Until last year, the Guilford County budget process – when it came to funding non-profits – was that the county manager, along with a staff committee, would go through applications from non-profits and community-based organizations, such as various festivals, art foundations, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, and a host of others asking for funding.
The manager made the recommendations and then the county commissioners held public work sessions to decide which groups would get taxpayer money and which would not.
Many county tax payers don’t like seeing the county government using their money for those purposes; however, at least the process was done out in the open. The choices of which organizations to fund were often controversial because, in many cases, the commissioners on the board have had clear ties to those non-profits.
In the past, those organizations which have direct or indirect ties to the commissioners have been referred to by the media as “pet projects.”
Last year, for the first time, however, the board conducted the entire process in secret, and, when the Board of Commissioners adopted its new fiscal 2024-2025 county budget in June of 2024, the list of non-profits funded by taxpayers was unveiled with no clue as to what – if any – thinking had gone into the process.
Last year the Rhino Times referred to it as “like Moses coming down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments.”
In the past, a long list of recommended non-profits to be funded was always included in the manager’s proposed budget, along with recommended amounts; however, now, for a second year in a row, the list is completely absent from the recommended budget.
A long time ago, in the first part of this century, the county manager would recommend funding for non-profits based on specific ways those organizations met a particular county need that was, say, an extension of the county’s services. For instance, a non-profit that attempted to reduce STD’s in the county might coordinate with the county’s health department and help address that issue.
Now there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to which groups get money. The seemingly random list just sort of pops up out of nowhere.
Instead of a highly detailed spreadsheet listing the organizations that had been in all prior county manager’s recommended budgets, and the amount they will receive, this year once again, County Manager Mike Halford’s budget just includes a page that is blank with the exception of the title, “Outside Nonprofit Agency Funding” and the comment, “Awarded organizations will be listed here with the Adopted Budget.”
So, citizens will have to hold their breath to find out which groups the commissioners deem worthy.
The county manager’s presentation to the board for the new budget proposal for fiscal 2025-2026 did note that this year’s proposal includes over $2 million for Community-Based Organizations (non-profits) and Economic Development Organizations. Of that total, $1.74 million will be given to community-based organizations and $565,000 will support local economic development groups.
Several times this century the commissioners and staff have spent a phenomenal amount of time working to develop a rational, sane process to establish a fair policy for funding the non-profits – then each and every year when budget time rolled around the board proceeded to throw out the funding policy.
Even Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston isn’t shy about admitting there’s no county policy anymore.
“The policy is this: Whatever non-profits five commissioners say get money, do get money,” he told the Rhino Times last year.
While the county leaders won’t tell you which groups are getting funding, the members of the Board of Commissioners this year are the same as last year, so it’s a pretty good guess that this year’s list of lucky recipients of taxpayer dollars will be similar to what it was when the money was handed out in the budget adopted last June.
Here’s the list from last year:
A Legacy of Hope $5,000
A Simple Gesture – Greensboro Inc. $15,000
Aaron T. Jones Jet-black Empowerment $45,000
African American Atelier Inc. $50,000
ARC of High Point $10,000
Beyond Sports NC $20,000
Big Brother Big Sister $15,000
Black Child Development Institute $10,000
B-Natural $5,000
Carolina Theater $25,000
Children Law Center $20,000
Combat Female Veterans Assoc. $50,000
Commander Peace Academy $20,000
D-Up Inc. $20,000
Establishing Safe Cultures $20,000
Families Against Senseless Killings $20,000
Family Room Foster Care Resource $10,000
Folk Festival $25,000
Friends Of John Coltrane $25,000
Glenwood Together $10,000
Greensboro Business League $45,000
Greensboro Urban Ministry $40,000
Growing The Distance Inc. $20,000
Guilford Housing Foundation $10,000
Hayes Taylor YMCA $40,000
High Point Arts Council $50,000
High Point Discovered $10,000
Historic Jamestown Society $20,000
Horse Power $10,000
HP Friendship Foundation $15,000
HP Housing Authority $15,000
Jalloh’s Upright Services $15,000
Junior Aggies $7,500
Kids Poetry Basketball Inc. $15,000
Level Up Parenting $10,000
Lydia House Inc. $20,000
Malachi House II $37,500
Mega Church Ministries $20,000
Mustard Seed Community Health. $10,000
New Hope Missionary Baptist Next $10,000
Level of the Triad Inc. $45,00
Open Door $25,000
Peacehaven Community Farms $15,000
Piedmont Triad Film Commission $15,000
Room at The Inn $15,000
Senior Resources $25,000
Sister Circle $70,000
Southwest Renewal, HP $75,000
St. Stephen AME Zion Church $10,000
I Rise $25,000
T Wingate Andrews High School $50,000
TCC Community Health $20,000
The Heroes Center $10,000
The Mind Group $20,000
The Oaks Therapeutic Community $15,000
The Salvation Army of Greater HP $15,000
Triad Food Pantry Inc. $50,000
Triad Health Project. $40,000
Triad Play Therapeutic After $25,000
School TSCF Food Network. $15,000
Turning Everything Around United. $20,000
Arts Council of Greensboro United. $75,000
Way of Greater High Point United $10,000
Way of Greensboro $10,000
Urban Roots NC $12,500
Muhammad Center $7,500
West End Ministries. $20,000
Welfare Reform Liaison Project $25,000
YMCA Of High Point-Chavis Branch $40,000
Youth Behavior Helper $20,000
Youth Focus $25,000
YWCA of High Point $15,000
Wait…is this an article about a subject some have said has been beaten into the dirt? The Board of Commissars are putting in overtime trying to figure out how to pass this Christmas list and yet still look like they care about the serfs and peasants they are sending their thugs after to get this much needed money.
Republican/Conservative “representatives”…if this budget passes with a unanimous vote and this warehouse full of pork is in it ALONG with the property tax increase, regardless of how large or small it is, just change your affiliation to Democrat and officially join your Lord and Master Comrade Skip Alston.
Read in the voice of a conservative like Alan or Austin……
Yeah, that Food Pantry is just a waste of money to help feed the poor (and more often the working class) people of Guilford County.
After school care for kids? What a waste of money to care about safety and health of kids from the poorest parts of our community
Senior Resources?! What?! Why help elderly people who struggle to live on a fixed income?
Support the YMCA? What?! Why help an organization that helps so many kids in our community?
Combat Female Vets? What?! Why should we sacrifice for those that sacrificed for us?
Don’t be like Alan or Austin. Using tax dollars for non-profits is a good practice as many non-profits benefit those underserved in the community far more efficiently than if strictly funded by government resources. Yet of course, if you are a conservative i understand you don’t believe in supporting the under privileged members of the public community in which we live. That is one of many reasons I am no longer a conservative and never will be again.
But you be you
—– *****
It’s VERY odd that you refer to me in almost every comment you make, even when I have said nothing about the story.
Please… please… try to get over your fixation with me.
It’s not healthy.
Weird you think that true.
Because it is – and we can all see it.
How much of the money given to nonprofits is actually used for its intended purpose? An audit of every nonprofit receiving taxpayer money in in order. I’m guessing about five to twenty percent would be about average. The remainder I’m sure is needed for administrative cost.
