tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71081192011-12-14T22:11:40.162-05:00TheShu keeps an eye on Greensboro and the worldTheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1096169684287690402004-09-25T23:33:00.000-04:002004-09-25T23:34:44.286-04:00

...you're in the wrong place. This blog has moved to www.greensboroistalking.com See you there.

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Over the next 48 hours, you may experience temporary outages on this site as we switch over to a new server. You may also have to change your rss or atom feed for this site after the switch as well. I figured with the server change, it was as good a time as any to make the switch from Blogger to Wordpress that I've been pondering for a while now. I'm going to try to import all of my old posts

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The results of the follow-up survey for the Piedmont Blogging Conference are in. About a third of those who attended responded. EdCone.com has posted a .pdf file with the results if you wish to see them.

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Dog Wiggles Paw Free to Shoot Florida Man

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Bush likely to bow out of one debate Ya big chicken. To qoute Monty Python's Holy Grail... "I fart in your general direction."

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Coroner Discussing Gun Safety Shoots Self

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Quick observation...With all the rain today, it's kind of hard to remember that drought two years ago. I guess it's safe to say the city's water supply is safe for a while. Mother Nature has her own set of checks and balances.

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I have to admit I was a little excited when the announcement was made a few months ago that WZTK was going to an all news/talk format. So far, I've been supremely disappointed in their news coverage. I was expecting local news and sports coverage like I had yet to hear on an FM station in the Triad. What we've gotten is a pathetic showcase of "rip 'n' read" news. For those that don't know

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During all the hullabaloo with my server last week, I forgot to mention a sad thing. Last week was former Generals hockey coach Rick Adduono's last week in town. He and his wife Melanie were returning to Canada while he looks for another job in hockey. It is a terrible loss for this town as he had more hope for and faith in Greensboro than most long time residents who suffer from Ed Cone's "

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1094503069919436022004-09-06T16:37:00.000-04:002004-09-06T16:37:49.920-04:00

The cynic in me just can't resist. To me it just looks like a bad movie script waiting to happen. Don't get all bent out of shape with this, I'm just having a little fun here.I've added the countdown to Osama Bin Ladin's arrest to the sidebar on the blog, just to see if this really happens. It probably won't, but it'll be fun in the meantime.I asked myself the other day, "What is the one thing

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1094445350500055042004-09-06T01:35:00.000-04:002004-09-06T00:35:50.500-04:00

I took a walk around the new ballpark Saturday and snapped a couple of photos. Forgive the quality, I only have a real cheap digital camera and some of the shots were taken by poking the camera thru those tiny holes in the chain link fence. But I thought I'd get a few shots of stuff you can't see from the official stadium cam. The photos are below.

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The playing surface is nearly ready for the sod to be laid down soon.Photos by TheShu

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Looking at the front facade.Photos by TheShu

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The main entrance is starting to take shape.Photos by TheShu

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The brick facade outside of the third base line.Photos by TheShu

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Looking in at home plate from center field.Photos by TheShu

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Apparently some sort of ramp in right field.Photos by TheShu

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Looking down the street at the first base side facade.Photos by TheShu

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1094443346413464952004-09-06T00:02:00.000-04:002004-09-06T00:02:26.413-04:00

Even though I've been out of action the past few days, the followup survey for the Piedmont Bloggers Conference is still up. I would again request that everyone who attended who hasn't already responded please do so soon. The survey will only be active until Wednesday so you need to act now. The survey is relatively short and is anonymous so don't be afraid to say how you really feel. The

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1094442415311340442004-09-05T23:46:00.000-04:002004-09-06T01:17:22.533-04:00

I've been casually keeping an eye on Mr. Sun and Hoggard's forays into dealing with ABC of Guilford County. I'm not going to dive into the whole ABC thing...whether they're right or wrong. But I will just make a quick note about their type of group. My father was on the local school board for 29 years in the town where I grew up in Wisconsin. He was on the board before my oldest brother even

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1094442192263354352004-09-05T23:43:00.000-04:002004-09-05T23:43:12.263-04:00

Whew...what a god-awful week this has been. Monday afternoon I noticed that both this site and my hockey site were down. Long story short, my hosting company (AngelNetworkz.net) was a bit behind in payments to the actual server owners (Managed.com). So Monday afternoon, Managed bitch-slapped AngelNetworkz by pulling the plug on all their servers. No warnings. No chance to get backups off the

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I was thinking Sunday that we didn't really have any form of measurable feedback to assess how well received the conference was by those that attended. Most everyone there has posted some form of commentary but I felt we really need to get some honest feedback. So in consultation with Ed Cone, I put together the following survey which will help shape future conferences. Please take a few

