Author: Rhino Times

Greensboro stands at a critical crossroads. With 15,000 to 25,000 new jobs coming to our city, we have an unprecedented opportunity for growth and prosperity. Yet our inability to build housing fast enough threatens to derail this economic boom.

The numbers tell a sobering story that demands real leadership. A single-family housing community in the City of Greensboro takes two full years to get approved, two years before a single shovel hits the ground. Starter homes now cost $400,000, and excessive regulations are adding $25,000 to each new home. We’re pricing out the very families we claim to want to help…

In the NYC Democrat Gubernatorial runoff the leading vote getter is a far left anti-Semite Socialist who is advocating free stuff for all but has yet to be challenged on how it will be paid for. Oh wait, I believe he’s also advocating a 1% additional tax increase on ‘the rich’ to help pay for it. He’s not yet said what constitutes ‘the rich’ but the middle class should grab their ankles if this guy gets elected…

At 2 a.m., we found a dog wandering the streets and brought him to the county animal shelter just before noon to keep him safe from traffic. We completed the intake form and waited 45 minutes, but no one ever came outside to assist us. All communication was done through text, which was both impersonal and deeply frustrating.

Initially, we were told to go home and wait 24 hours. I explained that this wasn’t my dog—I was simply trying to prevent an accident and do the right thing. Then the instructions changed, and we were told to wait three hours instead….

Are Leftists mentally ill?

My mother was a lifelong socialist and the enduring characteristic she displayed was an inability to see the world as it is; a reality perception problem.  The inability to perceive reality correctly is a hallmark of mental illness.

In today’s news we have an excellent example of Leftism, its inability to accept reality – and its spite. 
Last year, sixteen year old Christian McGhee of Central Davidson High School in Lexington was…

According to the most generous statistics, 27% of Harvard students are international.  Education experts will compare apples to fruit and argue that there aren’t enough qualified US applicants.  Harvard is one of the most selective universities in the country.  It rejects massive numbers of qualified domestic applicants each year. ..

Given the misinformation that is currently being circulated, it is necessary for me to set the record straight on some key points about my experience and record of service.  First, for seventeen years I have been a successful attorney with a statewide practice.  This has provided me with plenty of real-world experience.  Recently I was given the NC Lawyers Weekly “Leader in Law Award” in recognition of important contributions made to the practice of law in the state and to the local  community generally…

This morning May 28th, WGHP TV declared, in grave and serious tones, that this was North Carolina “Heat Awareness Week”, as recently proclaimed by our Governor Josh Stein (D).
They even presented the propaganda with a straight face, when just the previous evening, their…

Since my recent letter implying harms from the Emergency-Use-Authorization jab (for the Fauci-funded virus), it has been announced that Biden has been diagnosed with highly advanced Stage 4 prostate cancer.  With a doctor’s office in the White House and the normal extended course of prostate cancer, the tardiness of this announcement is intriguing.

There is a possible explanation related to the topic of my previous letter.  In April 2024, the Journal Cureus published a peer-reviewed study about rising cancer deaths in Japan following the third jab.  By 2024, Japanese deaths from prostate cancer had skyrocketed to 80% over the 2018 baseline. [1]…

It’s obvious how far the Left (aka the Democrat Party) is willing to go to destroy America. A sitting judge, a person who’s supposed to be neutral, a person who’s responsible for keeping our society from falling into chaos decided she knows better than the law who and should not be held accountable based on her personal beliefs.

A judge in Wisconsin tried to distract federal LEOs then directed and assisted the accused, an illegal alien, to flee the courthouse to avoid capture. On top of this…

Permit me to highlight several facts uniformly suppressed by the Mockingbird media:

                  The VAERS system set up by the CDC to record adverse reactions to vaccines through March of 2025 records 38,541 deaths attributed to the Emergency Use Authorization Covid jab.  220,494 hospitalizations were attributed to the jab, related to myocarditis, blood clots, neurological, and other harms. [1]  A 2010 Harvard study demonstrated that only a very small portion of the actual vaccine adverse effects tended to penetrate the bureaucratic disincentives and succeed in being recorded in VAERS….

