Lightning Striking Three Times: The Greensboro Library Board Chairman

As I watched the Greensboro City Council meeting last week, I was fascinated to watch the performance of Library Board Chairman Steve Allen, who strained himself to claim repeatedly that there was no imminent emergency at the Greensboro Public Library because of the ready availability of pornography. 

I remember thinking to myself-- Steve Allen, I've heard that name before.  And then it came to me.

Regular readers of this blog might recall a post here several months ago about the Greensboro Aquatic Center.  I had explained my efforts to send a letter by certified mail to the attorney who was acting as bond counsel for the city on the matter of the swim center.  Unfortunately, despite two attempts, I never received confirmation that the letter had been delivered either time; and in each case, the Postal Service indicated to me they could not find any trace of my letter.

It turns out it was a fellow named Steve Allen who was acting as the bond counsel for the city.  It was Mr. Allen to whom I had attempted to send the two certified letters, neither of which could be traced.  Lightning had struck twice.

It is my understanding that acting as bond counsel for a unit of local or state government on large bond packages can be fairly lucrative business for attorneys.

I do not know whether the Steve Allen to whom I was writing is the same Steve Allen who chairs the library board.  But Ed Cone had a post suggesting the man who leads the library board is a former judge and a current seminary student, implying these are inherent qualifications for making an ethical decision on internet porn in the libraries.

It is quite apparent that, in spite of the election results last November, the city of Greensboro still has a long way to go.

Comments

[bubba]

"But Ed Cone had a post suggesting the man who leads the library board is a former judge and a current seminary student, implying these are inherent qualifications for making an ethical decision on internet porn in the libraries."

Ed Cone implies a lot of things that represent bad judgment in support of the unsupportable, so I would not be surprised if this Allen character is the same person that was involved in the process of getting the glorified swimming pool processed through the system.

[Mick]

Since we are playing six degress of The GAC.... there very well could be some good/positive news for the "glorified swimming pool" and the City of Greensboro in the very near future. I have heard some little birds chirping about a pretty big deal. Stay tuned.

[Tony Wilkins]

Mick, does it involve Robbie Perkins in a pair of Speedos?

[Mick]

I sorta hope not. But funny enough, there will be a tangential connection... ish... kinda

[bubba]

It better be something along the line of a five million dollar annual naming rights stipend on a minimum of a five year agreement.

[Mick]

Alas, it is not.