County Redistricting Politically Motivated
Dear Editor,
The county commissioners meeting on Oct. 22 included the presentation of a set of proposed redistricting maps. Although the focus in that meeting centered on the impact of the changes on the county commissioners districts, those district lines are shared by the county’s school board.
Redistricting is required to the “balance” changes in population and demographics identified by the Census every 10 years. The only adjustment required in Guilford County due to the 2020 Census was to move a small segment of the population from District 4 to District 5 in the north-central portion of the county.
Five maps were presented for consideration. Four of the maps make changes throughout Guilford County, leading me to believe the moves are politically motivated and have little to do with the actual reason the redistricting needed to be completed.
Four of the five did not pass the requirement that checks whether seated incumbents are placed in the same district for school board members. This item was pointed out by school board member Linda Welborn in the public comments.
Overall, these potential maps present an onerous implementation load designed to further political agendas with little or no regard to balance or consistency for the school board.
I urge the citizens of Guilford County to support implementation of Map A based on its simplicity.
Lynn Andrew
Former Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes kicked off Facebook
Dear Editor,
This is our new Nazi America as the left attempts to control our lives and freedom of speech!
My gmail account was abruptly cancelled last week. Wonder why? Could it be my political views that are much like the former sheriff’s? If you believe in pro-life, border walls, election security, strict law enforcement, responsible sentencing of all criminals, God, and our once Great America, you too will soon be silenced.
Jim Donaldson
Or maybe Jim…just maybe. You are guilty of spreading misinformation, using a bit of hate speech, and possibly even a touch or two of violent threats. That is what it typically takes to lose an account on goggle or facebook. You are free to say what ever you wish. But where and how, can be limited by private companies such as facebook and google.
You can always wait for Trumps next big failure with his new social media tool. Good luck with that!
Sounds like you are with the Ministry of Truth.
Chris, BJ did not misinform. Jim did not misinform. They expressed an opinion. Just like millions – yes millions- voices have been canceled and silenced. Just like the gestapo, just like china (God help you if you have any religion there). You represent the silent that allowed the Jews to go to “ re-training” facilities care of the nazis. You represent the school board who claimed the girl who was raped and in Loudon was lying. And arrested herfather Yes all are lying unless they think like you
I am certain Jim knows why he was banned but isn’t man enough to openly discuss. Was it anti-vax misinformation? Hate speech against immigrants? Hate speech against Liberals? I have no real idea. But I am very sure Jim knows why. If he is anything like the misinformation king Austin Morris or the hateful Jim, he knows why.
Hey JIm!
You are quite correct, the hard Left in the social media is shutting down all conservative voices. They disable free debate at the same time they call us fascists… and they don’t even see the irony.
Meanwhile, our own deranged and angry Leftist ‘Chris’ accuses you of hate speech, violent threats, and “spreading misinformation” (that means you dare to reach your own conclusions). “Chris” makes these accusations against you without having a shred of evidence to back up his vile smears. That’s called prejudice, and our little local Leftist has it in spades. He is a very angry little man. A prejudiced nasty bitter man, too.
Don’t worry about it. He accused me, in a similarly unfounded way, of being a racist. When he couldn’t back up his lie, he was forced to apologize for it. You can read his apology in his letter published here last week.
I have been banned by conservative groups on reddit. I admit it is because I trolled their ignorance and hate. I called them nutters and apparently it hurt their little feelings. No one loves to shut down or cancel people more than the modern conservatives. They just stink at technology. What happened to Parlor? LOL can’t wait for all the people who will lose money on Trumpers half wit attempt as social media. He just keeps leading fools to more and more failure.
You can’t even spell Parler.
You’re as thick as a brick and think you’re a genius. But you’re just a tiresome blowhard.