As a candidate for Greensboro City Council District 4, I am raising the alarm about House Bill 765, a bill currently moving through the North Carolina General Assembly that directly threatens Greensboro’s ability to govern itself.
This bill would strip local municipalities of zoning authority, prohibiting cities like Greensboro from enacting zoning regulations that are more restrictive than state law. Even more troubling, it would impose state-mandated minimum density requirements based solely on population, without regard for local infrastructure, safety, or neighborhood character…

From Rhino Times Reader Nicky Smith
I read with interest the recent reports on Greensboro’s upcoming budget, and like many residents, I’m troubled by what I see. Councilmember Trey Davis and City Manager Trey Davis have both offered reassurances that their goal is to avoid a tax hike, but when you dig into the numbers, it’s clear we’re on shaky financial ground. The city faces a $5 million to $7 million shortfall, and while Assistant City Manager Larry Davis admits this is “survivable” for now, he also warns it’s “not sustainable” long term…

Wow!
That didn’t take long. This morning it was announced that the Trump Administration intends to cut off NPR and PBS from taxpayer money. By lunchtime I had an email from Susanne Simpson of PBS’ Masterpiece, begging me to use their provided template to petition my Congressmen not to cut off the money…

A letter to the editor by Rhino Times Reader Patrick Henry
May 1st…May Day.

The same date with two different meanings. A day of spring and the start of summer in many cultures, a day celebrated by socialists/communists as InternationalWorkers’ Day, a day that commemorates workers’ historic struggles and achievements in others.

Care to guess which one all these ‘celebrations’ taking place across the country are celebrating?…

I listen to Bernie Sanders; a Democratic Socialist (self-identified) who strongly advocates a universal health care system in the U.S.

He goes across the country advocating for this but the one thing I have not heard anyone do is pin him down on the most important aspect of this concept. Who is going to pay for it and how would providers be paid? Before you start pointing at the U.K. system, or any other for that matter, look closely at it, and ask yourself if it works so well, why do people in countries under this system flock to the U.S. for treatment? What is the quality of care, at all levels, compared to the U.S.? Why are some forms of care denied by these systems? And finally, most importantly, what is the number of doctors there compared to here? Not only should these questions be answered, but these people need to be pressed to give an answer, not talking points…

Trump has been very active during his first 100 days in office.  That is about the only positive comment I can make given that most of his actions have harmed our economy for the next several years if not for decades.   This is not just a worrying liberal minded person’s gut feeling.  The early indicators are all pointing to a negative outcome for the US economy. The leading indicators pointing to our economic downturn are:

–          Stock market volatility and decline (Morningstar US stock index is down -8%)   (Note all other major economy’s market indexes are up.  For example:  Germany +18%, China +12.4%, Europe +10%, Japan +9% and even Canada is +4% based on Morningstar indexes…

Reid Phillips’ recent opinion piece written in the Greensboro News & Record https://nickyforgreensboro.com/reid-phillips-the-case-for-open-spaces/ hits close to home for me, and good reason. Over a year ago, I invested hundreds of hours leading the charge with the https://preservefriendlyavenue.com/ initiative. Together with more than 1,500 residents, we successfully deployed a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay (NCO) to protect an established Greensboro neighborhood from reckless rezoning and overdevelopment. That wasn’t just a victory for one neighborhood but a win for the future of responsible, community-driven planning across our city….

Hi, My name is Ron Ray and I live on Stafford Mill Road Oak Ridge.
I am opposed to the Williams Companies pipeline through Oak Ridge because I love Oak Ridge and my community. 

Williams generates millions of dollars in profits for shareholders every year. Over the last 5 years, Williams stock hasincreased in value 3 times more than the S&P 500.

They have achieved this financial performance in part by utilizing land free of charge to transport their product. Manycitizens pay annual taxes on the ROW after the pipeline made the land worthless over the last 70 years…

I’m really starting to question the judiciary system and the people that make it up. These are people that make potentially life altering decisions while sitting in judgment of us. We are already seeing district judges making ruling affecting national issues, something that, IMO, is an overreach of their authority. There is talk of congressional action, but I believe the Supreme Court needs to be the one to make the ruling.

While there’s been much made of the tendency of these people to make these decisions based on their personal political slant, a couple of recent incidents have changed the paradigm in what I consider a dangerous…

Speaking as a long-time resident of the New Irving Park neighborhood, in a home on Willoughby Boulevard.  I’m writing to support Nicky Smith’s remarks about the Greensboro City Council and its highly capricious and short-sighted April 17th decision to rezone property.

Aside from district 3 representative, Zack Matheny, six other city council representatives displayed a callous disregard for the neighborhood.   The rezoning decision ignored the will of neighborhood residents and the city’s own land use guidelines…

Courts and prisons are overwhelmed and underfunded. Courts frequently agree to deport accused illegal aliens to save limited trial resources. The accused agrees in order to avoid significant jail time and, in many cases, a criminal record. This creates a huge crack to fall through.

