Let's do him in.
"Yvonne Johnson" was the mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina from 2007 until 2009. She was previously a member of the Greensboro City Council for 14 years, beginning in 1993 and Mayor Pro-Tem for 6 years. Johnson was the first African-American to serve as Greensboro's mayor.
Johnson lost her reelection bid in 2009 to Republican Party (United States)/Republican political newcomer Bill Knight. As of 2011, she is running for an at-large city council seat, having garnered the most votes of any candidate in the October, 2011 city primary. In the November, 2011 election, Johnson won the majority of the at-large vote, reclaiming her city council position of Mayor Pro-Tem.
She is married to Walter Johnson who is an lawyer/attorney, they have four children. In February 2010 the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance (GEDA) awarded her with the Stanley Frank Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the Executive Director of One Step Further, a non-profit United Way of America/United Way Agency in Greensboro that provides mediation and court alternative programs to Greensboro's youth. Yvonne, serves on the board of directors for Malachi House and was the Women's Resource Center's first president. She has also served on boards for Greensboro Housing Coalition, Foster Friends, Sports Dreams and the Greensboro Art's Council.
More Yvonne Johnson on Wikipedia.The city of Greensboro has to show leadership in bringing people of different viewpoints together, ... I don't think we do enough of that. I think we're very civil and we shy away from things that are controversial.
I think we need to do that rather than just talk about it.
It's like a puzzle, ... the first chapter in the story of this place.
I think we ought to find a way to do it.
There was leadership in the African American community within the church.
Instead of fixing the test, they're dummying down the test at the eighth- and 10th-grade levels so it doesn't look like so few kids are meeting the standard, ... They need to be fixing the test and fixing the curriculum. Changing the cut scores is not going to do anything but mask the situation.
People would move to different sides of the town.
The city of Greensboro has to show leadership in bringing people of different viewpoints together. I don't think we do enough of that. I think we're very civil and we shy away from things that are controversial.
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