There are literally more comments by me in this one thread where I don’t mention you than comments where I do.
You really should get over yourself.
James, I would think the cost to audit would be greater than the money given out on a case by case basis which would be a real waste of funds.
There should be more transparency for sure but full on audits are expensive.
Any basis for your estimate of use of funds other than personal bias just making it up or do you have any real insight? Just curious.
No mate, you need to get over me.
You fancy yourself a liberal savior, here to correct the Wrongthink of those pitiful conservatives who are capable of being saved. You see yourself as morally and intellectually superior, when in fact you are neither. When I blow holes in your arguments, prove you wrong, and make you look stupid, you resent me. You have now become fixated with me, even dragging me into stories where I had made no prior comment. Let it go.
But if you continue to peddle your specious bullshit here, you can be assured that I will refute it – and you will continue to be humiliated.
Austin,
I HAVE to ask…how did you get the last sentence in that post past the censor? I use the word ‘{Deleted]’ when referring to a bundle of sticks and get edited.
I salute you sir and defer to the Master.
I am just here to counter the lies, misinformation and propaganda you and modern conservstives spew here on a daily basis.
Glad to do it.
Fyi, calling childish names isn’t humiliating. I am proud that a hateful bigotted person like you hates me for countering your misinformation, lies and hate.
Oh, and calling me names and saying Na uh doesn’t count as blowing holes in my argument. Lmao
It really is your go to strategy. For example how I pointed to how your statement above wasn’t even close to accurate. Lmao.
What a joke.
It’s because that word can’t be deemed to offend a protected group.
It may be vulgar vernacular, but it won’t result in Scott receiving dozens of angry emails he’ll have to deal with. The word is actually commonplace and routine these days, anyway.
—- And thank you for the compliment!
See what I mean?
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Chris : I didn’t call you names, you called me names : “hateful bigoted person”… full of “lies and hate”.
Your spite and impotent anger are showing, Chrissy.
Seek professional help.
Austin, you really do seem to struggle with reading comprehension.
The point of my comment was counter to your false claim that you blow holes in my arguments as most of your responses are just where you call me childish names and say ‘na uh’ [paraphrasing].
Oh, and I call you a bigot because of your history of comments against the LGBTQ community and immigrants. And I call you a racist because of your comment promoting the false idea that Africans are genetically less intelligent that Europeans.
But go ahead and call me another name and SAY ‘na uh’. One more time. Yawn.
*****
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My “comments against the LGBT community” are no such thing. I have previously called them sexual deviants, and that’s because they are precisely that. They deviate from normal sexuality. That’s just a fact. It is a non-judgmental statement ; just a truism.
2/.
Africans ARE less intelligent than Europeans. Fact. Sorry that you can’t handle the truth. It’s a personality defect of Leftists.
3/.
I have never uttered the phrase Na-ah, or whatever it is. You really need to confine your comments to the truth. You’re now simply projecting your school yard mentality. Grow up.
I won’t hold my breath.
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One more thing you’re wrong about, Chris : I am not hateful and bigoted towards immigrants.
I am an immigrant.
You once wrote Letter to the Editor about your thoughts on how immigrants have changed London. It wasn’t a complimentary letter. Am I missing something….or is it the ethnic background of the immigrants that bothers you?
Claiming your use of the word deviant when describing the LGBTQ population isn’t insulting is disingenuous. Do you or have you ever referred to redheads as deviants? They are a smaller % of the population than the LGBTQ community. Of course you have not. So let’s try the basic questions to test your support or bigotry towards the LGBTQ community:
1) Do LGBTQ members deserve protections against discrimination?
2) Do LGBTQ members have the same rights to marriage as straight couples?
3) Do you ‘believe’ LGBTQ factor of biological assignment at birth?
4) Are you ok with LGBTQ couples displaying affection in public (same as straight couples)
lastly and this one is the most important one?
5) Do you ‘believe’ that LGBTQ people have any lesser character or morals than straight people?
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Pathetic. You are really clutching at straws when you want to revisit a Letter from years ago, and misrepresent that as evidence that I am some kind of bigot.
Stop peddling your lies and misinformation.
Stop. Just stop.
Your fixation with me is not healthy.
Funny you don’t deny the letter and how it illustrated your hatred of immigrants and how they changed the ‘look’ of London.
And to be clear, you wrote more than letter on the subject.
* I DO deny that the Letter reflected any kind of bigotry – because it didn’t.
But if you disagree and want to back up your smear, go ahead and quote from it.
C’mon… put up or shut up, buddy.
* IF YOU want to shut up Chris, just demand that he back up his smears and personal attacks.
Silence… just silence.
Settle the question for all.
Do you include African Americans in the false assumption that African’s are genetically less intelligent than Europeans?
Bet you won’t.
awful system …. Nothing to do with need and importance… how much is gong to salaries …..typical
Broken government system
Why are so-called “non-profits” not reviewed as to whether they achieved their goals that were funded by our local governments? In one word it is “politics”, so don’t bet on it.
These “non-profits” may (or may not) have funds allocated to salaries and benefits of those providing the services, but when are the citizens going to vote on the monies allocated to non-profits and the funds which went to the officers of the non-profits? Will the RHINO post the salaries paid to City employees who received those funds, in whole or in part? Yvonne Johnson (may she rest in peace) was noted for “bringing home the bacon” for her terms in office, but she also had a large contingency of supporters in east Greensboro who got out the vote, some of whom were her relatives.
Non-profits need to support themselves with their appeal to citizens, not those who were elected to office who have oversight of the non-profits. Graft and corruption are the terms that come to mind.
When will we the taxpayer wake up? This is criminal to say the least. We are just too scared to put a stop to this!!! Pet projects and payoffs are what is going on here.
mjf,
It’s not a matter of being scared. It’s a matter of people going to the ballot box and telling these vampires we are done supporting their lifestyles by voting them out. Unfortunately, the vote buying this process garners appears to overtake thinking, reasoning, hard working voters because not enough of us use the power of the ballot to tell these leeches enough is enough.
They live by the Golden Rule…we take YOUR gold then make OUR rules and force you to accept it.
What is the best way to stop it?
I don’t believe “we taxpayers” are afraid to vote those bums out, we unfortunately, are not involved with the counting of the votes. Think about it.
Well at least Alston has essentially admitted that this is de facto corruption.
The majority of these so called non-profits are black organizations. Since when does a local black church get county funding?? Where’s the white churches? I’m calling it what it is and I don’t care who likes it or don’t. This is as racist as it gets. Guilford County has forgotten the white people since Skip away with your money Alston has taken over. He’s putting money into everything he gets kickback’s from and we all know it. Yet another example of the racial divide Greensboro is determined to cause. Some of these groups listed are jokes and we all know it but because they are geared for blacks only, Skippy picks it. We all know who’s in charge of selecting these so-called nonprofits. Skippy boy is. Skippy is as racist as they come and he’s not ever going to pick a white non-profit. This list proves it. I said it and I don’t regret it.
Pat, as I pointed out to another poster, over the years both black and white commissioners have funded their pet projects with taxpayer money.
