It has all happened behind the scenes and many Guilford County officials aren’t even publicly acknowledging the fact, but Guilford County Deputy Manager Clarence Grier is no longer working for the county.
Grier may be on the payroll while his vacation and other available accrued time runs out – but Grier will not be back at his job.
One source said that a letter was recently sent to staff in the Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services which indicated Grier was gone but did not come right out and state it.
The Rhino Times noticed that Grier was not at the Board of Commissioners Thursday, Jan. 21 meeting and asked about his absence. The answers given were very vague and evasive and now it’s clear why. Nizagara http://valleyofthesunpharmacy.com/nizagara/
On Friday, Jan. 29, when Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston was asked if Grier was gone, he acknowledged that Grier was no longer with the county.
When asked about details regarding Grier’s exit from Guilford County government or any specifics surrounding the event, Alston said he couldn’t provide any information.
“We have been told not to comment on it since it is a personnel issue,” Alston said.
Grier was hired as Guilford County’s deputy county manager in February of 2015. Before that, he served as an assistant county manager for Orange County.
Just about every action that takes place in local government in North Carolina is subject to open records law. However, personnel matters and personnel records are an exception, so there’s no official reason why Grier is no longer in the job as the second in command in Guilford County.
While county officials aren’t making any comments on the record about Grier’s departure, it didn’t come as a surprise. Grier was the right-hand man of former County Manager Marty Lawing – who was shown the exit door by Alston and the new Democratic majority on the Board of Commissioners just days before Christmas of 2020. The Democrats held a majority of the seats after the winning commissioners in the November election were sworn into office in early December. Cialis http://kendallpharmacy.com/cialis.html
Lawing was hired in 2013 by the then Republican majority on the board. When Lawing resigned one month ago, it was notable that Grier – the deputy county manager and the obvious choice to be made interim county manager by virtue of his position – wasn’t named interim county manager by the Board of Commissioners.
At that moment, most county observers who were paying attention knew that Grier’s future days with the county were very limited.
Alston didn’t see things eye to eye with Lawing and the same can also be said when it came to Alston and Grier. There was often a tension between Alston and Grier and the two even occasionally clashed in public at meetings over the years. It was no secret that the two men had their issues with each other.
What a loss for Guilford County.
Skip is a master of the Game I tell ya! Democratic politicians have no problem getting rid of Republican-placed employees, but Republicans always try to accommodate Democrat’s choices.
The Right needs to take a page out of the Left’s manual and start clearing house whenever they’re in power again.
Our former President should’ve done the same thing. Would’ve saved him alot of grief.
Your former president DID exactly that. Do you remember the rhetoric about the DEEP STATE ? I DO.Do you remember the lie DRAIN THE SWAMP? I DO. Do you remember him gutting ALL agencies,because he alone could do better? I DO. I do,I do, I do , I do…….
It gets worserer and worserer…..
Disallusioned in NC
Worserer, not a word!
Ah, if you understood it, it’s a word.
Misapprosided in NC
IT IS NOW
Are you the incorrect language police? Give it a break.
I aspire to be the Master of Malaprop.
Collateral damage from Bully Skip Alston. Capable of destroying careers in a single word.
Drunk on power as ever.
Well my goodness we certainly can’t have anyone around the disagrees or isn’t in lockstep with Skippy… And we all know he doesn’t ever play well with others.
Clarence Grier took the time to listen to staff and wasn’t afraid to speak up when necessary to voice his concerns even when that wasn’t the politically correct thing to do. He was a true gentleman who fought for what was right even when he knew it would flop with Lawing or Alston. He is 10x the man either of those two will ever aspire to be. You will be missed dear friend.
Your former president was and still is an idiot but you all follow behind him like stray puppies. The same person who created a fake university and then was forced to pay back $25 million dollars to the same American people whom he deceived. How can you follow someone like him? But then you all will try and deflect all the idiotic and racist crap he stands for and says he’s uniting the country. How? SMdh
I see ur point. Can’t we all just get along?
Basta con la craparuny.
I would say Greensboro voters will be deserving of the crap coming down.
WM …wooo buddy , we gotta go thru with learning Communist Chinese the next several years now .
We’ll get with ya in a year or so , and see if your still geddy about your MANIAC ..
You bees right! The people are ultimately responsible.