Our borders are so porous that it’s easy to return. Depending on local reporting procedures, border agents and other jurisdictions often don’t know about these agreements. Since the trial stopped before reaching a verdict, they weren’t found guilty. Their records are essentially clean. A few years ago, an illegal alien in New York was repeatedly deported (repeatedly returned) for harassing an individual that he eventually murdered…

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety and happiness.

Right now, the great boogeyman making the rounds is the “T” word…tariffs. Based on 95% of news stories, blogs, talking heads and “expert economists” the American economy is on life support and the plug is very loose, due to tariffs.

Believe it or not, not everything in this country is under the threat of tariffs. If it is manufactured in this country, it is NOT subject to a tariff. That is not to say that there are items that cannot be manufactured here that have to be imported, and will be subject to those tariffs. But if people stop and do a little research, a little comparison shopping, they will find the damage can be minimized, not eliminated (yet) but minimized….

Pre-Scripted and Disconnected: How Greensboro’s Council Failed Its People

On April 15, 2025, Greensboro’s City Council delivered a slap in the face to more than 2,000 residents of New Irving Park. Despite months of organized, fact-based opposition to the rezoning of 1201 Pisgah Church Road, Councilmembers—one by one—chose to side with a developer and against the very people they were elected to represent.

This wasn’t just a bad decision. It was a public betrayal…

The MSM and their lackeys are screaming about the sky falling, the Sun rising in the west, cats and dogs living together, it is, according to the “experts”, the beginning of the end of life as we know it.

President Trump is imposing tariffs on imported items so everybody…no, not everybody, only the undereducated, under informed Democrat drones, believe this is going to drive the price of EVERYTHING up to the point that only the rich (D&R) would be able to live a good life…

The MSM and their lackeys are screaming about the sky falling, the Sun rising in the west, cats and dogs living together, it is, according to the “experts”, the beginning of the end of life as we know it.

President Trump is imposing tariffs on imported items so everybody…no, not everybody, only the undereducated, under informed Democrat drones, believe this is going to drive the price of EVERYTHING up to the point that only the rich (D&R) would be able to live a good life…

By City Council Candidate Nicky Smith There’s a familiar pattern in Guilford County: when budgets get tight, officials look to taxpayers instead of looking inward. With departments asking for $49 million more and Guilford County...

This is an op-ed, letter to the editor from the CEO of Communities In Schools Jill Cox in regards to the future of North Carolina’s workforce and how our organization is helping to address these needs.  The workforce of tomorrow...

I was faffing about today, examining the shoe selection at Reidsville’s Wal-Mart, wondering if I should eschew my usual $120 boots for a more affordable option, when around the corner suddenly came a waist height object that drew my eyes. A young boy in a child’s wheelchair, staring up at me with a beautiful blue-eyed smile. “Hello!” I said. “Hi” came the cheerful response. Fair haired and freckled, an open and innocent face, around nine or ten years old, greeting a complete stranger with a ray of sunlight. His skinny little legs seemed bound together somehow, but he disappeared as quickly as he had appeared. What a wonderful attitude for a boy with such a crippling disability, I thought…

A letter to the editor by Rhino Times Alan Burke.
(This is a continuation of Burke’s comments from a previous letter.)
As “Signal Gate” balloons, biased critics look more hostile, irrational, and sheltered than ever.  Cell phones and text messaging are already an unstoppable reality.

There are countless historical examples of failures when traditionalists resist technology.  Initially, military traditionalists feared the security risks of two-way radios.  So, many continued to use pen and paper exclusively.  Radio signals transmit everywhere within a radius.  The entertainment radios of the time could accidentally pick up transmissions.  However, pen and paper also had risks.  Slow couriers could be delayed, intercepted, or killed by the enemy.  The courier could be a spy or otherwise sympathetic to the enemy’s cause…

A letter to the editor from Rhino Times reader Alan Marshall

There was what I would consider a major screw up, committed by a high ranking member of the Intelligence/LEO community, with the unintentional addition of an unauthorized member of the 4th Estate in a Signal based app conference concerning a military strike against the Houthis. The Democrats were quick to start calling for the resignation of everybody from the person responsible up to every level official short of the President.

