Greensboro City Council District 2 candidate Ryan Shell talks back to my May 27 article about this year’s election. The candidate had the courtesy to call me today and directly address his concerns about my mention of his Republican party affiliation. I told him that when I use loaded terms such as “Republican,” “Democrat,” “black” or “white” I try to be sure that they’re more illuminating than distracting. In this case, I think the former outweighed the latter. We had a good conversation, which was off the record.
