Former Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins is hoping to drop the “former” from his title and become the city’s mayor once again. The race will be decided on Tuesday, November 4, by Greensboro residents who are choosing between the real estate broker Perkins and current Mayor Pro Tem Marikay Abuzuaiter.
Perkins, who’s been in the commercial brokerage business since graduating from Duke University in the late ‘70s, points to his past accomplishments – when he was mayor from 2011 to 2013 and a City Council member before that – as a reason voters should pick him again.
“Throughout my career I’ve made things happen,” he told the Rhino Times. “I worked very well with the county commissioners when I was mayor and with legislators. We need someone who can talk business with business folks. Greensboro’s economy depends on business flourishing, and I have strong relationships across party lines and in the business community. That’s how you get the heavy lifting done – so we can increase the tax base. The bigger the tax base, the healthier the budgets for the city and county, and the better we can support law enforcement and provide needed services. If our business climate isn’t positive, revenues shrink and everything becomes a struggle. People haven’t talked enough about that in this campaign.”…