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By David Pferdekamper
News Editor
On Sept. 20, Gate City Waste Management, the company
the Greensboro city council chose to manage the White Street
Landfill, withdrew from negotiations on a contract a few hours
before a public hearing was scheduled to take place on the
matter.
"As a lifelong resident and businessman in this community,
I had sincerely hoped to do something positive for the White
Street Landfill neighborhoods and the people of Greensboro,"
wrote Gate City partner D.H. Griffin Sr. in a letter to the city,
according to the News & Record. "Those actions no longer
appear possible"
Whether the landfill would be reopened has been a
controversial issue since the city council first began considering
it more than three years ago. The city currently ships its trash to
Montgomery County. The idea of reopening the landfill was put
forth to save the city money.
"If there are decisions we've made in our past and they are
costing taxpayers millions of dollars, we've got to revisit that,"
said former Councilman Mike Barber in 2008, according to the
News & Record.
Still, others objected to the idea.
"Who wants to live across the street from a waste dump?"
said senior Hannah Early in an email interview. "That alone
sends a message to those people. 'We don't care about you or
your health and wellness. You're disposable citizens.'"
The White Street Landfill is also located in a predominately
black neighborhood. The possibility of reopening it has been
A city resident protests the reopening of the White Street Landfill at an
Ignite Greensboro march on Sept 20. Students from local colleges attended.
See "Landfill" on page 2
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Buffett tax sheds light on America's income concentration
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Student's swift
response leads to
flasher's arrest
FEMALE STUDENT REPORTS
FLASHER AFTER CATCHING
LICENSE PLATE NUMBER OF
SUSPICIOUS MINI VAN
By Victor Lopez
Staff Writer
By Haley Hawkins
Staff Writer
With President Barack Obama
facing re-election and the economy
facing an all-too-familiar recession,
Obama's latest economic policy
proposal, the "Buffett Rule" tax, has
ignited a polarizing debate in an
already divided Congress.
Named for billionaire investor
Warren E. Buffett, this policy would
create a baseline required tax rate for
those with incomes over $1 million
a year, according to White House
administration officials.
"My friends and I have been
coddled long enough by a billionaire-
friendly Congress," said Buffett to
The New York limes. "It's time for
our government to get serious about
shared sacrifice."
This shared sacrifice, this equality
between the classes in terms of taxes
paid, indeed, remains Obama's
steadfast goal with his introduction
of this new tax "rule," as he calls
it. After all, for decades now, it has
been overwhelmingly common
for millionaires to pay less of a tax
See "Buffett Tax" on page 6
Warren Buffett and President Barack Obama confer
on the proposed Buffett tax.The tax intends to create base
lines for required tax rates for America's wealthiest citizens..
On Sept. 25, police arrested Ryne Scott
Nichols on misdemeanor charges of
indecent exposure after being reported
to Public Safety by a female student who
Nichols had just "flashed" while sitting
in his minivan, according to Greensboro
Police Department records.
The student, who wished to remain
anonymous, told The Guilfordian that she
was crossing the road while on the phone
with her mother and noticed a suspicious
man in a mini-van that matched a
description of the person who had been
"flashing" students on campus recently.
The student was able to catch the
license plate and immediately contacted
Public Safety.
Public Safety Officer John Matthews
quickly responded and immediately
coordinated with the Greensboro Police
Department.
"When I told the police what happened,
they did not take me seriously," said
the student. "I was told that these
things happen all the time — the officer
wasn't even going to take a report of the
incident."
The student told The Guilfordian that
once Ron Stowe, director of Public Safety,
became aware he insisted the police check
into the matter, which led to Nichols'
arrest.
Stowe told The Guilfordian that Nichols
is thought to be the same individual
involved in most of the previous cases of
indecent exposure on campus and that
identifying this suspect was the direct
result of the victimized student's swift
response.
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