Author: John Hammer

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.

The City of Greensboro is continuing to play games with the public records regarding the domestic violence incident involving City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba that occurred on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2023.

The future of the old Regency Inn will be a major topic of discussion at the Tuesday, Feb. 6 Greensboro City Council meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber.

Over a month after the incident occurred on Dec. 28, 2023, and almost two weeks after the Rhino Times broke the story, the Greensboro City Council is exhibiting interest in the domestic violence incident involving Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba and two of his daughters.

It appears that Mayor Nancy Vaughan and the majority of the Greensboro City Council are hoping that if they ignore the domestic violence incident involving City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba at his home on Dec. 28, it will go away.

As usual, Iowa came first, then New Hampshire, and now the media is focused on the upcoming primary in South Carolina.

The Regency Inn was once more the topic of a City Council discussion at the work session last week.

City Councilmember Zack Matheny has suggested that the City Council hold a closed session to discuss the incident of domestic violence involving City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba at his home on Dec. 28, 2023.

A quote in the Rhino Times article on Jan. 24, 2024, based on the notes of 911 calls from Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba’s house on Dec. 28, 2023, has attracted a considerable amount of attention.

The Greensboro City Council is holding a work session on Thursday, Jan. 25 and the status of the old Regency Inn property is included in the presentation on housing policy initiatives.

The City of Greensboro responded to the Jan. 15 public records request from the Rhino Times at 4:53 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Information from the city about a report of domestic violence at Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba’s house over the holidays is difficult and time consuming to obtain.

The old News & Record site could be a gem in the heart of downtown Greensboro.

On Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, Metro 911 received a call or calls from the home of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba at 10 Postbridge Court in Greensboro.

Mayor Nancy Vaughan said that, despite the legal issues Step Up On Second was having in California, Greensboro was going ahead with its plans for permanent supportive housing.

At every Greensboro City Council meeting, District 3 City Councilmember Zack Matheny asks about the Regency Inn and when the city is going to stop discussing and take some action to help the homeless population in Greensboro.

The former American Hebrew Academy site at the corner of Hobbs Road and Jefferson Road continues to be the source of much speculation.

The City of Greensboro has announced a celebration of the beginning of construction of the final mile of the Downtown Greenway on Saturday, Jan. 27.

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell has requested that the murder of Greensboro Police Sgt. Phillip Dale Nix be approved as a “line-of-duty” death.

The Greensboro City Council will hold the first business meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 16 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber.

The Interactive Resource Center (IRC) on Washington Street in downtown Greensboro has announced the first phase of expanding to a 24/7 facility.

Greensboro College won the grand prize in the 2023 NC Collegiate Hunger Challenge.

“We’re Number Three!” It doesn’t have quite the same ring as “We’re Number One!”

Former District 3 Guilford County Board of Education member Bill Goebel is still campaigning for school board even though his name is not currently on the ballot.

The Greensboro Planning Department is holding two virtual open houses on proposed changes to the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance.

The Greensboro City Council approved borrowing the $4.1 million needed to end loose leaf collection at the Tuesday, Jan. 2 meeting, but Councilmember Zack Matheny is not ready to give up the fight quite yet.

The Greensboro Planning Department is holding an open house for developers and homebuilders to check out development opportunities in Willow Oaks.

The funeral for Greensboro Police Sgt. Phillip Dale Nix will be held Thursday, Jan. 11 at 2 p.m. at Westover Church at 505 Muirs Chapel Road.

Monday, Jan. 15, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is one of those holidays that catches a lot of people off guard.

Greensboro set an all-time record for homicides with 74 in 2023.

Greensboro District 2 City Councilmember Goldie Wells has made it a practice to get to the heart of an issue when other councilmembers talk all around it.

It’s difficult to follow what’s going on at a Greensboro City Council meeting and it’s even more difficult when the City Council doesn’t follow its own rules.

The Greensboro City Council passed two items related to ending loose leaf collection at the Tuesday, Jan. 2 meeting.

The Greensboro City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling for an end to the “conflict” in Gaza at the Tuesday, Jan. 2 meeting.

On Saturday, Dec. 30, Greensboro Police Sgt. Philip Nix was tragically shot and killed while confronting alleged shoplifters stealing beer from the Sheetz on Sandy Ridge Road.

The agenda for the Tuesday, Jan. 2 Greensboro City Council meeting has had some significant changes since it was released last week.

An off-duty Greensboro police sergeant was shot and killed after he witnessed a crime in progress at the Sheetz at 3202 Sandy Ridge Road at about 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 30.

It was announced in 2022 that the former American Hebrew Academy on Hobbs Road would be used to house unaccompanied immigrant children, but so far no children are being housed at the facility.

The article that was headlined “Council Expected To Approve “Noncontroversial” purchase of Yard Waste Bins” on Wednesday, Dec. 27 has major mistake right there in the headline.

The Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) announced that the new year will bring standardization to the fares for riders of the paratransit Access I-Ride service.

The 2023-2024 leaf season is the last that the City of Greensboro will pick up loose leaves.

No more Ben & Jerry’s Ice cream for the state government according to North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell.

The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts has been a huge success since it finally opened Sept. 2, 2021, setting numerous records for attendance.

The final scheduled Greensboro City Council meeting of 2023 on Tuesday, Dec. 19 lasted less than an hour and a half.

So is the cat right? Is it true that you can once again put bottles in your brown recycling bin?

It appears Triad Stage, Greensboro’s professional regional theater, will have a new life after halting all operations in June.

For those who have their garbage and recycling picked up on Mondays and Tuesdays, the schedule for the next two weeks is going to change.