You are correct Scott, but not to the racist in our face way Skip has and continues to do it now. There was a time when the commissioners did this in a public forum and the public was able to see who voted yes or no. Why can’t it be that way now
Those were the days…
I cannot know what’s in his heart, but I too suspect that Alston is a racist. As Yogi Berra once said, you can see a lot just by looking. Alston used to drive a Corvette. It was “Triple Black” – black paint, black interior, black wheels. He’s recently purchased the new mid-engined Corvette. Guess what color it is….
These things are obviously superficial, but some of his actions and remarks over the years have also indicated an attitude of anti-white racism. i believe he’s a racist.
If you take a minute and look up these Church programs you will see they often support programs such as food banks for people in need within their community (I only noticed three churches in the list and limited info is available so i am making a broad assumption). And yes, poverty tends to persist in our black communities at a significantly higher rate than other communities so many if not most of the churches supporting these communities are predominately black churches. Maybe you should ask your church why they don’t support a food bank for our low-income communities instead making baseless claims about racism.
Also note that these churches are open for white people to attend if they would like.
But you be you
Funny thing about that Chris, I don’t think I saw a White Chruch listed nor a Jewish Chruch nor a Catholic Chruch kinda suspicious don’t you think. Also you mentioned the YMCA’s but again only the two black Y’s received money last year and several years prior,why do you think that is. There are 4 others in the Greensboro area as well as 2 more in High point and they all serve the same community purpose, again kinda odd don’t you think. But I have no doubt you can explain. I personally have my own idea as to why it is.
Why suspicious? As I noted, the black community is disproportionally impacted by poverty and therefore it is more likely that Churches within low-income communities are predominately black.
Makes sense to me.
If you are a member of a white church that runs a food bank for the poor, consider requesting funds from the county.
I can tell you with a fact of 3 Y’s that have asked for funding in the last 4 years and have NEVER been on skips list so yes Chris I have a reason to be suspicious
Which YMCAs? There 7 YMCA branches in Greensboro and are all centrally managed under the organization known as YMCA of Greensboro. So you might be mistaken. The YMCA list above appears to be HighPoint which isn’t under Greensboro.
Seems you might be misunderstanding who asked who for funds as local branches wouldn’t ask for funds without going thru YMCA of Greensboro.
Gosh Chris, my church runs a food bank and they don’t get anything from the Commissars, just the community
Did they ask? My church has run a small food bank at times but never at the scale to request funds from the county.
Chris you’re not as smart as you think. it’s true the 7 in Greensboro are under a central office and
Hayes-Taylor is one of the 7. It was originally located on the A and T campus at East Market street, it was funded by J. Spencer Love who started Burlington Industries. It was built for the black community and was named after his maid and butler. When it moved to East Florida St. the city provided the land for the playing fields It’s also the newest branch of all 7. Each branch is free to act independently as far as donations and gifts and do not have to get permission from the central office. The Chavis Y in High Point is also considered a black Y. None of the Y branches are exclusive
Black or White it’s just about their origins. So there again I’ll say it just seems suspicious that none of the other branches receive anything from the county
I will say again, the none request the funding without going through the central Greensboro YMCA as they coordinate the funding and finances of the branches,
As for a particular YMCA’s racial history, the Hayes-Taylor YMCA was founded in 1939 as the first Y open to the black community given that at the time separation of the races was the norm. Given integration started in the 70s it was formally integrated into the other YMCAs of Greensboro since the 70s. Therefore, it hasn’t been a ‘black’ YMCA since the 70s. Maybe its time you let of the idea of how it was founded given it was integrated 50 years ago. Holding on to its race based identify even after you admitted that today it is used by all races as of today.
Weird.
I have NEVER HEARD of some of these “non-profits”!! The amounts allocated to some of them seem very
unbalanced! (“pet” projects get more?) We should be getting more information about how these decisions are made; I definitely would distribute some of this differently!
Scott, how did you not laugh out loud while writing this article? There is no mystery to how and why certain non profits get large or no taxpayer dollars. Nobody wants to say it, but I will. You have racists county commissioners paying off their vote debts and their pet projects which are very race biased. Your article list some of these organizations. You also have Greensboro City Council doing the same thing. It won’t change as voters continue to support the same old same old. We are screwed…again.
Jv, I should point out here that over the years both black and white commissioners have sent taxpayer money to their chosen organizations.
And yes whites have pulled the same crap for generations. Our last commercial real estate mayor had his share of pet projects.
Joe Go to school and take a civics class. We are talking about the county commissioners not the city council. We truely are a bunch of uneducated voters
Following up on my earlier post…yes Scott is correct. White conservatives have had many many pet projects.
every ‘project’ should get ‘pet’ status. funding something without any engagement or knowledge is WORSE !
one question – WHY????? Greensboro needs the tax money for other things than donating to non-profits.
Non-profits are profiting on our tax dollars.
Moorefield you are talking about the City of Greensboro not Guilford County
Non-profits provide services more efficiently and more directly to a community than government can a is the justification for using tax dollars to support non-profits that work within a community.
If you are one of those conservatives that believes the under privileged should be left to suffer without any community support, that is your opinion. Just don’t also call yourself a Christian with that as a fundamental belief as so many conservatives today do. That would just be hypocrisy…with is also the norm for most conservatives today it seems.
But you be you
Really Chris a hypocrite talking about hypocrisy you are such a Wanker
I assume by your comment being limited to only a personal insult you are unable to logically present a counter argument that it is anti-Christian to ignore the needs of the underprivileged in our community that you agree but dont have the courage to admit it.
Chris I’m not sure why I bother answering you, it’s either this or clean out the chicken lot, considering I’m answering you, to me it’s about the same thing. I give weekly to my Chruch, my wife and I work the food bank (with no help from the county and we have very small numbers in our Chruch) we also do meals on wheels once a week. We have made 11 trips to NWNC so far and a few more planned in he near future. So if that’s caring for the less fortunate
then so be it. But you still wear the moniker of hypocrite as far as I’m concerned
Good for you Aussie! Why get so pissed at organizations that are large enough to gain support of both government and local private support? They ARE providing a public service. If everyone was a generous with their time and money as you, maybe we wouldn’t need public support, but we do. Not complicated.
Isn’t he just, Aussie? Those here who speak British English understand that he fits the word perfectly.
As they say in Yorkshire… “He’s right wanker”.
More childish name calling from Austin. Yawn
No, you are the one who engages in ad hominem attacks. You call conservatives hypocrites, racists, bigots, uncaring, unchristian, and ignorant.
When he dish it out, you can expect to get some of it back.
And you are the very definition of a wanker.
Just taking care of pet projects!
Conservatives /Republicans need to win an election if they want to dictate the budget process. Casting aspersions, and playing into conspiracy theories will get you nothing. The good ole days are gone. Billy Yow is not coming through the door to save anyone. It’s over welcome to Skip Alston’s county. Leave your taxes at the door.
City , BillyYow must live in your head, you mention him all the time. Great men make impressions on the wannabes, I’m sure that’s why you’re always thinking about him So you keep hanging onto skips coattails and wait for the train wreck. KARMA is a true bitch
BigCity, it is unfortunate that Skip Alston is Chairman of Guilford County Commissioners. His chairmanship is nothing to gloat about. Had you been alive during Roman times, I suspect you would have crowed about Nero. That shows how much you know about leadership.
