"Protest Petition question's back in Greensboro but faces an uphill climb" Editorial by Allen Johnson

Greensboro News and Record's Allen Johnson has a Sunday January 11, 2008 editorial on Protest Petitions in Greensboro. To read the whole article CLICKHERE .

In the article Allen Johnson had this to say,"The Greensboro City Council will hear the case for and against protest petitions in less than two weeks.
Then it will say no."

Allen Johnson also said this"Greensboro is the only major city in the state that does not allow citizens to use protest petitions to oppose new development in their neighborhoods."You might want to take out major city and say all cities in North Carolina use Protest Petitions in the zoning process.

Our coalition wants everyone to think about one thing.

EVERY CITY IN THIS STATE HAS PROTEST PETITIONS IN THE ZONING PROCESS

If you as citizens of Greensboro will be happy with your Greensboro City Council members voting to deny you this right, fine. Just remember that if your neighborhood has a rezoning case come up in front of council you as a citizen of Greensboro are not having the same rights in the zoning process as every other citizen in this state who lives in a city.

Having Protest Petitions on the books has not hurt jobs or development in cities like Raleigh, Charlotte, Winston or every city in Guilford County.

How about this look all around Greensboro for example:

High Point has PROTEST PETITIONS
Jamestown has PROTEST PETITIONS
Oak Ridge has PROTEST PETITIONS
Summerfield has PROTEST PETITIONS
Pleasant Garden has PROTEST PETITIONS
Gibsonville has PROTEST PETITIONS

Let's also take a look at our state to see who has PROTEST PETITIONS

Charlotte has PROTEST PETITIONS
Durham has PROTEST PETITIONS
Raleigh has PROTEST PETITIONS
Cary has PROTEST PETITIONS
Fayetteville has PROTEST PETITIONS
Winston Salem has PROTEST PETITIONS
Asheville has PROTEST PETITIONS
Chapel Hill has PROTEST PETITIONS
Concord has PROTEST PETITIONS
Gastonia has PROTEST PETITIONS
Greenville has PROTEST PETITIONS
Jacksonville has PROTEST PETITIONS
Rocky Mount has PROTEST PETITIONS
Wilmington has PROTEST PETITIONS

It is time for neighborhoods all over Greensboro to say to the Greensboro City Council enough is enough and to deny us the right to a Protest Petition in the zoning process is a
TOTAL INJUSTICE TO THE CITIZENS OF GREENSBORO.

UPDATE
blogging on this issue at Allen Johnson's News and Record site

CLICKHERE