52,719 of the 80,064 black registered voters are gerrymandered into districts 1, 2, and 4; the other 27,345 are scattered among the other 5 districts. Wade’s plan is to produce 3 black Democrat and 5 white Republican council members. Issues that are important to the black community would be disregarded by the Republican majority. Reopening the White Street landfill, which is located near the black community and has a foul odor, is supported by Trudy Wade, Bill Knight, and other Republican leaders; the Greensboro City Council gave the Renaissance Community Co-op a grant of $250,000 to help establish a grocery store in a predominately black area of the city where none existed, but the Republican dominated Guilford County Commissioners declined to make a grant; the Greensboro City Council provided financial support to the Civil Rights Museum, but the Republican dominated Guilford County Commissioners declined to support the museum. Black City Council members would have minimal influence on a Republican dominated City Council. Black and white Democrats have worked together for many years on numerous projects to help make Greensboro a desirable place to live, but Trudy Wade wants to destroy that cooperation by eliminating white Democratic office holders.