Hey, mayor and city councilmembers, I’ve got a great marketing idea for downtown Greensboro. Since you’re very intent on construction on every road in downtown, why don’t change the logos on the side of the vehicles of the little cute leaves to a detour sign. And we can also, instead of calling ourselves Gate City, we can call ourselves Detour City. And that would make sure to bring a lot of visitors downtown. I’m just sure. Because we just love tearing up all the streets at the same time. Thanks.

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July Fourth fireworks? Are you kidding me? I don’t imagine anyone except those folks in the ballpark, and the people who live at Center Pointe, could even see them. It was pathetic.

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This is hysterical. I’m a 59-year-old man who happens to dye my hair to cover up the gray. No big deal there. Last week I went into a grocery store to buy wine. And I got carded. Flattering, but amusing nonetheless. Two days later, I went to a restaurant and was asked if I qualify for a senior citizen discount. You just can’t make this stuff up. But it is funny.

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Hi, Rhino. I’m calling in reference to the lady that cannot get in touch with somebody at the News & Record. She wants the magazine stopped. They are charging her for it. Best advice: Stop paying the bill and send them back a letter saying that you refuse to pay the bill, because you didn’t order the magazine. Believe me, they’ll stop sending it to you. I’ve had the problem. That’s what I did. Thank you.

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In the so-called nice gated communities in the well-to-do areas, I don’t understand the purpose of the gate. Is it to keep the riff-raff in or out, because there seems to be plenty inside the gate. Trying to figure it out.

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Hello, Beep. Well, I see it’s another day of paradox in Greensboro. It’s not safe to be on the roads. These fools they issue driver’s licenses to can’t read. Don’t know what red means. Don’t know what the speed limit means, and stupid stuff on the road. And the people that called in about the firefighters, they’re going to eat. It don’t make no difference if they’re at Biscuitville or McDonald’s, or they’re in the firehouse. They’ve got the truck with them. You don’t buy their food. They’re ready to go anytime you call them.

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Hello, Beep. Me again. The next thing we got to do, we got to get rid of Nancy Vaughan. She can’t be reelected. She has thrown Greensboro in the garbage can, her and the rest of the councilmembers up there. We’ve got to get rid of them. And the person that called in about the firefighters again, won’t you complain about all the money that the City Council gives away to Skip Alston and Earl Jones for that Woolworth building? I’m not going to call it a museum, because it’s a money pit is all it is. It’s not a museum. We need to get rid of people. They’ve ruined Greensboro. They’re not going to change unless we get them out of there. People, you got to get out and vote and get these people out of office and get some good people in there. Let’s try Mr. Brown. He can’t be no worse. Can’t be nobody worse than Nancy Vaughan. And we got to get rid of Nelson Johnson and that bunch up there. If they come in there disturb the City Council meeting, who is supposed to be taking care of Greensboro, not juveniles and criminals, get them out of there.

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Am I the only one who resents being ordered by public servants to wear a seat belt in my car? What kind of servant gives you orders, anyway? Let’s tell the truth, those in government view themselves as our masters, not our servants. That’s why they even use our hard-earned money to pay for commercials in which they threaten to wreck our lives if we don’t obey their commands. Isn’t that rich? First they rob us, then they threaten us. Citizens are supposed to be sovereign in America, so the state has no right to coerce us unless we harm someone else in some way. So murder and assault are legitimately illegal, but I have every right to risk my own neck whether I am driving unbelted, riding my motorcycle without a helmet, skydiving, bungee jumping, smoking, drinking or ordering a bacon double cheeseburger. My life belongs to me, not the government, right? In liberty, just sign me off as An Independent Thinker.

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Ever since Donald Trump, our president, Donald Trump, tweeted about Mika and Joe, the cable news channel has gone crazy except for Fox, of course. They reported on it, of course. But MSNBC, CNN and all the local channels, they can’t quit reporting on it. And they report on it. Then they say, that’s all there is to report on, because of his tweets. Well, there’s a lot more to report on. They’re the ones that keep reporting on it. They can’t stop. But I say, go President Trump. Tweet, tweet, tweet. Freedom of speech is your right as much as it is ours and theirs. So, you tweet, tweet, tweet anything, everything that you want to.

