You can have a direct say in how our city government is conducted by acting on the protest petition issue that is a topic of discussion in our Guilford legislative delegation. If you think the city charter should be amended to conform with all other North Carolina municipalities so that property owners are given more ability to oppose rezoning by requiring a supermajority vote by City Council to overturn established zoning, you can act today by contacting members of the Guilford delegation and voicing your opinion. (Greensboro News & Record carries an excellent editorial on the subject in the May 14 edition).
Continuation of responsible development is necessary to the continued well being of Greensboro and Guilford County. Any worthwhile project should have no trouble obtaining a supermajority vote on City Council: developers will simply have to convince council members of the merits of the proposed project.
You can contact members of Greensboro City Council today and urge them to support the initiative or to oppose it. You can also contact members of the Guilford legislative delegation n Raleigh and do the same. Simply go on line to the respective web sites and submit a brief message about your preference. The association representing development interests has sent its own message to Raleigh requesting no change in the existing statute.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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You said The association representing development interests has sent its own message to Raleigh requesting no change in the existing statute.
Mr.Knight the other side of the coin has a blog on the issue too it can be reached by going here;
http://protestpetitiongreensboro.blogspot.com/
or just go to yahoo and type in protest petition greensboro.
State Senator Phil Berger was in opposition to this bill which means that it won't be brought up in short session in N.C. General Assembly.
But the good thing is to hear House Rep. Pricey Harrison say this:
On the matter of Protest Petitions, members of the Guilford delegation met to discuss Greensboro-related legislation for the short session. I broached the idea of introducing a bill to restore the right of protest petition to the citizens of Greensboro . In order for local bills to be eligible for the short session, there must be unanimity among the delegation, and we just don’t have it, so I must wait to file it in January, 2009.
Now it is time to get the Greensboro City Council on record as to where they stand on Protest Petition's for Greensboro. It will be a interesting vote to see where they will stand .
Either for the citizens of Greensboro or for the TREBIC CARTEL, take your pick.
I am sure they never want this to be brought up at all for the next six months. Time to pressure them to act one way or the other. Choose wisely.
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