That’s what Demlibtards do. Play pretend Robin Hood. Someone needs to reign Skippy and Hanford in. We deserve a say in where our tax dollars go and who they go to.
We are not to “scared “ to put a stop to this nonsense! We’re just too APATHETIC. Too many taxpayers aren’t voters and vice versa. Skip and his minions are well aware and simply use it to their advantage.
Defund Non-Profits
DOGE uncovered the money laundering in USAID. This funding has the same smell. The Dems just moved the money laundering from national to local levels. Defund all the NGO.
What money laundering in USAID? Seems to me he never found any fraud or waste, just programs that conservatives didn’t like.
Article posted on The Blaze website
“USAID program contractor defrauds taxpayers of $100,000 in latest agency scandal”
That’s it? Out of 35 billion dollars? That’s .00028% I thought he was going to cut Trillions in fraud. LMAO what a joke. If Guildford County can keep a fraud rate that low, good on them.
Chris do you have any idea how many contractors work for USAID You sir are a true moron. You are the little male version of
Patty Murray
So, contractors = fraud? Weird. Over 40 percent of the US workforce are contractors. Are you claiming that 40 percent of the US workforce is committing fraud?
Then I guess that must mean, Chris, you like USAID and their fraud.
I strongly supported the role of USAID and no level of fraud was found to cause concern. All Alan could reference was a .00028% fraud rate. What do you have to back up your claim of USAID being full of fraud?
I personally don’t think fraud if 100 k is anything to sneeze at. Fraud in any amount should be weeded out. That’s our tax dollars being WASTED Chris.YOU are such a wanker
So .00028% is found that have been stolen by fraud and your idea is the shut it down and support people who claim USAID is defined as fraud due to that .00028%?
Weird.
Or just admit you don’t support helping people in other countries as a form of soft power by the United States. While I strongly disagree with that statement, it at least makes sense from a logical standpoint. DOGE tried and failed to find much if any fraud that they claimed existing. Paint me shocked that another conservative conspiracy theory turned out to be dead wrong.
But you be you.
Please let me come live in your dream world Chrissy. Apparently there is only one case fraud or abuse there in all.
If you know of anything specific, please share. But so far other than a hand full of very small incidents, I don’t see fraud as a valid reason to shut down USAID.
If you don’t like what they stand for, make that case. Claiming fraud is justification for defunding USAID is a lie. Just like claiming mass fraud was the reason Trump lost in 2020.
Crooks? Kickbacks?, Taking Your Money, My Money and getting away with it.
I bet the commissioners don’t have a clue, particularly Skippy as to what most if not All these entities do or don’t do with Your Money. Perhaps Funding Skips retirement is Funded just not mentioned. Guilford County needs an Elon Musk. This is plumb Crazy behavior.
Alston Realty web site has been “Under Construction” for months. Evidently Skip doesn’t need to have a Realty business anymore, must be getting income from some where else. What a business man.
Why do the Tax Paying citizens of Guilford County continue to allow this behavior?
Curious. Are you, as I assume you are a conservative, at all upset over the kickbacks Trump takes in via his crypto coins, the jet that will require a billion in tax dollars to upfit and will ultimately go to ‘Trumps Library’.
How about the kickbacks given to Musk who canceled NASA co tracts to funnel funds to his space business or the government purchase of his awful Tesla trucks?
Just curious.
While there are some legitimate and worthy entities on this list…there are waaaay too many grifters! It’s not socialism it is corruption. Let’s call it what it is. The local Democratic party encourages minority females and males to start non profits ( what a joke) to feed at the trough. Next step run for city council or county board and invite more cronies into the feast. The whole MWBE thing has run its course. Time to end the charade.
You’re dead right, Joe. It’s de facto corruption – at least, that’s what we call it in the Third World.
How have you determined which is a grifter versus not? Seems like you are making accusations to fit a narrative versus having any real insight.
Just curious
DOGE and tariff the BoC.
Here is the simple solution that is colorblind…STOP FUNDING NON-PROFITS!!!
They want money, let them go to the citizens and get it directly from them. Government, on every level, has no business funding them.
Fully agree! Why should our tax money go to organizations we have no say so about. So we need to just defund all of the nonprofits. If we don’t have a say so in our tax money, then we shouldn’t have organizations that need it. [The International Civil Rights Center and Museum] owed hundreds of thousands of dollars [To Duke Power] and then wanted to sue Duke power because Duke power told them they had to pay it! I know for a fact that they go into a business and ask for free stuff for that museum. Nobody goes to that worthless place. The only reason schools go are because Skippy makes them. Because he controls the money the schools get so they bow down to his holiness. That museum needs to be shut down. Skip needs to be voted out. But he’s got so much dirt on everybody and he’s not afraid to use it so everybody gives him his way. I’m with you Alan. Defund the nonprofits completely! We should have a say in where our tax money goes. We don’t. So simply defund the people that are taking it, but don’t deserve it.
/s Yeah, why support people in under privileged communities. let em starve, let em stay sick, let em live on the streets, keep em out of an education, “It’s Not My Problem”, “My money should only help ME!” /s
Is that would you mean Pat?
Just as a note, the dispute between Duke Power and the Civil Rights Museum was about the need for a payment of a deposit. Not about money owed for use of utilities. So not a dramatic as Pat claims.
Chris you are so full of crap on the Duke Power issue it was so much more than a deposit. The same can be said about why construction was stopped almost a year into the project (supposedly because of a underground spring that was discovered in the basement) but in reality it was for a totally different reason. I know I was working for Weaver-Cooke the prime contractor on the job at the time.
Here is a link to the news story
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/international-civil-rights-museum-and-duke-energy-reach-agreement-in-billing-dispute/83-461664855?hl=en-US
You are truly an idiot. I know for a fact the money was owed to duke power for utilities used. I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t know it to be true. And no I’m not saying it all that we don’t need to support people in underprivileged communities. You read exactly what you want to read and in your liberal mind that is nothing according to what we are saying. You make mountains out of molehills. You lie and you cover up for the Democrats because that’s what y’all do best! But it is a fact that the majority of these nonprofits are scams. And why should our taxpayer money go into a scam? If you really don’t mind that your tax money is going to waste, then please by all means put every dime that you get into your pocket into these non-profits and put your money where your mouth is moron. You are so set on defending these nonprofits, then step up and put all and I do mean all of your support into them. But you won’t because you’re all talk. You want to come on here and bash us because we care where our tax money goes but you don’t want to put anything extra into those nonprofits that you’re so blatantly defending. Just like all democrats. You want to cause trouble but you don’t want to step up and do anything. You just want to shut down those of us who are willing to stand up for our rights. And our rights are that we should not have to fund a non-profit that’s a scam. We know the majority of these are skips babies and he’s getting kickbacks from them. You believe what you want to believe but the rest of us will believe the truth. Step back and take a look at what your beliefs truly are in this country. Maybe it’s time you pack your bags and leave it since you hate it so much. And yeah we can honestly believe what channel 2 reported! Because they never lie on their news! I was sitting in a room next to a person when channel 2 came on and said they were in another country. How hilarious is that. Because they don’t lie. They don’t cover up stories. Honestly I think you just come on here to stir the pot. Grow up chris!