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Yeah, I saw that one of the councilmen stepped down. It didn’t say why or any details about it. Are they going to have his seat available now in this year’s election coming up? Or will the seat be appointed by someone within the party? It would be nice if they would put it on the ballot and let some people, new people, get on the council, you know? It would be nice if everybody that’s on the City Council now would resign, including Democrats and Republicans, and we’d get some new people on there. We need to put a restriction on how many times those people can run. If someone has an idea on how to write up something like that, probably get it submitted, and get it voted on, go ahead and push it. Because a lot of us are tired of seeing the same City Council people in the same seats. My councilman, I think, has been in the same seat since I was in fifth grade.

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Editor’s Note: District 2 City Councilmember Jamal Fox is resigning Tuesday, July 18 and a replacement will be appointed by the City Council to serve until the new council takes office in December.

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Yeah, I’m sitting here just watching TV, and something came up that just made me remember that this month will be 31 years since Bob Petty’s Oakwood Drive-in on High Point Road, which is now Gate City Boulevard, had its last night. I just wondered how many people out there was there on that last night. It was a crowd. I’ve got some pictures of it, and they were having a ball out there on that last night. You couldn’t even get in and out of the parking lot there was so many people there. And I know it was a night to remember for those people that showed up there that night. I hope they’re still around to remember that. Have a good day. Thank you.

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If any illegal immigrants have lived in the United States for five, 10 or 20 years and do not yet speak English, fluent English, and have not made an effort to apply for citizenship, they really have no complaints about being asked to leave our country. They’ve had plenty of time to do the right thing. So let them go back home where they speak the language. And if they want to come, come through and do it legally like our friends have done. Thank you.

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See, here’s the Trump conundrum. The country has had bad or mediocre presidents for the last 24 years. Most people are either not willing, or not astute enough, to recognize that Trump is a vast improvement and has the unique ability to fix our problems. Americans need to stop the nonsense and start working together for a better country.

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Yeah, in the June 29 issue, Sound of the Beep, some guy says, quote, the Trump haters seem to forget that the majority of people voted him in, quote. Actually, the majority of the people voted in Hillary Clinton. It was the majority of the electors that voted in Donald Trump. The person should be more aware of the situation before he calls in and makes such a statement like that. Again, that’s all I have to say. Thank you.

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Editor’s Note: The only people who get to vote for president are the electors. The rest of us are voting for electors, not the president.

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I see on the news that North Korea has just shot the longest missile so far. A lot of people reading this, if you print it, won’t remember it. But I’m 82, and I remember it very well. When Castro down in Cuba, we found all the launching pads down there before they could shoot us out, President Kennedy spoke to the Cuban people and told them what was going to happen if one of them missiles was shot up here. That’s exactly what President Trump needs to do. He needs to speak to the people of North Korea and let them know what the man’s doing. And if he does anything, or we think he’s going to do anything, it’s going to be the end of North Korea, which would be the end of them. That might put pressure on him within. Pressure within means some of the people that’s over there that’s got rank might take him out. That would be the best thing for all of us.

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Hello, Beep. Are we Americans or just a bunch of hoodlums living in a country that we call America? Southern Guilford and Otis here. Hope you had a safe Fourth of July.

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To the caller who thinks women should wear makeup in order to make themselves more attractive, I think that was a bit rude. And I would have to say, what is it about you that makes you attractive?

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Hello there. Old Man Rockingham here again. I see where we have some new land off the coast of North Carolina. Does that mean we’ve got global cooling again and that the waters are receding? Hey, Al Gore, I bet those fish won’t be swimming on the streets of Miami anymore, huh? Y’all have a good one.

