In Greensboro municipal elections, we’re lucky to see 20 percent of registered voters come out to the polls, even though voting is easier today than it has ever been. Early voting stretches the election out over weeks instead of hours, allowing folks to vote at their own convenience.

An anonymous group characterizing Greensboro City Council candidates as being for a restaurant tax or “good for restaurants” is tiptoeing right up to the line of election law, if not crossing it.

By the time the dust from the election cleared, several storylines emerged: Jim Kee’s dominance in District 2, Yvonne Johnson’s masterstroke that captured two-thirds of the city and the strength of at-large candidate Marikay Abuzuaiter, who placed third in the votes.

Taking the microphone as the Healthy Homes bus trundled up East Lee Street last Thursday, CC Lamberths passion for east Greensboro was irrepressible.

October is upon us and with it comes the nitty-gritty of the campaign season.

Endorsements are a tricky business. Its not the same thing as picking winners in the election also a tricky business, particularly in this years Greensboro City Council election which means that theres a good chance youll eventually have to interview a council member who made it through without the benefit of your endorsement.

It happens. You look at a situation, a policy or a suggestion, you research it as best you can, exercise due diligence in finding out as much as you think you need to know to make an assessment, and then you come up with an editorial stance, distilling the opinion into a neat, 450word package.

The Greensboro City Council election is the only game in town for political junkies these days, and its gonna be a burner, with solid match-ups in most districts and a horse race in the at-large division.

The definition of marriage is the foundation to society. It should not be left to one activist judge to write its definition, states the press release, reasoning that its a legislators responsibility to put such an important decision in the voters hands.

We have five people running for mayor of Greensboro, including incumbent Bill Knight, longtime councilman Robbie Perkins, former councilman Tom Phillips, a genuine African-American Republican in Chris Phillips and Bradford Cone, scion of one of the citys oldest families.

Recent statements by state GOP leaders illustrate the growing chasm between our elected officials and the citizenry a disconnect that goes way beyond party ideology.

The city of Greensboro has proposals in hand from six contractors that would like the opportunity to push and pack household garbage in the limited section of the White Street Landfill that is permitted by the state.

It all went down last week in pretty much the way we said it would when we editorialized about it back in March 2010, when the Forsyth County Commission decided to defend its right to begin meetings with a prayer, which about 80 percent of the time was directed toward Jesus.

Always there is some partisanship in the annual redistricting pageant that takes place after every 10-year Census, as incumbents look to preserve their seats and possibly gain an edge for their parties. As distasteful as it is, politics play a big role in the process.

Honda Aircraft Co. and its CEO, Michimasa Fujino, are to be congratulated on their presumed contemplation of an expansion at their corporate headquarters at Piedmont Triad International Airport. The company is gearing up to assemble light jets as personal transport vehicles for the wealthy and powerful.

The following is a questionnaire submitted to every candidate for Greensboro City Council before the 2011 election Nov. 8. Answers will be reported in our 2011 Election Guide, our elections website (http://www.yesweekly.com/triad/flex-180-greensboro-elections.

Redistricting is a neat little parlor game that generally happens every 10 years, in conjunction with Census results. And on the surface it seems legit: Populations shift; constituencies change; loyalties weaken. Adjustments need to be made periodically.

The city of Greensboro has $5 million to spend on improvements to homes and businesses to achieve energy savings and improve the value of properties.

Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed House Bill 854, or the Womans Right to Know Act, on Monday. She should be applauded for her action. The bill would require a 24-hour waiting period and the informed consent of a woman before an abortion can be performed in the state.

One could be forgiven for being blindsided by the resignation sorry, mutual separation agreement of Greensboro City Attorney Rita Danish last week. After all, we had been assured time and again how new legislation in Raleigh the one that puts the city attorney under the authority of the city council as opposed to the city manager had absolutely nothing to do with Danish.