News reporting says you are dead wrong in your understanding of the conflict. Unless you have some other source than your na uh statement, let me know. Until then, the offical story remains:
Duke requested a deposit be paid as the museum was regularly late with their payments (which is a common practice by Duke Energy). The museum and Duke went back and forth about it and finally settled. See the link to the news story provided above.
You claim it is a fact that the majority of these non-profits are a scam. I challenge you to make a case against just a few to prove your case. I find that conservatives love to toss around the word fraud without evidence as you seem to be doing.
I support a number of non-profits with my annual giving. I choose to support medical research groups mostly. I believe it important now especially that conservatives have defunded so much medical research that scientist are leaving America in might well grow into the biggest brain drain in our country’s history.
I love this country and have no plans for leaving regardless of how ugly conservatives try to be in their ruining of what has always made America great…diversity, democracy and innovation.
But you be you.
Time for a local version of DOGE. What commissioner or even city council member are affiliated with any of these “non profits” ?
Skip or Earl Jones are associated with the majority of those nonprofits. Skip away with your money and early to rob you blind are the biggest crooks in Guilford County. They sit on the boards of most of those nonprofits or either they are friends with people who do and so they are putting money in their pockets.
I suspect you are making that claim up off the top of your head to justify your biased point of view. Prove me wrong and provide a direct connection (ie direct involvement in) of either of them to even a handful of the non-profits ahowm above. Bet you cant.
Citizens are being slowly boiled in a giant tub of hot water. A bit here, a bit there, then it’s over. The Road to Serfdom.
“Ah, sweet mystery of life, at last I’ve found you”.
This is nothing but patronage. Goodies for the faithful. Several Presidents have tried to eliminate or stop ir, but not with much success. Two that come to mind are Lincoln & Arthur. There were others. Coolidge actually did it, big time.
In our times, Presidential candidates all promise to “eliminate waste”. Once elected it is the same ol’ same ol’. It appears that Pres. Trump may be no different. He wants to have the Party keep the White House & Congress.
pork for pals . . . some better than others.
…. Depends on your melanin.
Did not see the $50,000 grant to the Dudley High School Booster’s Club here? Perhaps that grant was made in the previous fiscal year. Interesting in that no other High School Booster Club in the County was awarded such a grant? Why aren’t these County Commissioner’s and their Chairman in jail? Is this not corruption at its best? And I don’t feel sorry for you Guilford County Taxpayers, as so many of you voted for them or didn’t vote at all!
That is last years list, the $50 k went to Andrew’s High School. Andrew’s is also a predominantly black school. You’ll also notice that 2 black YMCA’s also got money I guess the White Y’s don’t serve the public good in the same way as the black ones do.
Weird. YMAC Greensvoro is a single organization with 7 branches. Are you referring to Hight Point YMCA s as black Ys?
Government has no business giving tax money to non-profits. And the non-profits on the above list have not been vetted, otherwise why would tax money be given to organizations that have not registered with the NC Secretary of State and thereby can solicit money. And why is tax money going to churches: Muhammad Center, West End Ministries, New Hope Missionary Baptist Next, Mega Church Ministries, New Hope Missionary Baptist Next, St. Stephen AME Zion Church, you know, separation of church and state? Property taxpayers are responsible for the money running county government. As non-profits, they do not pay taxes. Why should they be entitled to my tax money or anyone who pays property taxes?
TERMLIMITS and Rebel are absolutely correct; this is obvious corruption, and appears to be racially based.
And it’s sickening listening to pious posers proclaiming they work for non-profits, because “non-profits” are really non-taxpaying organizations. It’s bad enough they don’t pay their taxes without double dipping by being gifted our taxpayer dollars.
This should be called what it is : corruption.
So food banks are frauds? You think they only service people of color? So many comments here slinging this lie that these charities are all (pr even thr majority) racially focused on the balck community yet when I look into most of them, they seem to be charities that support all races except for a few that are specific for the black community…..you know….the community that faced centuries of racial bigotry in their history here in the United States.
Hate to see so much mud slinging at so many organizations to do so much for our communities.
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See how Chris puts words in other people’s mouths to make them appear bigoted?
Sly, and slimy…. but then, that’s who he is.
He makes an accusation and provides no basis in facts or sources of actual corruptions, so I asked questions. See, asking questions isn’t putting words in mouth, it trying to better understand the thinking behind what by itself is a hollow statement / accusation which conservatives love to do.
Keep up. You will one day get your reading comprehension skills up to snuff no problem.
Happy to help.
$2 million worth of thievery. $2 million taken from the people who earned it, so that other people who didn’t earn it but are politically well-connected can spend it.
…are politically well-connected and use it to support under privileged people in our community.
There fixed it for you.
What is the meaning of “underprivileged”?
Is it a euphemism for lazy, feckless, workshy, and stupid?
You can look up the definition in the dictionary. Oh right, you don’t believe in dictionaries. (Hate is both a noun and a verb)
The definition is for people not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society. (Given your challenge with reading comprehension, you can more easily refer them as people in low-income communities).
As for the myth that all underprivilege people as poor because of being lazy is a classic trope used by white nationalist such as yourself as a means to ignore the long-term impact of systemic racism on the black communities in the US. It is also a misrepresentation of low-income people in general. While there are certainly some that abuse the system as a means to avoid work, many are elderly on low fixed incomes, under educated people as a result of having grown up in broken drug infested home where food and survival in general were not guaranteed every day, disabled people with limited or no family support, people who were living pay check to pay check who lost their job and lacked access to credit (or already maxed out their credit), etc.. etc.. etc…
While you may be ok with all these people starving on the streets, my religious faith directs me to believe in the importance of a community supporting people who are struggling.
But you be you.
* No, low income is not the same as underprivileged.
And while Chris’s heart bleeds for “..all these people starving on the streets” (where? in Bangladesh?), we can all see through his tired and hackneyed efforts here to promote himself as a saint, morally superior to everyone else. He tries to look smarter too, but in truth he’s just a blowhard with a middling intellect who’s desperately trying to prove to himself that he’s something better.
Deep down he knows he’s unremarkably, boringly average in every way – and he can’t accept that. He’s anxious to tamp down his insecurities, because he lives in fear of them surfacing. That’s why he overreacts and panics when he’s proven wrong and made to look foolish.
He can’t deal with the truth, in this and every other regard.
Google disagrees with you….
Yes, being underprivileged often means the same thing as being poor. The term “underprivileged” generally refers to individuals or groups who lack the advantages, resources, and opportunities available to others in society, often due to poverty or social disadvantage.
Here’s a more detailed explanation:
Underprivileged:
This term highlights a lack of access to social and economic advantages, which can include things like good education, healthcare, and decent living conditions.
Poor:
This term refers to individuals or groups with low income and minimal resources.
