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Sunday, January, 29 2012
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 8:57 AM by SamH
My antenna was raised scrolling through this Twitter feed, but I thought surely not. But evidently it’s for real —Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines is pondering a run for governor. Name recognition is a problem at this late date —no time to build a brand. Little history lesson from the local paper of record —-Winston -Salem [...]
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Posted at 8:38 AM by SamH
On top of last night’s blowout comes news that Greensboro Page quarterback James Summers has forsaken the Wolfpack in favor of the Tar Heels. Summer did it all in Page’s victory in the state championship game, but he’s not a classic pocket passer and rumor had it he would switch to receiver or defensive back [...]
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Posted January 26th, 2012 at 8:15 PM by SamH
I was mentally shouting out a big —-pardon the pun —-yessss! as I read Yes!Weekly’s editorial letting Greensboro Coliseum Director Matt Brown hear it over his push for a $30-plus million bond to replace aging War Memorial Auditorium: It’s important to remember that, though Brown is the city’s highest paid employee — by quite a [...]
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Posted at 2:32 PM by SamH
CJ reports on Gov. Perdue’s surprising announcement that she will not seek another term. So who’s on the short list, besides Rep. Bill Faison? Democratic consultant Joe Sinsheimer said the wild card in the primary fight would be whether Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx runs. “Personally, I think he is the strongest nominee,” Sinsheimer said. “Dalton [...]
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Posted at 2:17 PM by SamH
The Rhino covered the recent ‘urgent special called meeting’ to try to figure out what’s wrong with High Point. I’d sum it up as a total lack of charm, but ‘private providers’ hired HP-based McNeill Communications Group to get some specifics. The leading indicator that something’s wrong is executives working for High Point-based companies apparently [...]
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