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The latest installment in my "summer of movies" occurred post blog conference yesterday afternoon when the wife and I took in "Suspect 0". The new "thriller" with Ben Kingsley. I believe I told Mrs. Shu as we were walking out that it was "the worst execution of a fantastic story idea" that I'd ever seen. This is the story that M. Night Shyamalan should have directed instead of that god-awful "

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It's wonderfully refreshing to see someone else who gets it. Ed Cone takes on the "Greensboro Disease"Optimism breeds optimism. I think it's important to remember what so many forget. City planners across the country will tell you that the majority of economic development in any city comes from it's own citizens in the form of small business. Yeah, you can wait for the Citicards', the Fed

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Two weeks ago I asked "How do you Build a Community?".I got my answer on Saturday at the Piedmont Blog Conference. On paper it doesn't look like much. A hastily thrown-together conference with less than four weeks notice. No real panel of "experts" scheduled to make speeches (although there were experts in various fields present to lend sage advice). A turnout of just around 60 "commoners".

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The Blogfather (Ed Cone) and his consigliere (David Hoggard) "made us an offer we couldn't refuse". They offered us a vehicle for a lively conversation about blogging, politics, journalism, and community building, and they delivered. Congratulations, gentlemen, on a well run conference.(credit to David Hoggard on the coining the "Blogfather" term)

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Two things: 1) Will the news media please stop telling me that someone in the hospital is in "stable" condition. As in "Bilbo Baggins is in stable condition at Moses Cone Hospital." Stable is NOT a condition to be used in a news story. You can be in intensive care and be stable or you can be in "good" condition and be stable. If Bilbo is damn near dead, tell me that. If Bilbo is going to be

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1093627321543515502004-08-27T13:22:00.000-04:002004-08-27T13:22:01.543-04:00

My poor newsreader. I use the Sauce Reader from www.synop.com. It's a wonderful free program for organizing and reading blogs and newsfeeds. I highly recommend it to those who are just getting started in the world of blogging. Now don't argue with me. There are dozens of other feed readers out there and I've tried quite a few of them before settling with the Sauce. It's my favorite. It may

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1093553072695986322004-08-26T16:44:00.000-04:002004-08-26T16:46:29.590-04:00

Playing with the photoposting options. This is a pic I took of the Farmers Market in the City Center Park earlier this summer.

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I was catching up on some reading abou the new ballpark and came across this little gem buried in a N&R story from last week about parking around the new stadium.A trackless trolley system is being considered, says Mike Bumpass, who in addition to his merchants association role is an official with Downtown Greensboro Inc., which boosts downtown activity.Trolleys would circulate through the

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I'm tellin' ya...It's gonna be tough to break these suckers over somebody's head in a movie bar fight scene. Brewing up a new way to sell its beer The problem with Iron City Beer isn't the packaging...it's that it tastes like crap. I avoided that stuff like the plague when I lived in Pittsburgh. Now excuse me, I have to go inhale a shot of Jagermeister.

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1093350664976076142004-08-24T08:31:00.000-04:002004-08-24T08:31:04.976-04:00

I was checking my Gmail box this morning and saw the folks at Google have graciously allotted more invitations. If anyone still needs one, post a comment and I'll hook you up. I've got 4 to give away.

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No hockey. No football. No basketball. But you can go to the coliseum next year and find all the latest gizmos and techniques to blow away a whitetail or two. The coliseum has landed the Buckmasters.Hey, at least it'll bring some money into the area.

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1093350100247314262004-08-24T08:21:00.000-04:002004-08-24T08:21:40.246-04:00

As if picking up a can of beer and taking a swig was too difficult, now you can inhale your liquor. And it's all thanks to a Greensboro company.ABC News story

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Don Moore over at the Greensboro Sports Board brought this site to my attention the other day. Kinda cool if you want to find out who's giving what to whom and how much.Opensecrets.orgNow go find out which way your boss is really leaning.

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Thanks Lex for pointing this out. Gotta get listed. NCBlogs.com

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Stepson Rick called from Pittsburgh the other night to inform us that he was newly engaged. No surpise really. We knew it was just a matter of time for he and his bride-to-be Erica made it official. They'd been talking about it for over six months already. They've set a date for June of next year.What was more surprising was last month's call from Stepdaughter Amy. Early last month we got a

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1092969491547370322004-08-19T21:35:00.000-04:002004-08-19T22:54:47.520-04:00

Some clown apparently doesn't want me to vote. Or rather, says I shouldn't be allowed to vote. Each week I try to spend one of my lunch hours in the basement break room of the courthouse reading (actually more like skimming) the latest edition of The Rhino. Why I do this is beyond me because I usually end up saying to myself..."Well, that's ten minutes I'll never get back." But I digress.