A letter to the editor by Rhino Times reader Alan Burke

Loose lips may sink ships, but that doesn’t mean it’s classified…or a military plan

The controversy surrounding Mike Waltz’s use of “Signal” highlights confusion between two similar yet distinct concepts: Operational Security (OPSEC) and Classified Information.

 Operational Security is a piece of information that, by itself, is not classified.  However, if compiled with other separate information from other sources, it may total into classified information.  Even if it doesn’t sum into sensitive, secret, or top secret information, it could still benefit a persistent enemy…

While I’m sure there have been incidents’ involving Republicans/Conservatives, I cannot remember a more sorry reaction or worse, a lack of a reaction, from the “leadership” of the Democrat Party for what is happening now. And I am calling out the Democrat Party, more specifically the (National Socialist) Democrat Party for NOT standing up and calling out these childish animals. In fact, their silence is what, IMO, is encouraging these actions. And when they do deem us worthy of hearing from them from on high, they believe they have to use their entire encyclopedia of 4 letter words in what they believe is a tip of the hat to their followers…

 I am writing to you to express the positive impact that scouting has had on my life in a world of negativity.  Scouting has helped me to get outside of my comfort zone and try new things.  One of those new things is to write an editorial, hence the reason I’m sending this to you. Some of the things that scouting has taught me are how to be more responsible and how to be prepared for something when things do not go according to plan.  When I was completing my Eagle Scout project recently…

From an article on the proposed County school budget of $947 million dollars ($947,000,000.00)…

“…$3 million for enhanced safety measures, and $11 million for facility improvements.”

They are sitting on $2 billion dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) and yet demand (and make no mistake they will eventually frame it as a demand) another $1 billion dollars ($1,000,000,000.00 rounded up) to continue to ‘operate for the children’. This is one of the major reasons Board of Commissioners are DEMANDING, not requesting, a huge tax increase on property owners…

  The following is a letter to the editor from Rhino Times reader Alan Marshall The (National Socialist) Democrat Party made it known that they had members that planned to create disruptions during President Trump’s State...

The following is a letter to the editor from Rhino Times reader Nicky Smith, a candidate for Greensboro City Council District 4

Is It Time for Greensboro to Rethink DEI? Balancing Equity, Merit, and Federal Compliance

The recent actions taken by High Point University (HPU) to ban, then reverse course on, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) language in response to federal funding threats have reignited a critical discussion: Is DEI achieving its intended goals, or has it become a barrier to hiring the most qualified individuals? Greensboro should take note of this debate and consider reassessing its own DEI initiatives.

HPU swiftly removed nearly 50 DEI-related terms, fearing that failure to comply with federal directives could jeopardize millions in funding. The university’s decision, though later softened, underscores a broader issue—many institutions and organizations nationwide are beginning to reconsider whether DEI policies are truly fostering fairness or inadvertently creating new disparities….

The property tax increase proposed by Comrade Skip Alston and most likely backed by his ‘yes sir’ cronies on the Board pushes the limits of County residents to have even a chance of having their heads above water. Given the makeup of the Board it will pass and there is nothing we can do about it.

One idea I’ve thought of was legislation requiring a ¾ majority vote on tax issues to pass because a simple majority is too slanted to the side of those Board members voted in by City residents. I already hear the screams about how that’s not fair. So it’s not fair that city critters outnumber county critters so when Greensboro and High Point want something…

The following is a letter to the editor from Rhino Times reader Austin Morris.   Are there differences between the sexes, or are they just the same? If there are differences, are these differences physical, or mental, or both?...

The following is a letter to the editor from Rhino Times Reader Maria Adams

There have been some concerns about the possible dismantling of the Department of Education. Many are worried about losing vital federal funding for crucial programs. However, there is a way to preserve these essential services moving forward.

According to a proposed legislation, federal funds for essential programs will continue to be available, but they will be reallocated to different state departments, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of…

The following is a letter to the editor by Rhino Times reader Patrick Henry.

I have to wonder why they are trying to make it look like large numbers of people are protesting the actions of DOGE. I also have to wonder how many of those people are government employees whose jobs are on the chopping block because they are not a necessity to efficient (emphasis on ‘efficient’) operation of the federal government.

