The City Council is doing an effective job of uniting people on a variety of issues, although much of that unity is in opposition to the City Council.
Jordan blogged last night's meeting.
N&R coverage of the less-bad redistricting plan passed on a do-over.
N&R also front-paged the news about the County tax cut having a big impact on City taxes, just five days after it first appeared online.
What was the lag time between the Register of Deeds uncovering fraudulent docs story appearing here and its publication in the N&R?
Posted by: Roch101 | May 04, 2011 at 08:40 AM
That one was on the blog (and Thigpen's FB page) on Saturday...it hit the paper yesterday.
It's easy to say Haha blogz faster!, but these are two substantive local stories that would seem to be in the N&R's wheelhouse...
Posted by: Ed Cone | May 04, 2011 at 08:58 AM
Chalk it up to the diminished staff.
If it breaks on a weekend (or late Friday) and is not major crime or a big death, it's usually going to get covered the next week. We've got one reporter on Saturday and Sunday and they're usually covering breaking stuff (crime and event coverage). Most beat short of someone dying or resigning has to wait until Monday.
The Thigpen thing was on Facebook over the weekend and my tackling it on Monday means it hit our site Monday and the paper Tuesday. Am also attending the press conference today.
Amanda had her hands full the last two days so I also wrote the story about Greensboro and High Point's reaction to the county's proposed tax increase.
We're not any happier about it than anyone else, trust me. But I do think the newspaper stories have advanced the issues and/or helped people understand their nuances, even if they're largely not doing it on the weekends.
Posted by: Joe Killian | May 04, 2011 at 09:10 AM
No, it's not just "faster." Indeed, it seems to me as if one value channel remaining for newspapers is as purveyors of slower but better researched, better explained information -- just not slower than necessary.
And where they have faster channels (website, blogs), one has to wonder why the taxes and Thigpen stories lagged behind print.
Posted by: Roch101 | May 04, 2011 at 09:18 AM
I stand corrected on the Thigpen story lagging print; and while I understand the explanation, a weekend should not be an excuse by a professional news organization for a three day delay in getting a story to the web.
Posted by: Roch101 | May 04, 2011 at 09:28 AM
Are Joe and Amanda running the newspaper out of their house yet?
Posted by: Patrick | May 04, 2011 at 09:42 AM
And speaking of channels, is it just me or does anybody else get an unresolvable error when clicking on "place an ad" here: http://triadmarketplace.news-record.com/
Posted by: Roch101 | May 04, 2011 at 10:05 AM
ED: "The City Council is doing an effective job of uniting people on a variety of issues, although much of that unity is in opposition to the City Council."
Daddy always taught me to do what you're good at.
Roch: "is it just me or does anybody else get an unresolvable error when clicking on "place an ad" here: http://triadmarketplace.news-record.com/"
A solution is in the making...
Patrick: "Are Joe and Amanda running the newspaper out of their house yet?"
They're renting a mini storage warehouse.
Posted by: Billy Jones | May 04, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Like.
Posted by: michele | May 04, 2011 at 01:17 PM
What are the variances in the districts under this plan?
Will this keep us from having to redistrict for 10 more years?
Was there ever a chart that compared the effects of the various plans?
Posted by: David Craft | May 04, 2011 at 03:00 PM
I think a lot of people are going to lose their seats on city council after November. I rarely vote in city council elections but I will be voting this time and I am sure many others are thinking like me.
Posted by: Ron | May 05, 2011 at 08:19 AM
Odds?
Posted by: Mick | May 05, 2011 at 08:41 AM
Ron, maybe you will put an end to the rarely, be proactive instead of reactive and not wait until you see something you deem unacceptable before participating.
Posted by: Roch101 | May 05, 2011 at 09:04 AM
Hey, Roch, clicking that link worked for me, but if you are still having problems, please e-mail me at melissa.umbarger@news-record.com and I will get you to someone who can help you.
Posted by: Mel | May 05, 2011 at 10:58 PM
David, we didn't "have to" redistrict this time!
No matter what plan was passed (including the retention of the previous district map), no changes will be needed until after the 2020 census. My understanding is that redistricting is driven by census results, not intercensal estimates.
Posted by: Andrew Brod | May 06, 2011 at 10:09 AM
We need to hurry up and vote these clowns out of office. Word is Sears is looking at possibly relocated its corporate headquarters along with 6,000 corporate jobs to North Carolina. Although no specific city has been identified, we need to have some strong pro-business and forward thinking leaders on city council to push for them to come to the Greensboro area should they decide to move to North Carolina. The current city-council would screw up any chance of that happening. Greensboro already has a Sears distribution center along with a call center.
Posted by: Ron | May 11, 2011 at 02:17 PM
Sears? I know a big building on Lawndale they could probably use.
Posted by: Andrew Brod | May 11, 2011 at 03:43 PM