston-Salem. Yes, I know the Ziggy's FAQ states, "Ziggy’s is a newly constructed music venue and tavern located on the corner of 9th and Trade St...." but that is not the original location.
Greensboro, on the other hand, has a 30 plus year history of forcing the closure of successful music venues. But don't take my word for it, ask anyone over the age of 50 who grew up in Greensboro. Why? Because the developers and realtors who pull the strings in Greensboro government cannot earn commissions on properties that do not change hands.
You see, the Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen are smart enough to understand the long term positive economic impact of businesses that are allowed to remain in business. In Greensboro, it's all about flipping properties so that Robbie Perkins, Zack Matheny, Nancy Hoffmann, Jim Kee and their developer cronies can keep getting richer as the local economic situation tanks.
And what will Robbie, Zack, Nancy H, Jim and their developer cronies do when it all finally hits bottom? The same thing their kind has been doing in Greensboro for the last 50 plus years: buy it up cheap and sell it to another bunch of dumbass newcomers to Greensboro while funding the whole thing at taxpayers' expense.
It is, after all, the only way they know to make money.
Has Greensboro blown the chance? For now I'd say yes but don't worry, a chance will come back around when the mortgages are paid off on those Downtown condos in 20-30 years or when the faux rich, lilly white owners of those condos get tired of being under water in a majority poor, African American neighborhood with Greensboro's highest crime rate and walk away from their mortgages. Whichever comes first.
For you dumbass newcomers to Greensboro who bought condos in downtown Greensboro without researching the existing clubs there and might not know, Ziggy's is roughly 30 years old and over the years has brought $Millions in economic development to downtown Winston-Salem. Yes, I know the Ziggy's FAQ states, "Ziggy’s is a newly constructed music venue and tavern located on the corner of 9th and Trade St...." but that is not the original location.
Greensboro, on the other hand, has a 30 plus year history of forcing the closure of successful music venues. But don't take my word for it, ask anyone over the age of 50 who grew up in Greensboro. Why? Because the developers and realtors who pull the strings in Greensboro government cannot earn commissions on properties that do not change hands.
You see, the Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen are smart enough to understand the long term positive economic impact of businesses that are allowed to remain in business. In Greensboro, it's all about flipping properties so that Robbie Perkins, Zack Matheny, Nancy Hoffmann, Jim Kee and their developer cronies can keep getting richer as the local economic situation tanks.
And what will Robbie, Zack, Nancy H, Jim and their developer cronies do when it all finally hits bottom? The same thing their kind has been doing in Greensboro for the last 50 plus years: buy it up cheap and sell it to another bunch of dumbass newcomers to Greensboro while funding the whole thing at taxpayers' expense.
It is, after all, the only way they know to make money.
Has Greensboro blown the chance? For now I'd say yes but don't worry, a chance will come back around when the mortgages are paid off on those Downtown condos in 20-30 years or when the faux rich, lilly white owners of those condos get tired of being under water in a majority poor, African American neighborhood with Greensboro's highest crime rate and walk away from their mortgages. Whichever comes first.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Roy Done Bought Him Another Council Member
Any number of Greensboro residents are puzzled as to why Greensboro Councilwoman Nancy Hoffman brought the noise ordinance back up for next Tuesday's City Council meeting. Yes, I hear it has since been removed from the 40 plus item agenda but who knows?
She doesn't represent downtown so what businesses is it of her's? Some speculate it's because she now owns a building downtown but others are saying she may be doing what is in the best interests of those who are going to financially support her in the next election.
In other words, Roy Carroll done bought and paid for himself another Greensboro City Council person. First Roy buys Mayor Perkins, then Zack Matheny and now Nancy Hoffman. Ain't that how it's always worked here in Greensboro?
She doesn't represent downtown so what businesses is it of her's? Some speculate it's because she now owns a building downtown but others are saying she may be doing what is in the best interests of those who are going to financially support her in the next election.
In other words, Roy Carroll done bought and paid for himself another Greensboro City Council person. First Roy buys Mayor Perkins, then Zack Matheny and now Nancy Hoffman. Ain't that how it's always worked here in Greensboro?
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