Guilford County is holding a public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 18 to take public input on whether or not the county should hand over about $200,000 of taxpayer money to a growing company; however, since the county has recently adopted the practice of refusing to inform county residents of what the company is ahead of time, it’s anybody’s guess whether the company coming here is a good thing or a bad thing.
Since the county now only reveals the name of a company seeking incentives at the time of the hearing, county residents have no chance to research companies or ask neighbors what they think or really form any opinion at all.
Announcing the incentive proposal without announcing the company’s name essentially defeats the entire purpose of a public hearing – but it probably doesn’t matter anyway since the Guilford County Board of Commissioners always approves every incentives package that’s brought before it…