The Overlap:
While not always perfectly synonymous, the concept of being underprivileged and poor often overlaps. Someone who is poor is likely to be underprivileged, and vice versa, due to the interconnectedness of poverty and lack of opportunity.
Other Factors:
It’s important to note that underprivileged status can be influenced by factors beyond just poverty, such as discrimination, lack of access to resources, or limited opportunities due to social status or geography.
Chris, in response to your USAID fraud comment: https://oig.usaid.gov/node/7653; https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-contractor-usaid-funded-program-extradited-united-states-convicted-and-sentenced. The question should be if the US taxpayers want their tax money spent on DEI projects in Serbia and Ireland; a transgender opera in Columbia; a transgender comic book in Peru; and $20 million for Sesame Street in Iraq. It would be reasonable to assume that the listed projects are an attempt to change cultures not to “promote global development and security by providing foreign aid and economic assistance to countries in need.” Democrats engage in changing cultures around the world, including in the US. Their focus is not humanitarianism as the Marshall Plan was, but to destroy cultures they do not agree with.
DEI isnt fraud. Just something conservstives don’t like.
Also note that much of what you referenced as DEI were fact checked as being largely misrepresented by DOGE and Trump Administration (kinda what they always do).
For example:
They didn’t spend 20 million for sesame street in Iraq. Lole most information there is a touch of truth but it is largely misrepresentation of the full truth.
The truth:
The project was not just a childrens TV show: While the project involved a TV show (“Ahlan Simsim,” an Arabic version of “Sesame Street”), the USAID funding was for a broader early childhood development project. This project, run by Sesame Workshop in partnership with organizations like Save the Children and Mercy Corps, aimed to support communities impacted by conflict and violence, providing learning materials, teacher training, and promoting social inclusion.
So not 20 million for a TV show. It was 20 million over six years to help educate children in a country we destroyed in a war based on a lie.
I personally support that kind of project.
Hope that helps you understand the actualy truth
And there were “crickets” from Chris.
Did I miss something Joe? Cool you were thinking of me. Hugs!
Taxpayers give to nonprofits on a regular basis by their designation, nonprofit. Taxpayers already give to them because we pay the taxes that they don’t. Therefore, when commissioners give them more money, they are double-dipping. And the double-dipping tax is paid by property owners, not all taxpayers. Remember, the nonprofits pay no taxes. Review the above list, how does the African American Atelier Inc. benefit the whole of Greensboro, what about Jalloh’s Upright Services for immigrants (?), which I believe is aligned with Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, sharing office space, which makes sense since the Chamber is a champion of immigration to fill low paying jobs; what about Junior Aggies; and what about the Muhammad Center? How do these benefit the whole of Greensboro? How are any of these programs working and achieving results? Let me answer, no one knows. Nonprofits are scams allowed and perpetrated by government and grifters. NC government passes statutes to benefit large, expensive retirement homes, country clubs, mosques, and churches. Local government hands out our tax money to nonprofits and when property taxpayers speak up, nothing changes. A recent news release talked about someone who bequeathed Well-Spring $24 million dollars. Well-Spring is a retirement home for the few who can afford the buy-in and monthly fees. Well-Spring and River Landing are part of Kintural, which is a group of continuing care retirement communities. New name, same tax scam. Reminds me of Harvard, sitting on billions of dollars without paying taxes. Retirement communities should pay property taxes and should not receive all the annual sales tax money paid at the end of the year. Kintural and others like them do not benefit the whole of our community.
You seem to be offended by nonprofits that support people of color (whi have long suffered the impacts of racism in our country) yet dont mention programs that only supports Vets? Or nonprofits that o ny supports poor people struggling to feed their families? Most of us are not vets and not struggling to feed our families. What about those nonprofits that o ly support kids? I am not a kid? Kids don’t pay taxes?
See how silly your argument is?
It seems, Chris, that you are always looking for the racist boogeyman. Let’s do this. Reviewing the list above, post the ones NOT associated with people of color. Do not include the large nonprofits that we all are familiar with, like the Salvation Army. I am anxious to see your list.
Still waiting on your list, Chris. If no list is forthcoming, will conclude that all nonprofits on the list are associated with people of color.
I think it cool you are excited for my response:
ARC of highpoint
A Simple Gesture – Greensboro Inc
Beyond Sports NC
B-Natural
Carolina Theater
Children Law Center
Combat Female Veterans Assoc.
Commander Peace Academy
That’s just the ABCs from the list which is 9 out of 12 excluding Big Brothers as it is as you say, A large national organization (even though it is for local chapter only and is for all races).
The racist angle is introduced here by the range if comments claiming these are ‘black charities’ I assume because we have a council that has more black members versus white members.
I am just questioning the motive behind those accusations goven the lack of any supporting analysis.
You Democrats love the racist card and that’s hilarious considering y’all are the ones that started the KKK and murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent black people all because of their skin color. Y’all have always been the racist party. You know it and we know it.
This is an old, tired argument: The democrats of yesterday are the conservatives of today.
Civil rights legislation led to the ‘Southern Realignment’ or ‘Southern Strategy’
In the 1960’s southern white, who had traditionally supported the Democratic party due to its association with states’ rights and opposition to Reconstruction, felt alienated by the party’s shift toward racial integration and federal intervention. in response, many began supporting the Republican Party, which at the time, was seen as more sympathetic to their views on race.
But more importantly, show me one picture of a nazi flag flown next to a democratic candidates’ flag. Bet you can’t but I can show you a plenty of pictures of nazi flags flying next to Trump flags.
So, go ahead and live in the past if that is where you feel most comfortable. I prefer to live in the present.
Best wishes
Chris I’m going to tell you how silly you are. You really have no idea how the YMCA of Greensboro operates. I suspect what you know you got off the Y website. I can tell you that
the Black community has, does and always will consider H-T to be their Y. Its history within that community is very deep and always has been. I worked for the Y for over 26 years, 11 of which were at
H-T. A lot of civil rights meetings and strategies were held there in the 60’s and 70’s. It took over 10 years to convince the community and old guard on the H-T board to sell the property to A&T. The same feeling are at Chavis Y in High Point. As far as what the county gave to H-T you will notice it was given directly to H-T and not to the YMCA of Greensboro
Branches do not have to go through the main office to solicit or accept donations. The individual branch is free to use donations or gifts as they see fit. Same thing with the booster clubs that have received money. Both Dudley and Andrew’s are considered Black schools Does seem to fit the narrative that only Black schools and Black Y’s received county money
Chris you are so dense, the whole non-profit thing is nothing more than Skip’s personal way of providing reparations that he strongly believes in. How about you Chris, how do you feel about
reparations
1) you have no real proof of Alston personally funding these non-profits as some sort of reparations. I suspect you are just making that up to fill some fantasy you use to justify your personal biases. (I have never been a fan of Skip but I don’t need made up allegations to justify my opinion of him.
2) The majority of these non-profits support people regardless of race.
3) I do not support cash-based reparations. I do support doing what is reasonable to reduce or make up for the long-term impact of systemic racism’s impact on the black community.
Thank you for asking.
