Conflicts Of Interests
Dear Editor,
I have no conflicts of interests. Over recent weeks, two of the three mayoral candidates have been pointing out the conflicts of interest with the City of Greensboro that the other has. Ms. Vaughan points out, and rightly so, that Mr. Outling is a partner in a law firm that does business with the City of Greensboro, reminding voters that he must recuse himself from city business and certain votes, rendering him incapable of being an effective mayor. Mr. Outling points out, and rightly so, that Ms. Vaughan sits on the boards of organizations that receive your tax dollars that are allocated by the City Council.
Mr. Outling does work for a large local law firm that does business with the City of Greensboro. He will have to recuse himself from certain votes and decisions that are made in the role of mayor. We can’t have an effective mayor if he or she is not allowed to have a say in all city business. Ms. Vaughan has voted and will continue to be able to vote on budgets that allocated funds to organizations with which she has affiliations and/or sits on the board. Both have conflicts of interests and using their own criteria when pointing out the other’s conflicts, they both should be disqualified from being mayor.
In my profession, I raise private capital for investment into privately held companies. I do not have business, nor do I solicit business from the City of Greensboro. I’m the third candidate in this mayoral race and I have no conflicts of interests!
Write In Chris Meadows for mayor.
Chris Meadows
Got my vote!
You have my vote!
Excellent points.
The two listed contenders are just too compromised.
Vote Chris Meadows.
Send Chris Meadows’s letter to the News and a Record and see if they print it.
Good luck. I read the Fishwrap when we visit my wife’s mother. I never cease to be underwhelmed.
I know that a lot of you are thinking that voting for Mr. Meadows is throwing your vote away because he is a write in. You might be thinking that you have to hold your nose and vote for either Nancy or Outling because the one you are picking is the lesser of two evils. If you find yourself in that camp, let me suggest to you that there is nothing noble in choosing the lesser of two evils. You are still throwing your vote down the toilet to get someone who is not good for this city into office. Instead, take the leap and choose Meadows. In doing so, at the very least, you are sending a message to both of those fake, professional liars that you will not support them. And who knows, maybe if we all get behind him, Meadows can pull it off.
You’re right Don. A lot of people voted for slo joe for that reason and look where we are now.
Better off than if Trump where in office. Imagine who he would be trying to blame about gas prices. Lol
A week after the 2020 Presidential Election, I save a couple of gas receipts. I had paid $1.799/gallon, and wondered how long it would take the Democrats to double the price.
Biden’s anti fossil fuel measures did it in a year.
Nope. You are repeating fake news like a good little sheep. Read my letter to editor.
Facts win the argument.
My statement is 100% factually correct.
Chris (who falsifies evidence) was caught lying about his own efforts to back up his BS.
He would not need to. Gas prices would not be this high Russia would never have invaded Ukraine. Putin is not stupid. slo joe is totally a vegetable. Can’t even keep his speaking card turned right. Trump never needed one.
Hahaha. Trump would have handed over a free democracy to his best friend Putin. Amazes me how much Trumpers call democrats ‘Commies’ but are perfectly ok with Trump’s boy crush on Putin…..well Putin’s money actually.
What a joke.
Good luck Mr. Meadows. Many of us in the county are pulling for you since we desperately need more Republicans controlling our Commissioners seats as well. Who knows, you might even inspire more county Republicans to get off their butts and vote!
It should be self evident that the lesser of two evils is preferable to the greater of two evils.
Taking the more gentle loss is nothing more than a recipe for getting used to failing pal. Look what it has gotten us so far: The highest tax hike in recent history on top of the largest spending budget in history. I don’t know, maybe take a leap and actually try to win one for the good side for once instead of settling for the less sucky future bad decision.
It should be self evident that the lesser of two evils is preferable to the greater of two evils. It’s an uphill climb to unseat any incumbent from office, so if you want another 39 months of control freak Nancy Vaughn mismanaging our city government, then by all means, vote for Chris Meadows, and that’s what you will get.
I would rather waste my vote on a write in candidate than “hold my nose” and vote for
one of the other choices.
Like everything else, apathy will get you the same old, lame results. How is that working out for Greensboro, and this country. Never, ever, overestimate the intelligence of the average American, or Greensboro, voter.
You have my attention, but I need more details. Where do you stand on the issues affecting my and our lives?
Mr. Meadows, have you published your tax returns?
Are you really worried about his tax returns when the two incumbents running for Mayor, one a sitting council person, one the actual mayor, just helped create the largest tax hike and most bloated budget in Greensboro’s history? (And yeah, I know they voted against the budget, but only because they already knew it was going to pass. So both mayoral candidates mysteriously voted No together. So dumb to think we can’t see through their weak pretense. They still helped create that monstrosity.) I would vote for a moldy rock before either of those two clowns.
Most politicians know the outcome of votes on councils or commissioners for the county. The bargaining with the other elected members has already been determined and the members know what they will get once the election is over. That might include a new program, employment of their friends in positions that will be created for them, etc. See how this works?
I’m skeptical of a politician providing veiled information about themselves while claiming they have “no conflicts of interest”.
Also, the whole not having a platform thing is hard to vote for.
Once again, the software being used by the editor is stopping me from posting a comment, saying I’ve already posted that, or is a duplicate, or slow down, etc., and none of that is true. Could it be there’s some filtering of opinions is alive and well at the Rhino? Say it ain’t so!!
Some people would vote Libertarian, me for one. But that is a voted wasted. You get no influence with the govt with that one. So vote, now; vote conservative.
A typical poly ploy. When your side has an easy win, or an obvious loss; there a few are allowed to vote however they choose, for their benefit.
When one of the polys sez “I voted against it”, it was only because the party allowed them to.
John McCain was a maverick Republican because he voted for what he thought was right, not what the party told him to co. Don’t forget, it was THREE Republican Senators who voted to fund ObamaCare, not just Mr. McCain.
The country lost a chance by not electing a man of character. Not like the character we have now.
Our school board members should be able to make the same statements about not having conflicts. A great deal of voters outside of Greensboro are in support of Chris Meadows. We are on the outside and are able to see the direction that Greensboro has been going and it has an effect on the whole county. Being that I live in the county and have to use Greensboro on my address it would be nice not to have to explain that I do not live in Greensboro for all the bad connotations that go with the name at this point.