Author: John Hammer

Downtown Greensboro has been hearing a steady chorus of complaints about parking in recent months – and now the City of Greensboro says it’s taking steps to make things easier for people who live, work and visit downtown.

City officials announced this week that several changes are being rolled out following a series of “downtown walks” and meetings with business owners, property owners, residents and other…

The last day I worked for the Rhino Times was March 29, or that was the last day I worked as editor. Since March 29, I have been editor in name only, and Scott Yost has been writing and editing the Rhino Times….

The Guilford County Family Justice Center was created largely to reduce violence against women in Guilford County and this week the center is receiving a grant that should help a great deal in that effort…

District 59 North Carolina state Rep. Jon Hardister has submitted his resignation to the NC House and will officially resign on Monday, April 8.

The City Council will begin an effort to move the horse back in front of the cart as far as the policy on the extension of water and sewer service goes at the work session on Tuesday, March 28.

Good news and bad news for Greensboro can be found in the latest population figures from the North Carolina Office of State Management and Budget.

What would a “State of the City” event be without some humor.

On Friday, March 22, Boom Supersonic announced a major milestone in the development of a supersonic passenger jet.

The Gist is the City of Greensboro’s monthly e-newsletter that bills itself as “Your short and sweet digest of the biggest City news and happenings.

If there was an award for ignoring the elephant in the room, the Greensboro City Council would win a gold medal.

The slogan was introduced almost two years ago, but many people are still puzzled by the sign pictured above. What does “greensboro, You’re Welcome” mean?

The Old American Hebrew Academy, now the Influx Care Facility Greensboro Children’s Center was declared operational by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) on March 15.

Buyer’s remorse is fairly commo, seller’s remorse not so much. However, in Greensboro, a case of seller’s remorse has hit the front page. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter has made her case of seller’s remorse well known, with interviews and a letter to the editor in the Friday, March 15 News & Record.

When the Greensboro City Council by a 5-4 vote agreed to give former City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba three months of salary and benefits, he had already resigned and was not a city employee.

It’s Wednesday, March 13, and the multimillion dollar home at 710 Country Club Dr. is coming down.

At least two city councilmembers want to keep the story of former City manager Tai Jaiyeoba suddenly resigning front and center in the news.

Former City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba resigned because the City Council had been presented with evidence that he had violated the city’s sexual harassment policy, according to unnamed sources.

The City of Greensboro issued a statement on Thursday, March 7 refuting what Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Councilmember Tammi Thurm have said about the resignation of former City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba.

An article in the News & Record had the upper management for the City of Greensboro all in a stir on Wednesday, March 6, and it had nothing to do with the resignation of former City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba.

It is being reported that the sudden resignation of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba is related to the domestic disturbance at his home on Dec. 28, 2023 and the police response to the 911 calls.

The resignation of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on Tuesday, March 5 is puzzling.

At 6:12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba submitted his letter of resignation while the City Council was meeting and listening to speakers from the floor.

The Greensboro City Council is holding a closed session at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, prior to the regular meeting that begins at 5:30 p.m.

Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson at a press conference at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 4 announced that the city would appeal the court order to release the body-worn camera (BWC) videos of the domestic disturbance at the home of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on Dec. 28, 2023.

In January 2022, business owners on North Greene Street complained about the street being closed without notice and got the City Council to reopen the street.

On Monday, Feb. 26, North Carolina Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour signed an order for the Greensboro Police Department (GPD) to release, by Monday, March 4, the body-worn camera (BWC) videos from the GPD officers who responded to 911 calls reporting a domestic disturbance at the home of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on Dec. 28, 2023.

Despite the fact that the order by Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour ordering the release of the body-worn camera (BWC) videos from Dec. 28, 2023 at the home of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba has been signed, the case might not be over yet.

The order to release the body-worn camera (BWC) videos of the domestic disturbance incident at the home of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2023 has been signed by North Carolina Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour.

A draft of the court order to release the police body-worn camera (BWC) videos from the “physical domestic disturbance” at the home of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 28 confirms that at least one rumor about the incident is true.

Good news for the regular folks who would like to see the police body-worn camera (BWC) videos from the Greensboro police officers who responded to 911 calls about domestic violence at the home of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on the night of Dec. 28, 2023.

The Greensboro City Council really, really doesn’t want the people of Greensboro to see the police body-worn camera (BWC) videos of Dec. 28, 2023, when Greensboro police officers responded to 911 calls reporting domestic violence at the home of City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba.

The Greensboro City Council gives a lot of lip service to being transparent. But, as the recent events involving City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba prove, it’s all talk.

The Greensboro Police Department confirmed in a press release that City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba did call Police Chief John Thompson on Dec. 28, 2023, when police officers were responding to 911 calls from Jaiyeoba’s home.

The Greensboro City Council is trying a new tactic to cover up whatever happened at the home of City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on Dec. 28, which resulted in four Greensboro police officers and Guilford County Emergency Medical Services responding to a 911 call.

The Greensboro City Council has found a unique way around the North Carolina Open Meetings Law. 

The Greensboro City Council will be going on its annual two-day retreat on Thursday, Feb. 15 and Friday, Feb. 16.

Despite the wishes of Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan, it doesn’t appear the domestic violence incident involving City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on Dec. 28, 2023 is going away any time soon.

Mayor Nancy Vaughan issued the following statement in support of City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on Friday, Feb. 9:

And yet another twist in the Regency Inn debacle.

What a difference a $100 million lawsuit makes. The president and CEO of Step Up on Second, Todd Lipka, spoke and answered questions from Greensboro city councilmembers via Zoom at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

In the lengthy discussions about the development of the Regency Inn property, one principal entity has been left out, Partnership Homes Inc., the owner of the property.

When City Councilmember Sharon Hightower and City Councilmember Zack Matheny agree that a project has huge problems, you better believe the project has huge problems.