N&R: Alston accused of pressuring mayor, council members over hotel

Esteemed colleagues at the News & Record Amanda Lehmert and Joe Killian follow my scoop this afternoon with a marquee story about Skip Alston's strong-arm tactics with Greensboro Mayor Bill Knight and Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Vaughan. In Lehmert and Killian's account, Vaughan's outraged sensibility gets more play. If it's any consolation to my friends at the daily paper, their story has far outpaced mine in comments: YES! Weekly: 0; News & Record: 129 and counting.

UPDATE: Fecund Stench funs on this story. N&R editorial writer Doug Clark calls on the county commission to recall Alston.

UPDATE 2: Fox 8 gets the story wrong. Danny Thompson was not in the meeting with Alston, and did not make any allegations about threats.

UPDATE 3: Alston apologizes.


7 comments:

Roch101 said...

Here's one.

Jordan Green said...

Thanks, Roch. As you can see, I'm reduced to begging.

Joe Killian said...
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Joe Killian said...

Be thankful you're dealing with fewer comments, trust me.

Nice reporting on this throughout.

Jordan Green said...

Thanks, Joe. Have you posted your story about the local financing authority entity with a name from hell? I'll add a link.

Jordan Green said...

Never mind. I found it: http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/01/27/article/hotel_project_cant_move_forward_without_firm_financing

Triadwatch said...

jordan , i don't get many comments but plenty of visitors, at end of day people know where they get their info.