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Build your own president. Build a Better Bush

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How far has blogging come? US soccer player Brandi Chastain (yes, the one who ripped her shirt off in the World Cup a few years ago) is blogging from the Olympics. Brandi Chastain's Blog

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1092668489070033842004-08-16T11:01:00.000-04:002004-08-16T11:01:29.080-04:00

The folks over at the Greensboro Sports Board are having some fun with possible team names if a WHA team decides to locate in Greensboro. My favorite comes from an acquaintance of mine, Cow Bell Kevin...Greensboro MagiciansOne or two seasons and *poof* there[sic] gone.

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I got to wondering about something a few nights ago. I was stumbling around the Greensboro Sports Board and came across this post. The post was about Fox Sports' ranking of the 368 best cities for sports over the past 12 months. According to the article, Greensboro comes in a whopping 197th. That's a few steps below those sports hotbeds like Wilmington, NC (155), Davidson, NC (157), Itta

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He asks himself as he finds another website that is either totally annoying or totally funny. ZOMBO Make sure your speakers are on.

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Remember...real men don't wear anything under their kilts! Triad Highland Games

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Cone and Hoggard are famous. Congrats, gentlemen, on getting the word out. Weblogs offer folks place to vent, chatMakes me wonder if Cone's conference room is gonna be big enough for the demand.

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1092233689776168212004-08-11T10:14:00.000-04:002004-08-11T10:17:59.956-04:00

I'm not much of one to poke fun at politicians...ok...yes I am. But I just couldn't pass this up. I got this in an email called "Where's Dustin Hoffman?" You decide.

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Ed Cone has all the who, whats, wheres and whens.

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I've been scrambling lately so I haven't posted much. The hockey site has been getting much busier (thankfully) and with added responsibilities from the Generals Booster Club, I haven't had much time to update, but I did want to mention the PiedBlog Conference (or so the name has been suggested). If you have your own blog or are thinking of starting one, this could be the thing for you. Check

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The local fishrap is reporting that there may be hope for hockey in Greensboro this season after all. Hockey league courts Greensboro The question that comes up is...Will Greensboro and the surrounding area support it? You're looking at ticket prices that will be 2-3 times more expensive that what the Generals charge. Now granted, should the WHA come to pass...and that is still pretty iffy at

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1091713010012294582004-08-05T09:36:00.000-04:002004-08-05T09:36:50.020-04:00

I was kinda bummed yesterday. I got home from work and saw a letter from the City of Greensboro. My first thought, naturally, was, "Oh crap, did I get another parking ticket"? But then I opened the letter and saw that it was a check for the deposit I put down for season tickets for the Generals.The reality hit home. There will be no hockey in Greensboro this winter. I've been holding off on

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1091711527507283722004-08-05T09:12:00.000-04:002004-08-05T09:12:07.506-04:00

Have you ever cringed like I have when the game-winning athlete is interviewed and all he can do is "thank the Lord" for helping his team beat the other team? Well now those players are going to get a boost. SportsFan Magazine posts an AP story about the Vatican is now going to start getting involved with sports. God help us.

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These guys really have too much time on their hands. Don't forget to play the game.

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Got a cat? Got a camera? Get in line. The Infinite Cat Project - Cats watching cats watching cats. Hey! It's a concept!

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Looks like this company has the answer if you need a siesta during the work day. Metronaps Whatever happened to sleeping at home? $14 for a 20 minute nap? What a world we live in.

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I am encouraged about the future drivers in Greensboro. NOT! I was walking from the parking deck to my office in downtown Greensboro this morning when I got to the intersection of Elm and Friendly. I was standing on the corner waiting for the light to change when I noticed a Student Driver car approaching the intersection. The part where this gets good is when the Student Driver car SPED up

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1091035713856235742004-07-28T13:28:00.000-04:002004-07-28T13:28:33.856-04:00

No wonder there's so much sh*t coming out of the White House... Paper maker smells money in elephant dung. 26/07/2004. ABC News Online

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Are you getting old when you go out looking for a new pair of tennis shoes, you look at all the big name stuff and end up coming home with the $25 Dr. Scholls sneakers with the gel insoles? I thought so.

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For those of you still waiting for your gmail account, you may want to try Walla!. It's basically a no frills 1gig email account. But what the hey, it's free.

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Just playing around with the ACME License Maker

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1090147978374994222004-07-18T06:52:00.000-04:002004-07-18T06:52:58.376-04:00

Got talked into going to the Bats game Friday night to see the fireworks after the game. They won. Go figure. Great fireworks. My buddy from the Greensboro Sports Board "Chabbert" came by and bought me a few beers. Good. Very Good. I love America.