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I see where a police officer in New York, a man just walked up and shot her right through the window and killed her. And in Chicago, there’s 100 people shot. I don’t know much and have never been in law enforcement, but I pride myself on common sense. If the City Council would allow stop and frisk, and a man was caught with a pistol on him, or any kind of weapon, he’d get five years. You’d have to lock up a few of them. But sooner or later, they’d quit coming out on the street. Bologna sandwiches don’t taste good after two or three weeks they tell me.

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We got the atomic beam flashlight, the atomic bean lantern and now the atomic beam glove for sale. I just want an atomic beam.

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On July 3, I was in the checkout line. The lady in front of me had just purchased 30 pounds worth of shrimp. She had seven buckets of chicken, and at a least dozen cartons of drinks as well as many other items. I asked her whether she was having a party or what. And she said, yes, she was having a block party and that everybody was invited at $15 a head. And, then, if I’d like to come, I could. And, then, I watched her go ahead and pay the bill there at the cashier with food stamps. It made me wonder what they were going to eat for the rest of the year.

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Hey, Zack, you messed up this time. Were you thinking of messing up everybody’s Fourth again? First year, there was no parade. Again, no parade this year. Then you are going to try to cram 200,000 people inside of the Grasshopper’s stadium. You didn’t really put much thought in that. Because I think that was really selfish trying to put all those people in that stadium. Man, we could have just had the fireworks like we did last year on Church Street. So, do some better planning or, better yet, maybe the best plan would be for you to just stay out of it. Goodbye.

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Republicans should be rounded up and quarantined for the health of the country.

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So, during the presidential campaign, Donald Trump on several occasions said that he had met Vladimir Putin before. Then as the campaign went on, he backed off on those statements. Now, the White House has released a statement saying that today, July 7, was the first time that Donald Trump had met Vladimir Putin. So, you tell me, which is the alternative – I mean which is the lie? The lie. Did he lie about meeting Vladimir Putin before, or is it a lie now in saying he’s never met him before? I’d just like to know which is the lie so I can make an informed decision about a person who is supposedly running this country. He’s running it all right. Into the ground.

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I would ask you to ask the city councilmembers, Ms. Vaughan, Ms. Johnson, and Ms. Hightower specifically, what are their thoughts on pushing to reward $100,000 to the gentleman who was just charged with assaults and various other crimes. And the fact that they destroyed two police officers’ careers. And his past behavior did reflect on what transpired in that incident. He had been investigated or checked for trying to force the garage door before. I’ve tried to get their thoughts or their reply. The pat answer they will give is it was made by the city manager and the legal department. But I can assure you, there were efforts on the council’s part to reward the money to the gentleman. And, again, I’d like the part where his past behavior had no bearing on what went on.

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I see where Cooper continues to cry and whine for more money for schoolteachers. It’s a sad statement in this country when this goes on every 30 days. How many raises has school teachers had in the last year and a half or two years? They’ve had more than anybody else other than these fools on the Greensboro City Council. What, they work nine months a year? They talk about the overcrowded classrooms. They talk about the funds, and they beg for money more and more money every time they have a budget. More and more and more. You want to make adjustments on the school system? Stop trying to teach everybody in the world and give them an education. Stop funding, what, $14,000 for each illegal alien that’s in our school system? You want to cut down class sizes? Then address that.

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Why don’t Mayor Vaughan and Councilman Wilkins go on Yourse’s bond so he can get out and enjoy his self and get in some more trouble, because he’s such a nice guy. He done caused a good guy to lose his job. And now he’s in jail. Nobody is going to respond. I think Vaughan and Wilkins should help him out.

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Yes, I think that high-paid school superintendent with all the benefits and the high salary should pay that $45 for kids to play ball or athletics. Because a lot of kids can’t afford it, and there she is getting all this high-dollar money with benefits would be to their advantage if she could go ahead and give the $45 to them.

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I just saw John Brown on Spectrum Cable 8. And he’s going to be running for mayor of Greensboro. I thought you should check him out. He really has some great ideas. And I haven’t seen much in here about the show. It was the first time to see it. And it was worth watching.

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