Allen Johnson

Much of the former mayor’s presentation, ...summarizes facts his audience already knew — that DPAC ...is making a profit... Allen Johnson Greensboro News & Record Editorial Page Editor who rarely mentions the News & Record parking lot in the running for the PAC location "DPAC is not profitable!!!!!!! "DPAC is not a money pit! It is actually making money. There it was in the Herald Sun and the N&O, and a press release from City Hall: For the fiscal year ending 6/30/11, DPAC...Read Full Story

Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on 25 Jun 2010 under Sports AP - Ashley Force Hood raced to the Funny Car qualifying lead Friday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . John Force wins in Las Vegas (AP)"AP - John Force raced to his third victory of the season and record 129th overall NHRA win, beating Tony Pendragon on Sunday in the Summitracing.com..."John Force earns victory (AP)"AP - John Force regained the points lead with his NHRA...Read Full Story

Much of the former mayor’s presentation, ...summarizes facts his audience already knew — that DPAC ...is making a profit... Allen Johnson Greensboro News & Record Editorial Page Editor who rarely mentions the News & Record parking lot in the running for the PAC location "DPAC is not profitable!!!!!!! "DPAC is not a money pit! It is actually making money. There it was in the Herald Sun and the N&O, and a press release from City Hall: For the fiscal year ending 6/30/11, DPAC...Read Full Story

"If an arts center is built in Greensboro it belongs downtown..." No mention that the GN&R parking lot is at the top of the leader board in the running for where to put the PAC? DPAC...is an unqualified success, projecting $1.2 million in profits this year..." Before or after debt payments? Does Allen really mean "operating profits"?  "If anything, this ...should be transparent to a fault, tell all gladly, to anyone who asks and give the conspiracy theorists nowhere to go" Allen...Read Full Story

USA Track and Field chief executive Doug Logan paid tribute to 1996 Olympic champion hurdler Allen Johnson as a class act, after Johnson announced his retirement from athletics."Allen Johnson is an inspiration for competition as lifelong pursuit," Logan said. "He embodies all the qualities you could ask for from a champion. Above all, he conducted himself with class, on and off the track."Johnson, who won Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996 in the 110m hurdles, said at the British Grand Prix...Read Full Story

“And when asked where they believe the best site would be in Greensboro, they didn’t hesitate: downtown.” Why is downtown a better place to shift more government transfer payments? Maybe a better question is why is downtown a place to escalate government transfer payments beyond its current elevated level? Read more »Read Full Story

"at the very least to avoid the appearance of a conflict." . . "(a) ...no public servant...authorized to perform an official action requiring the exercise of discretion, shall participate in an official action by the employing entityif the public servant ...may incur a reasonably foreseeable financial benefit ...which financial benefit would impair the public servant's independence of judgment or from which it could reasonably be inferred that the financial benefit would influence the...Read Full Story

GATESHEAD, England (Reuters) - Former world and Olympic 110 meters hurdles champion Allen Johnson announced his retirement from athletics at the age of 39 on Saturday.American Johnson, who won the Olympic title in Atlanta in 1996, made the announcement to the crowd at the Diamond League meeting in Gateshead, north east England."It's just come to the point where my body can't take it any more," he said in a trackside interview."Maybe I can coach some hurdlers or some sprinters...give something...Read Full Story

"Concealed Permit: Shall Issue to Residents Only Issuing Authority: Sheriff of the permittee’s county of residence ...since 2003, in states which allow concealed carry,violent crime rates have been lower than anytime since the mid-1970s. Out Of State Permit Issue: North Carolina does not issue permits to non-permanent residents. In order to obtain a permit you must establish permanent residency in North Carolina. Statistics from the FBI’s Uniformed Crime Report of 2007 show that states...Read Full Story

"If anything, this ...should be transparent to a fault, tell all gladly, to anyone who asks and give the conspiracy theorists nowhere to go" Allen Johnson How about disclosing the Greensboro News and Record's conlfict of interest on potential sitesone of which is thier parking lot? http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php/topic/3155-downtown-greensboro-developments/page__st__580__p__1160672#entry1160672 The News & Record buildings are directly above the pedestrian bridge. Hat Tip: Ed...Read Full Story