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Have you heard about this? It apparently took two years for someone to notice this little gaffe. Look at the red arrow.   The Smoking Gun: Archive Full story here

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This is the first year that I've attended any Bats games. So far, I've made it to four games. I've seen four losses. Maybe I need to stop going. :)

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Generals talks enter final week Go Matt Go!

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An article in today's edition of the Greater Greensboro Observer (no online link available yet) names Vic Sapp as a potential buyer for the team. According to the article, Sapp is a Raleigh businessman with ties to Greensboro and is the Chairman of the North Carolina AAU boys basketball program. Further, Sapp says in the article that he's been looking at the preliminary numbers and thinks the

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My quest for a good fish sandwich in the Triad has lead me to one conclusion. We need to import more Catholics from northern states.You see, Southern states have a rather low population of Catholics by comparison with Northern states. In the north, many practicing Catholics still follow the "No meat on Fridays" doctrine. This, in turn, drives demand for seafood restaurants. Not so much the

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As part of my job, I am a frequent visitor to the Guilford County website. I was pretty surprised this morning to find out that the county website got an overhaul overnight. Not much new in the way of content, but definitely a new look Welcome to Guilford County

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1088600168782837582004-06-30T08:56:00.000-04:002004-06-30T08:56:08.786-04:00

After being unable to get a ticket for the Friday night opening of Fahrenheit 9/11, Mrs Shu and I conspired to get tickets early for the 7PM show on Tuesday night. I left work and went right to the Carousel and snagged two tickies on the way home. Good thing...it was another sold out show.(Caution...I'm gonna date myself here) When I was a teenager, I went with some friends to the historic Bay

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1088168100690061432004-06-25T08:55:00.000-04:002004-06-25T08:55:00.690-04:00

Mmmmm...RIBS!!! The Gate City RibFest

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Just an update on the Generals situation. I happened to be speaking with an employee(who shall remain nameless) of the Generals organization on Monday. This person wouldn't go into specifics, but apparently the team has received "several quality offers" to purchase the team from as yet unnamed groups. They are in the negotiation process now but this person assured me that there will be a

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I was lucky enough to land a gmail invite from a friend overseas a little while back. It's a cool system once you get used to the different format. I got Mrs Shu signed up with it using one of my free invites. Now I have several left and I'm willing to give up two to the first two people who leave a comment on this message. Please include an email address to send it to. Two 1-gigabyte

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1087825401399364072004-06-21T09:43:00.000-04:002004-06-21T09:43:21.400-04:00

We love movies. Mrs. Shu and I stepped out Friday evening to take in The Terminal and were left wondering why. Why would Stephen Spielberg put out a movie with more holes in it than swiss cheese? Why would Spielberg put out a movie where a little old Indian guy steals the show? After the flick was over, we were driving to a local establishment to get a late dinner and we were doing our own

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1087475727363026662004-06-17T08:35:00.000-04:002004-06-17T08:38:16.046-04:00

I apologize for the lack of anything substantial here lately. I've been extremely busy getting my new website up and running. I've still got a bunch of work to do on it but the base is ready to go and you can take a look at it if you'd like. The subject? Hockey of course! lol You can check it out at http://www.hockeyphotoproject.com You can credit my wife with helping me come up with

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As of this evening, I'm testing out the Haloscan system for commenting. I wasn't real happy with the old system. I'm not sure if I'm going to go with this one yet or not but I thought I'd give it a try. Lemme know what you think. I saved the old comments from the previous posts and will move them into whatever system I ultimately decide to go with.

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1086881030172958722004-06-10T11:20:00.000-04:002004-06-10T11:23:50.173-04:00

David Hoggard hits the nail on the head for the solution to the Greensboro Generals woes. Similar to an idea I floated a while back on the Greensboro Sports Board. Coming from Green Bay where the Packers fans enjoy a public ownership situation, I think this is going to be the future of many sports teams. The Answer to a Greensboro Dilemma

TheShuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093207898101529583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108119.post-1086109804777564392004-06-01T13:10:00.000-04:002004-06-03T08:31:38.990-04:00

Why would you NOT want hockey in Greensboro? I keep reading the N&R articles about the future of the Generals (1,2) and keep asking myself why they City wouldn't want a hockey team as it's major tenant?  They proved last year that the city and Coliseum Director Matt Brown could run the team at a break even.  Even the N&R admits this... Although the team's operations are expected to break even

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Sometimes you have to answer. Ok...you're probably wondering why this is the third new look for this website in as many months. You're thinking I can't make up my mind, you're thinking maybe I'm a little psycho, you're thinking "the voices" are telling him what to do. Well........yeah...maybe a little. :) Just kidding. No...what's really going on is that over the course of the last 2-3

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