Greene County BOC hears complaints about courthouse proposal

  • Terry Lawler talks about the Greene County Board of Commissioners called meeting. (MARK ENGEL/Staff)
    Terry Lawler talks about the Greene County Board of Commissioners called meeting. (MARK ENGEL/Staff)
  • More than 100 people attended the Board of Commissioners meeting about the courthouse on Monday, July 29.(MARK ENGEL/Staff)
    More than 100 people attended the Board of Commissioners meeting about the courthouse on Monday, July 29.(MARK ENGEL/Staff)
  • Cynthia Smith: “Can you not get your act together, please?” (MARK ENGEL/Staff)
    Cynthia Smith: “Can you not get your act together, please?” (MARK ENGEL/Staff)

    More than 100 people showed up Monday morning for a special called meeting of the Greene County Board of Commissioners about the future of the county courthouse, which sits on a one-block, county-owned island in the middle of downtown Greensboro.

    For over an hour, 23 citizens who spoke gave commissioners an earful of opposition to a proposed plan that could move judicial courts and services employe…