From working(?) from home (and compound that with the cost of maintaining empty or near empty buildings at DC rates) to the salaries and benefit packages they get, it’s little wonder these people are not excited about the gravy train finally pulling into the station. They are going to have to get REAL jobs and join the rest of us working stiffs. How many people ever heard of “franking” and know how our elected representatives abuse it for personal gain? …

“ Trump won 77,284,118 votes, or 49.8 percent of the votes cast for president. That is the second highest vote total in U.S. history, trailing only the 81,284,666 votes ( seems impossible doesn’t it) that Joe Biden won in 2020. Trump won 3,059,799 more popular votes in 2024 than he won in 2020 and 14,299,293 more than he won in 2016. He now holds the record for the most cumulative popular votes won by any presidential candidate in U.S. history, surpassing Barack Obama. Running three times for the White House obviously helps. His count in 2025 was TOO BIG TO FAIL.
Kamala Harris won 74,999,166 votes or 48.3 percent of the votes cast. That was 6,285,500 fewer popular votes than Biden won in 2020, but 774,847 more than Trump won in 2020…

The following is a letter to the editor from Rhino Times reader Alan Burke.

True defense of the world’s “starving children”

The majority of Americans support USAID under two conditions:

It sticks to funding basic food/water, infrastructure, health (immunizations, antibiotics, antiretrovirals, and maternal health), and education (math, science, and reading) during international humanitarian assistance,
Domestic spending on social security, Medicare/Medicaid, VA health, and FEMA isn’t risked.

Abolishing the Penny seems like a good idea at first blush, but there would be two negative consequences.

Without the ability to make exact change in cash, merchants will inevitably start folding sales tax into the listed price, rather than adding it to the price. So a $10.00 item will come to be priced at $10.70 (incl. tax) on shelves.

I’ve seen this before. When VAT (Value Added Tax, a variant of sales tax) was introduced in the UK, many stores initially quoted their prices as “plus VAT”, so the VAT was added to the transaction at the end, as we do here. But ultimately they all folded the tax into the price, for the sake of clarity and simplicity….

The following is a letter to the editor from Greensboro City Councilmember Nancy Hoffmann

Truth and Facts Matter

Contrary to what has been reported, I moved to Greensboro in January, 1998 and voted in every election from 1998 to the present.

My Greensboro residency and voting record have been questioned and misrepresented, so here are the facts which can be verified at the Guilford County Board of Elections.

I joined a home furnishings company in High Point in January, 1998 as Director of Marketing and Sales. I rented an apartment in Greensboro and registered to vote in Greensboro February 18, 1998. I voted in the May 5, 1998 County Primary & Baseball Referendum at this address…

The following is a letter to the editor by Rhino Times Reader Nicky Smith.

At the recent Greensboro City Council meeting, Councilmembers Nancy Hoffmann and Nancy Vaughan unjustly attacked me. They misrepresented my leadership and policies to discredit me. This was an orchestrated and planned attack on me and my conservative views and values. Interestingly, they did not spend time questioning other candidates—what are they afraid of?

I never claimed sole credit for the Preserve Friendly Avenue initiative; over 1,500 homeowners worked together to secure the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay (NCO). If you ask any of the Preserve Friendly initiative committee members, they will tell you that I was the driving force behind all the activities to achieve the NCO. Authentic leadership is about mobilizing communities, not self-promotion….

The following is a letter to the editor by Rhino Times reader  Austin Simons

You may have seen Greensboro City Councilwoman Nancy Hoffmann’s harsh
statements aimed towards local resident and businessman, Nicky Smith, during the city council
meeting on Tuesday, January 27th. If you didn’t, I suggest you search the internet to find a clip
of it. Nicky Smith spoke about his vision for Greensboro and shared his thoughts about filling the
at-large seat formerly held by the late Yvonne Johnson. After speaking, Nancy Hoffmann
responded to Smith with a 10-minute tirade against him and his background. This seemingly
came out of nowhere, as no other speaker attempting to fill Johnson’s seat was treated in this
manner. On the surface, Hoffmann’s attack was grueling to say the least; but therein lies the
problem, “on the surface.”…

The following is a letter to the editor from a Rhino Times reader who asked that his name not be revealed for fear of retaliation.  (The Rhino Times would like to point out that this publication supports law enforcement officers and knows that there are many good officers in the the state’s Highway Patrol.)

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is corrupt to the core. Their officers are preening narcissists and their command structure enables and encourages a culture of machismo bravado in which truth and honesty are marginalized….

In a show of support for Big Business over the average American, based on the false premise of reducing ‘overburdening regulations’, Trump takes action to increase profits of Big Pharma at the expense of the most vulnerable of American citizens, the elderly.    With Trump’s rescinding of Biden’s Executive Oder 14087, Trump removes all price controls / models implemented to keep Big Pharma prices under control.   This in spite of the following facts…