Category: Letters to the Editor

As I look at Danny Roger’s 6th Anniversary as Guilford County Sheriff, I see the same issues plaguing the Sheriff’s Office that affected the Sheriff’s Office after his 1st 90 days. Low morale, severe officer shortages, rampant employee turnover, wasteful spending, lack of transparency, failed hiring practices, and the list goes on. 

Is Greensboro not better than this?  Is this the best we can do. Roger’s lack of leadership ability and resource management skill have cost the taxpayers dearly.

I haven’t even scratched the surface on his failures to help reduce violent crime in Greensboro.
Having NO plan is a plan to fail. Rogers has done well in the category of failures….

So I am currently homeless and have been for two and a half years.

I have a few points from what people have mentioned here:

– GSO is an easy place to be homeless, apparently?

I would like to point out that being homeless ANYWHERE, even in a shelter, is not easy in any shape, form or fashion under any circumstances. You don’t even understand or comprehend the mental determination, acumen and strength it takes to walk around this city, and especially within the homeless community, to merely collect things you need to barely survive. Need fresh water? Often that’s a mile walk from where many homeless reside. Food? Once again, miles a day walked. A shower? If you mean the 4 hours a day the IRC offers them 5 days a week max, then a basic count of approximately 300 homeless using these “Amenities” get to have 4 minutes of showering a week – each. Less on the weeks when the IRC is closed on a Friday for “Staff training”…

The following is a letter to the editor from Rhino Times reader Jim Donaldson
This is my road map to make Greensboro Great again!

The first thing that needs to be done with the Greensboro Mayor, City Council, and Department Heads of the City of Greensboro is to establish accountability.
1) No one should serve as our Mayor on our City Council if they or their entity is funded by the City of Greensboro and its taxpayers.
2) Our Chief of Police must immediately fall under a new incentive plan which will be based on his or her performance. The bar will be set by the rate of crime in Greensboro. Other incentives will be based on the number of illegal guns and habitual offenders that are taken off our streets. This compensation plan will penalize the compensation of our Police Chief based on homicides, aggravated assaults, auto crash injuries, and property damages from auto crashes in our city….

The following is a letter to the editor from an unnamed Rhino Times reader.

With the murder of Officer Mike Horan, the ranks of GPD got thinner. Anyone who watched either in person or on TV the event of Thursday saw the pomp and circumstance that is an officers funeral (flashing lights, a riderless horse, a caisson, honors, taps, bagpipes and a 21 gun salute). It was miserable and magnificent. Miserable in watching tough, strong men and women in uniform trying not to shed tears or sniffle; another family grieving their lost loved one. Magnificent in the nationwide attendance, the precision of the event and the sense of family shared with all of the departments there…

A Letter To The Editor From Rhino Times Reader Nicky Smith Taking a Stand for Accountability and Safer Streets in Greensboro. As we move forward, I’d like to share a few critical updates: Addressing Crime and Accountability in...