Chris it’s not a fantasy as you say. I won’t go into how I know Skip but I can tell you with assurance Skip has a deep seated dislike for White people. If you don’t think it’s his form of reparations please explain how after last year’s budget was set and voted on, he personally created the Guilford County mwbe department with 8 new employees whose positions were new and had never been discussed or voted on. He created the budget and office space as well as setting their salary. And Chris do you care to guess what color all 8 employees are
Sounds a lot like your little fantasy.
These are just non-profits trying to help those that need it and given the are directly in the communities they are trying to help, they are far more effective than the local government (which you have to admit really isn’t that effective at much of anything to be honest).
I really isn’t some conspiracy. Yes, Skip loves the race card and uses it far too often and yet long in power has not been able to influence much if any improvement for low-income families in Guilford County. I get it. But that doesn’t make these non-profits anything other than what they claim to be….unless you have any real source or proof.
But you be you.
Yes, the tax base should be as broad as possible so as to lessen the burden on each taxpayer and maintain the size of the anti-tax constituency.
People who don’t pay property tax don’t care if it goes up.
Sure they do. As property taxes increase, rent increases.
Not complicated.
It all depends on the rental unit. If it is a large apartment complex, any property taxes passed on to a tenant would be minuscule, not noticeable, because the property taxes are spread across all the apartments. And what about Section 8 housing? Rent is subject to its own prices and market conditions, that may or may not include property taxes. If a small house in Greensboro has an annual property tax bill of $500 and if the entire $500 were included in the rent, that would equate to $41.00 monthly to the renter. That is very different from a homeowner who pays the entire property tax bill annually and if the taxes are not paid, the government will take action to sell the home. So, you see, this homeowner pays rent, too; but rather than paying a miniscule amount to a landlord, the property owner pays 100% of their rent to the government landlord. The tenant has no skin in the game. The government then proceeds to waste our property taxes on an ill-advised community center, including money not meant for such; nonprofits that are not vetted, no idea what the money is used for and no idea of the percentage of the government money compared to the entire money raised by the nonprofit from other sources; giving almost a BILLION dollars to failing schools and this BILLION does not include money from state and federal governments and the lottery winnings, and the cost of DEI hires and the cost to property taxpayers to run all the illegal DEI departments. Changing names of departments does not change the intent. A rose by any other name.
Back of envelope analysis to counter your assumption:
The average cost to build an 100 unit apartment complex in NC is 20 million. (google said cost was 10 million to 30 million range based on quality of units). So the first-year property tax is $2,600 hundred per unit (tax rate of 1.3%). So, I want to strongly disagree that 2,600 dollars per unit is a miniscule amount. Especially because a renter doesn’t own any part of the equity or equity growth in the apartment unit as a single-family homeowner does.
So sure, if you don’t pay taxes for multiple years, the government can recover a lien value by forcing the sale of your home. You of course keep any equity value greater than the lien value. But…..if you pay your taxes you have the benefit of equity value growth in your home to eventually offset the payment of property taxes that a renter does not have the financial benefit of for paying a higher rent.
While the property value growth rate for apartments is lower than single family home value growth it is still a big portion behind the calculation of rental rates in any housing market. So your assumption is very much incorrect I believe.
We can debate the idea of why it is a good investment for local governments to supplement non-profits. The most basic is that non-profits provide services more efficiently than local governments can as local non-profits are located directly in the communities they benefit, are often heavily staffed by volunteers (food banks especially) etc… etc… etc… Happy to debate that topic more if you like. I just strongly disagree that renters are not materially impacted by property tax increases.
Section 8 housing is a different can of worms but makes up a very small percentage of rental unit in Guilford County. Statewide, the figure is 7% of total rental units. Happy to discuss the value and challenges of the section 8 rental model as well but it gets complex quickly in terms of value versus cost.
Would value your response to my analysis.
Best wishes.
* What an incredibly stupid thing to say…!
Ninety per cent of renters don’t even make the connection, and the remainder couldn’t care less because they never receive a property tax bill like the rest of us.
Not complicated.
What they do pay attention to is increasing rents that have been long exceeding growth of income in this country. But yes, property tax is a significant part of the rising rental rates so indirectly they care very much.
* Yes, they OBVIOUSLY pay attention to increasing rents – and they blame the landlord!
Chris, Carolina Theater is well-known in Guilford County and is not a small nonprofit. B-Natural seems to have a word missing so I cannot comment on B-Natural. As far as the remaining nonprofits on your list, I believe the recipients of any assistance would be overwhelmingly people of color.
You seem to now be changing the rules. Now you want to ignore non-profits because they are known locally and now you say beneficiaries are majority black even though they support all races by design? Ugh.
So if you are upset that a nonprofit’s beneficiaries are a majority of black people versus white people, I hope you are upset because a disproportional amount of poor people are found in the black community due to a long history of racial barriers put infront of people in those communities for centuries in this country.
Chris, what I wrote “do not include the LARGE nonprofits that we all are familiar with,” not “known locally.” I have never complained about the receivers of any benefits. Nonprofits are designed to serve the public good. Government hands out tax ID numbers upon request. Once that number is received, the gate opens. However, there is no monitoring of the organization. Nonprofits soliciting money in NC are required to register annually with the NC Secretary of State Charities Division. Which of the nonprofits on the list are registered with the NC Secretary of State?
As far as your comment regarding the Black community, there have been no barriers put in front of Blacks since 1964, 61 years ago. In fact, not only have legal barriers been lifted, discrimination in favor of Blacks has been practiced by governments and nonprofits in the form of DEI and CRT. If, after 61 years, the yoke around the neck has not been removed, the problem is with the person(s) wearing the yoke; almost three generations later. That is the hard truth.
Saying that there have been no barriers put in front of the black community since 1964 is a highly ignorant statement. Conservative lack of empathy and understanding of this subject is a key divider in this country. I will list just a handful of the barriers that have been in play well past 1964:
Housing Discrimination and Segregation – redlining, equal access to loans (commercial and home),
Employment Discrimination – plenty of even recent studies showing applications with minority sounding names received far fewer requests for interviews with the exact same qualifications.
Lack of Equal Access to education lasted well into the 90s
Farm Loan Access discrimination uncovered as recently as the 2010s
Wage gaps
Discrimination in policing – if you want studies I can link them…doubt you read them and likely just discount off hand like most conservatives. But thought i would offer.
Mass incarceration – especially from war on drugs that disproportionately targeted black communities (crack being treated as a crime wave, opioid epidemic being treated as a public health crisis for example.)_
School Resource Gaps – Schools in predominantly black areas often have fewer resources, less experienced teachers and deteriorating facilities.
Enviornmental Racism – Black communities are more likely to be located near polluting industries contributing to health issues that impact child development and overall public health
Happy to list more or to go into detail on any one of these topics but I suspect you are happy with your willful ignorance on the subject.
But you be you.
Your discontent with what you perceive as widespread barriers has festered for a long time reinforced by sources drenched in victimhood. Redlining Blacks and other people of color was significantly practiced in large cities like NY, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, etc. Redlining was outlawed in 1968 with the Fair Housing Act, 57 years ago.
I’m unsure of the meaning of mass incarnation. Do you mean a large number of innocent men were sent to prison? Please clarify. It seems likely that those incarcerated broke the law and were convicted.
