The Tuesday, April 4 meeting of the Greensboro City Council will follow a different agenda from previous meetings.
City Manager Tai Jaijeoba, unlike all previous Greensboro city managers, is not willing to wait to the end of the meeting to make his comments.
Up until now, after the City Council has completed the business items on the agenda that require votes, the next item is, “Matters to be discussed by the Mayor and members of the Council (If time permits).” Each councilmember is then given as much time as they want to talk about all the wonderful things they have done since the last meeting. Councilmembers also bring up issues of particular concern that they have not been able to get on the agenda.
After “Council Comments” is “Matters to be presented by the City Manager.”
At the March 21 meeting, Mayor Nancy Vaughan said, “We are going to have a new item on our agenda, but in the future it will be at the beginning of the agenda and that will be the city manager’s report.”
Jaiyeoba said, “The reason for that is that there are some items that need to come before you but they don’t fall into a project particularly, but just need some presentation from members of the community or even from staff.”
The result is that Jaiyeoba has had his personal portion of the meetin,g where he can bring up the topic of his choosing, moved from after the city councilmembers at the end of the meeting to the beginning of the meeting.
It appears that “Matters to be presented by City Attorney” will continue to be the last item on the agenda before adjournment.
It is also worth noting that Jaiyeoba has reserved half of the seats facing the City Council in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber for city staff. Before Jaiyeoba took over as city manager, the city staff sat in the seats to the City Council’s left. In an auditorium where people purchase seats, these would be the cheap seats, more or less like sitting in the end zone in a football stadium. However, since city staff usually leaves after their agenda item is heard and generally are not that interested in other agenda items, it seemed to make sense.
Under Jaiyeoba’s seating arrangement, the city staff takes precedence over the people of the city attending a City Council meeting and, according to the new agenda arrangement, Jaiyeoba takes precedence over the City Council.
Your woke east greensboro city council hired the has been from Charlotte, so enjoy…your tax dollars at work. I don’t think examples of woke need to be listed for the average reader but maybe for some.
This arrogant African Marxist is bad news. There seems to be no limit to his hubris, and determination to place the needs and wishes of government above those of the people, not to mention his own personal self-aggrandizement.
He’s a statist on steroids.
And we are paying him SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS A WEEK. That’s as disgusting as he is.
Here again it seems the City Council does not give a damn what the taxpayers think and would rather spend our money and tell us what a great job they think they are doing with our tax money. Does Jaiyeoba own the City Council and the Mayor?
Another step toward a Marxist takeover of the peoples rights. The city council should be be reminded that we are a Democratic Republic. And if they don’t know what that means LOOK up the definition
Ego is a terrible master.
It’s time for City Manager Taiwo Jaijeoba to go! He does not work for the Citizens of Greensboro and will not even respond to any concern expressed by a Greensbro Citizen! Our roads in Greensboro are a Horror, City Code Enforcement hardly exists, and Crime is out of control! Mr. Jaijeoba pretends to be interested in the Citizen’s input on important matters such as the Hiring of Police Chief’s. A Police Chief that is not allowed to do his sworn duty and not enforce all the Laws of the City, State, and Nation is worthless! Is this why this City Manager keeps hiring Police Chiefs within the City even though our last three and been most ineffective? They have been just pawns in the ineffective Manager’s lost vision of making “Greensboro Great Again”. And don’t forget his recent decision on forgiving tax debt to certain property owners, allowing disgusting Rappers singing about killing Cops at the Greensboro Coliseum, and the cancellation of the Greensboro Gun Show costing you taxpayers over $800,000!
Jim Donaldson
Yeah, an internal chief that can’t retire at the drop of a hat has to do their bidding. If they don’t, they get fired and don’t get to retire. They are puppets and always have been by design. That’s why they never stand up to council.
What a bunch of weak A_ _es!
Every member of City Council is weak and inept. Instead of leading, they are led. Jaijeoba can smell weakness. He is an arrogant man who thinks that he is untouchable. Jaijeoba would not last in any environment marked with strong leadership. City of Greensboro has not elected strong leaders in a long, long time.
FIRE TAI !
FIRE TAI !
FIRE TAI !
Impeach 8 council members
TERM LIMITS!!!!!!