Tuesday, Feb. 1 was new Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba’s first day at the head of the City of Greensboro government.
Unlike the previous three city managers, Jaiyeoba is new to Greensboro, having come from Charlotte where he was an assistant city manager and director of the planning and development department. In order to familiarize himself with the city, Jaiyeoba announced that in the coming weeks he will be holding a series of listening sessions throughout the city.
The first “Talk with Tai: City Manager Listening Session” will be held at the Smith Active Adult Center at 2401 Fairview St. at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Along with its indoor facilities, Smith is also home to six of the most popular outdoor pickleball courts in the city.
Two other listening sessions have also been scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 9 at noon at the Central Library at 219 N. Church St. and Thursday, Feb. 10 at noon at the Barber Park Event Center at 1502 Barber Park Dr.
Jaiyeoba plans to hold two listening sessions in each of the five City Council districts, with one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Residents can attend the listening sessions in person, with limited capacity, or view them online on the city’s YouTube channel. Questions can be submitted through the YouTube channel’s comments.
Face coverings will be required of all those who attend a listening session in person.
The remaining listening sessions will be announced as the times and locations are finalized.
Jaiyeoba is a native of Nigeria and has a bachelor’s degree in geography and a master of science degree in urban and regional planning form Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria. He is also a graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management in leadership.
Prior to working in Charlotte, Jaiyeoba served as the director of the Sacramento Regional Transit District and was the director of planning and development in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
His lack of experience in City Government speaks for itself. Another “let’s sit down and have a beer” approach to solving City concerns. How will that help the DAILY shooting we are now seeing?
But he is black. That’s got to be a positive
WOW! Another affirmative action hire by the liberal city council. How’s that working out? Yep! The same way all this woke B.S. the left has been pushing for years. MWBE… what a colossal failure for ALL except the recipient of the racist/sexist hiring process. White men need not apply. All your years of hard work,dedication, honest and FAIR exchange of services and materials for decent pay. I guess the incompetent council couldn’t find the woke trifecta… gay/trans black female? Oh well, at least he’s black. Obviously he’s clueless so he’s out asking the citizens what the hell should he do. May I suggest resign… pffft! NEVER! Oh well, violent crime is out of control in Greensboro, the council can’t get out of its own woke way, so might as well let the new first mate take the helm to try and get us through the Arctic ice field the left has created. Remember these idiots wanting to defund our police department? Personally I don’t care what color an individual is, as long as they are qualified and competent for ANY position. It shouldn’t make a damn in any situation. And nothing these woke idiots do in the name of historical guilt will erase our history. However, it is exactly what it is, HISTORY! Unfortunately, this guy threw a dart at the board hoping it would stick and it did. Now this incompetent council has an incompetent manager they will lay at the alter as soon as it is convenient. Then again look at ALL of the incompetent idiocy Sharron Contrarrus put the county through and the commissioners were either too white, too scared or too woke to fire her so don’t hold your breath that you’ll wake up and the idiocy of wokeness will have give way to COMMON SENSE.
When will there be sessions for the evil taxpayers on the northwest side of town?
Blue City Blues
If you really want to listen…. REDUCE OUR TAX BURDEN.
Implement strategies to do so.