As far as a school resource gap is concerned, you can say that it is continuing with Skip Alston and Deena Hays-Greene, both Black and both in positions of authority; Alston is Chair of the Guilford County Commissioners and Hayes-Greene is Chair of the School Board. They are responsible for the plans to build a vanity school on Boylston Rd and N. Bunker Hill Rd at a cost approaching $100 million dollars. This proposed school will be in the middle of farmland where few children live. What are the chances that intercity Black children will attend this vanity school? And this school is the brainchild of two Black politicians who live in Greensboro and, incidentally, the proposed school is in High Point City, and the airport overlay map was changed so that the school could be built on land for which the county overpaid. If the land had been off limits for a school before the overlay map change, what would make the school okay now? The planes continue to fly directly over the site, nothing has changed. God forbid a plane crash. Chris, this $100 million would go a long way to provide for predominately Black schools in Greensboro and High Point. This proposed school is part of a huge hidden agenda, and it has nothing to do with educating Guilford County students, Black, White and every color in between.
Wait, you think because redlining was illegal it didn’t happen? LOL like gun control laws stop illegal possession of guns?
Redlining, while formally outlawed by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, continued to manifest in various forms beyond that date. Examples include the discriminatory practice of subprime lending in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, leading to high foreclosure rates. Additionally, the legacy of redlining continues to influence health outcomes, with formerly redlined areas experiencing higher rates of diabetes, preterm births, and other health disparities. Furthermore, the effects of redlining can be seen in the disproportionate number of trees in redlined neighborhoods compared to non-redlined areas.
Subprime Lending:
After 1968, lenders often targeted racially segregated neighborhoods with risky subprime loans, which led to higher foreclosure rates for Black and Hispanic homeowners.
Health Disparities:
Studies have shown that residents in formerly redlined areas experience higher rates of various health problems, including diabetes, preterm births, and other health-related issues, compared to non-redlined areas.
Environmental Impacts:
Redlined neighborhoods often have fewer trees and green spaces than non-redlined areas, which can exacerbate health disparities.
Continued Discrimination:
Even after the Fair Housing Act, discriminatory practices persisted in areas like credit card lending, where credit lines were often reduced for individuals who shopped at stores in minority neighborhoods.
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA):
While the CRA aimed to address redlining, its effectiveness was limited, and community activists continued to fight for reinvestment in low-income and minority areas.
Hope this helps your understanding of systemic racism and it’s last legacy on minority communities.
The school issue is more funding all schools using a straight per pupil formula versus allocating funds based on actual needs. Schools in low-income communities need more funding to be successful such as increased tutoring, increase funding for school lunches, etc…. Trump is now cutting much of that supplemental funding (which wasn’t enough as it was) so these kids who have far less support at home will now have even less support at school.
Hope that helps.
Mass incarceration has many factors for your to consideration. I will just cover one here for discussion:
– Excessive bail – This means you have a much higher percentage of low-income people (note minorities are overrepresented in this community) meaning they are far more likely to sit in prison while higher income people can afford a bail bond. This becomes circular as they lose their jobs, don’t earn income and yet if have any loans, default on those loans, etc….
Quick data point: People in pretrial detention make up more than 70 percent of the U.S. jail population — roughly 536,000 people. Many of them remain behind bars solely because they cannot buy back their freedom
Oh, and I do blame Skip for the long-run history of poor school performance in Guilford County. Mo Green was a temporary bright spot, but he didn’t stick around long enough to make real change.
And I do appreciate the civil nature of your discourse on this subject. We need much much more of it….
How about government (fed/state/local) just stop giving OUR tax payer money to ANY non-profit organizations at all? Non profits are perfectly capable of doing their own fund raising, and we, the people, are perfectly capable of donating their own money to those organizations that they deem worthy in their communities.
Remember, there is no such thing as “government funded” anything. It’s all TAXPAYER FUNDED!
Not really true.
Government receives income from a number of other sources than income tax revenue:
Borrowing – The biggest is borrowing, which isn’t your taxes but your kids taxes that will have to repay those loans. Trump is using future tax payers to pay for cutting taxes for the wealthy.
Corporate income taxes – although they pay far less as a percentage of income than you do.
Fees and Charges – License and permit fees, court fees, and even Tuition and Public Service Charges for public universities and hospitals, or Alirline fees that cover cost of FAA, US Postal Fees, etc…..
Monetary Earnings – US profits from monetary operations that are remitted to the Treasury
Just pointing out for accuracy given a lot of things are actually government funded outside of income taxes.
The largest source of federal tax money is individual taxes and payroll taxes. Did you know that Abe Lincoln signed into law the first income tax to help finance the War Between the States?
Yes, I did know that.
Did you know that paying the national debt interest now makes up 13% of the total US budget?
Did you know that when we had our strongest economic figures, we also had the highest income taxes? For example, the 1950s saw sustained economic growth (averaging over 4% per year) despite the top marginal tax rate exceeding 90%.
Chris, did you know that there were so many deductions allowed that the tax rate didn’t matter?
GSO and Guilford County needs a DOGE. Wasteful spending everywhere. The non-profits all need to provide a mission statement and show 1.) their accomplishments and a detailed list of how every penny is spent and an audit bt a CPA or CPA firm. I could easily cut many of these groups out. There also needs to be a line item filled in the budget for non-profits before anything is discussed. Any group who cannot justify their existence is gone and any found cooking the books will be gone and criminal action against the wrongdoers. I would be happy to be a member of the DOGE team.
Funny thing Chris, I spent a couple hours googling the list of non-profits and guess what more than a few can be found that itself should tell any moron that they probably a scam but again
You be you
The absence of any in your comment says a lot. Make your case of which one is a scam.
Bet you won’t.
Gosh Chris just saw where 2 of your ILLEGALS that you stand up for were arrested Tuesday for killing a young lady with a Sea Doo. She was slated to go to the Air Force Academy very soon. The 2 were part of SLO Joes catch and release program back in 2023-2024. I’m sure they were uneducated and misunderstood. They can go back home to their families some day the poor young lady will never.
You must be really proud
Well Chris Are you. Really proud of your Illegals
Chris that should say cannot be found
Just a small correction
So, a non-profit should spend what percentage of their budget on a website? Seems a bit wasteful to me and not a sign of any secret scam. You will have to do better than that. But it does show you are making the claim of these non-profits being a scam based on suspicion alone versus any real knowledge.
I totaled the dollars listed for non-profits and it totals a whopping $1,710,000. Unbelievable!
Out of over $850 million in total spending. So not really that unbelievable in the grand scale of things. Especially consider the number of people in need these programs reach.
It appears to me that THE SAME FOUR COMMENTERS seem to guide every story in this publication and completely ignore what others may think….its like being at a County Commissioner Meeting just reading the same four people’s comments all of the time….CHRIS, TERM LIMITS, AUSTIN and a couple of others….why don’t YOU a run for office and do better.
jump in! The water is great!
Sun, just read your comment. Of course, readers are interested in what you may think. Write again and your comments will be read.
this is too much reading for me ! brevity please
I have a business to run. But I’m still allowed to express an opinion. Right?