Wade has choice words for Keith Brown

It's interesting that in a column written by Allen Johnson in yesterday's News & Record regarding the upcoming protest petition vote by Greensboro City Council, City Councilman Trudy Wade had some things to say about the vote itself, and one of its prime cheerleaders and my friend Keith Brown.

See this excerpt:

Mayor Yvonne Johnson said late last week that she has not made up her mind on the issue. So did council members Trudy Wade and Mary Rakestraw. “I want to hear what everybody has to say,” Johnson said.

Yet she added: “I don’t want to be detrimental as far bringing in businesses.”

Wade said she’ll approach the discussion with an open mind but questioned why one of the biggest advocates for protest petitions in Greensboro is a High Pointer, Keith Brown. “I want to know why it originated in High Point,” she said. Noting High Point’s luring away of the La-Z-Boy headquarters from Greensboro in 2006, Wade said she wanted to make sure Greensboro doesn’t lose a competitive edge.

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It shouldn't matter, Councilman, who is leading the charge. It should matter what the charge means.

I support the right of our citizens to speak out, be heard, and launch a protest against runaway development. And for Wade to suggest this has anything to do with a competitive edge is ludicrous...Greensboro has no edge AT ALL RIGHT NOW. We have zero job creation right now, Councilman; what are you all doing about it at City Hall?

E.C. :)