TWe are grateful for the recent resolution approved by the Winston-Salem City Council apologizing to community members of African descent for our history of racial inequity. We hope it continues an essential journey of transformational policy and awareness in our community. It is right to call upon the U.S. Congress and our N.C. General Assembly to study and make recommendations for reparations to be paid to descendants of slavery. We support the passage of H.R. 40 currently in the U.S. House of Representatives and agree a similar action should take place in our state.
We believe our city should also take ownership with critical policy actions toward repair of the painful harm done to those of African descent. The resolution requires a twice per year report from the city manager on progress related to this apology. We call for a public dialogue about the meaning of such progress.
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NANCY MCLAUGHLIN, News & Record
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) The team met around a table on a Sunday morning in early 2020 as coronavirus cases across the country had begun dominating the national news.
The country was grinding to a halt and Eric Aft, CEO of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, knew the hunger problem would no doubt get worse. Second Harvest is one of nine regional Feeding America food distribution operatives across the state.
At the time, the Winston-Salem-based operation, which covers an 18-county area including Guilford, had several projects on the table. The agency moves tons of donated food to nonprofit organizations locally that help the hungry, ranging from Greensboro Urban Ministry to the food pantries at local colleges.
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Most Winston-Salem taxpayers will see higher tax bills in the coming year, but members of the city council s Finance Committee voted Thursday to limit the increase by endorsing a tax rate of 61.24 cents for every $100 of taxable property, for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
That s a penny lower than the rate recommended by City Manager Lee Garrity in his proposed budget.
It remains for the full Winston-Salem City Council to set the tax rate, which should occur during the council s June 21 meeting.Â
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines doesn t vote on the council unless he needs to break a tie, but added his endorsement to the proposed rate during the Thursday discussions on the Finance Committee.