It has been eight years since Democrats held a majority on the nine-member Guilford County Board of Commissioners, but the board will be blue once again in December when the winners of the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election are sworn in.
The Guilford County Board of Elections still has to count provisional votes and incoming mail-in votes postmarked by Election Day, but that won’t alter the coming Democratic control of the board.
Two Democratic commissioner candidates in contested races beat their Republican rivals handily on election night to give the party solid control of the board.
The outcome of one race could change. On Tuesday, in District 4, Mary Beth Murphy, who calls herself a “dedicated teacher, coach, wife, mom and advocate for change in Guilford County,” came out ahead of incumbent conservative Alan Branson by 18 votes. Outstanding votes or a recount could change that, but the board, which currently holds a slim 5-to-4 Republican majority, would still be controlled by the Democrats.
In District 5, Carly Cooke, a small business owner, beat Troy Lawson, the former chairman of the Guilford County Republican Party and, in District 6, which covers much of southwest Guilford County, Democrat James Upchurch beat out Republican Jim Davis. Cooke won her race with 56 percent of the vote and Upchurch won his with 53 percent. Democratic Commissioner Skip Alston, who was first elected to the Board of Commissioners in 1992, was on the ballot but did not face a challenger in the general election.
Democratic rule of the county has historically looked completely different than Republican rule. In this century, the Democrats have been much more willing than Republicans to fund a wide variety of projects, programs and non-profits that the Republicans haven’t – and the Dems have been willing to raise property taxes to do that.
Get ready to open up your wallets, de dems have come to town.
New Board of Commissioners: “Gee… Which county in the state has the highest property tax? Let’s find out so we can be higher than theirs!”
Later that term…”Why is our population growth rate lower than all surrounding counties? We dunno, but let’s raise the property tax again and that’ll make up the difference!”
Gotta love lib logic….
TIME TO MOVE!!
Bye
Guilford County residents pass a school bond, reject a hike in sales tax to pay for it. Instead, elect a democrat majority onto the county commissioners. That should prove more than sufficient to pay for the bond and Lord only knows how much more money they’ll waste in the next couple years. I imagine they will want to make up for lost time and start raising taxes & fees as quickly as possible.
Guilford GOP needs to start grooming candidates now to run for those lost seats in the next election. Property owners will certainly appreciate it.
Soooo, just so I understand…… Branson got crushed by bull twice? Bahahahaaaaa!!! I’m proudly unaffiliated but this is kind of sad. I can’t stand democrats, and most of you know I’m not fond of public school teachers. No I am not against teachers, just libtard public school teachers. Nothing gets me going quite like our government funded liberal social justice child indoctrination centers. Heck, Guilford County and Greensboro have gone so far as to even approve a charter school downtown who proudly declares that is their focus. Hey Mrs. Murphy, if you’re really about change, here’s something that needs changing!
Meanwhile Portland and Seattle are being burned down again by “peaceful protesters.” Here’s a call to action: Let’s demand our newfound Democrat Board of Commissioners call out rioters and looters and put measures in place backing law & order. If you ask me these clowns in Portland deserve to be swept off the streets with flamethrowers. Seeing is believing and a little taste of their own medicine would quickly cure the problem and discourage others.
I guess all of soon to be Board Chairman Skip Alston’s (National Socialist) Democrat Party pet projects will now be financed by County taxpayers.
I remember prior to the Republicans taking over 8 years ago ,that the Dems raised taxes almost every year.So Guilford county get ready: SKIP and crew are already looking at a raise in taxes .This roller coastal ride will be rough until we get more Republicans on board.I really liked not having our taxes raised every year.Everyone knows that Dems will spend your money all day, Help!!!!!!!!! Why do we have so many Dems in Greensboro?????
If you watched the voting map of NC you would have noted that Guilford County (notably the City), Mecklenberg County (notably Charlotte), the Research Triangle area, and a small area along the coast of Wilmington was strongly Democratic. These are areas where there’s been a large migration of people from California and the western states and the northern states due to financial, medical, and high tech jobs that moved here starting about 30 years ago. These areas are no longer conservative communities but highly populated liberal areas that are changing the demographics of the state. We in northern Guilford County will never again be represented by a conservative after the redistricting this year. I am frustrated that a place where I felt represented has become one where once again I feel overwhelmed by people who see things so differently. (A refugee from California before it was crazy.)
Maybe its time for ALL Greensboro citizens to protest and DEMAND justice!!!