In a party line vote the Guilford County Commissioners approved a budget giving the taxpayers a 2.44 cents per $100 valuation tax increase.
The 6 Democrats voted for and the 5 Republicans voted against.
Included in the budget:
A 41% ($6000) pay raise for the Commissioners from $14,700 to $20,700 per year.(Some may have needed more spending money for their Hawaii trip next month)
Doubled the school board's salary from $6000 to $12,000 per year.
A $250,000 dollar donation to Commissioner Skip Alstons pet project, The International Civil Rights Center & Museum. (I guess this passed to keep the "race card" factor out)
Cut 5 patrol positions for Sheriff B. J. Barnes while increasing the number of positions in the jail by 8. (Looks like we should be more concerned with getting the criminals off the street, not baby sitting them after we do)
Looks like a screwing to me.
Wish you'd have kissed me first..
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Just so very sick knowing that nothing will ever be done because Skip has all the Democrats in his hands. I have always been a Democrat but would never vote for a Democrat now for the County Commission. Skip, Coleman and Davis will stay on the board as long as they want to because the blacks will never vote them out. Might be a different story for Cashion, Gipson and Perkins. Will do all I can to get all six out of the County Commission.
I agree with you Lois. They're all just Skip's puppets.
We even have Commissioner Gibson re-thinking the pay raise.(not the raise itself, but how it was pushed through with no discussion) A little too late dontcha' think!
I also feel that if someone qualified would step up to the plate and challenge Skip, Coleman, and Davis, that they can be replaced.
The trouble is nobody wants to do that.
Funny how Skip,Coleman, and Davis look after their districts. Supposedly the poor minority, the jobless and neglected.
They vote themselves a raise, give more money to the Civil Rights Museum, taking more money OUT of their pockets and then have the nerve to tell them "we're looking after you."
The really sad part is that they believe it and keep electing them.
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