Amanda Lehmert and John Hammer: If Robbie Perkins gutted RUCO for TREBIC in 2008, why are you giving him a pass in 2011?

He who wishes to deceive

will never fail to find willing dupes.
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Niccolo Machiavelli

"...the city’s inspections director has signaled to property management industry a willingness to exempt some properties from mandatory inspection, while reassuring safe- housing advocates that the city will not tolerate substandard housing.

...A system reliant on tenants to bring substandard rental properties to the city’s attention would not adequately protect renters from dangerous and substandard conditions, in the view of Lori Loosemore, the city’s supervisor of neighborhood support.

“In the past, people didn’t know we were here,” she said. “They were scared to call because they were afraid their rent was going to go up if they complained. They were afraid their landlord was going to evict them. We have people from different countries, and some people don’t trust the government. If we go back to the complaint-driven system, it will go back to the way it was, and people will be afraid to call.” Despite being on record as listing proposed changes to the RUCO program to Placentino, Simmons insisted that any proposal would come from a group of  “stakeholders,” who would in turn recommend changes to the city council.

Simmons said he and his staff are in the process of convening the group and confirmed that likely stakeholders would include property management companies, in addition to industry representatives such as the Triad Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition, or TREBIC, the Triad Apartment Association and the Greensboro Landlords Association...

Aren't they among Robbie's biggest campaign donors?

Many of those entities are also represented on the 15-member Rental Unit Certificate Advisory Board.

[Peter] Placentino, who serves on the Rental Unit Certificate Advisory Board, indicated in an Aug. 22 e-mail that his company holds no vested interest in the outcome of the tussle.

Brown Investment Properties is a Greensboro real estate company with 2,392 apartment units under its control

Didn't Robbie call for Mr. Placentino to be placed on the RUCO board?

Robbie Perkins, ...a real-estate developer ...indicated he holds full confidence in Simmons’ handling of changes to the city’s rental inspection program.

“Butch Simmons is someone I place a high level of trust in his judgment and ability,” Perkins said. “...If he feels it needs to be adjusted, I will support him. City council shouldn’t be getting into the details of RUCO. Does it have a goal that is laudable? Yes.”

It's not a lie if you believe it

George Costanza

If the folks that are managing the program say they can improve it and this is how to do it, let ’er go." [Perkins said]

Was Simmons for "improving" RUCO,

or was he pressured to cave into some TREBIC demands?

"Are the changes reasonable? Yes. Are the recommendations being made by someone who knows what they’re doing? Yes. Why should I dispute that?”

Why would Robbie want to dispute something his supporters want to have happen?

Asked whether amendments to the rental housing ordinance brought to council for approval by Simmons were likely to garner the required to five-vote majority to pass, Perkins gave a simple answer.

“I would hope so.”

Jordan

How to play the City of Greensboro for chumps,

to the benefit of fellow "stakeholders"

by Robbie Perkins?

A few Robbie Perkins real estate related campaign donors:

ROBBIE PERKINS 10/02/07 Chester H. Brown Jr. Brown Investment Properties Real estate management TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/13/09 Greensboro Landlords Association PAC Greensboro Landlords Association PAC Landlords TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/16/2007 Roy E and Vanessa Y Carroll North Carolinians for Leadership in Government TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/22/07 Alvin C. Leonard Carroll Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/04/07 NC Realtors PAC Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/18/07 Kenan C. Wright Wright Cos. Builder
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Henry Carrison IV NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/09 Henry G. Carrison IV NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/09 Katherine Black NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/08/07 Laurence Anthony Bates NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/08/07 Lydia H. Watson NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/06/09 Lydia Watson NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/09 Maria Ramirez NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 08/07/07 Robbie Perkins NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 07/19/07 Robbie Perkins NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 07/18/07 Robbie Perkins NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 07/24/07 Wiley Brown NAI Piedmont Triad Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS William M. Kotis III Kotis Properties Commercial real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Norman G. Samet Samet Corp. Construction TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/24/07 Jerry Poole J. Wayne Poole Construction Construction
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/26/07 Pete Osborne Osborne Construction Construction
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/28/09 Arthur Samet Samet Construction Developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/04/09 Marshall Alan Tuck Samet Construction Developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/13/09 Roy E. Carroll II Carroll Companies Developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/19/09 Vanessa Y. Carroll Carroll Companies Developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/28/09 Donald E. Linder Developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 James F. Marshall Lyndbrook Developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/18/07 Joe Earl Bostic Bostic Development Developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/22/09 Michael P. Winstead Jr. Mega Builders Homebuilder
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/05/09 Wade Jurney Wade Jurney Construction Homebuilder TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/18/09 Alvin C. Leonard Jr. Alaris Homes Homebuilder
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Patrick Parr Homebuilder
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Bradford J. Deaton Deaton Development Consultants Land development TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/12/09 Steve Bell Bell Partners Property management
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Chester Brown Brown Investment Properties Property management TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/17/07 Lowell Easter Triad Commercial Properties Property management TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Jon Bell Steven D. Bell & Co. Property management
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Steve Bell Steven D. Bell & Co. Property management
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/11/09 Thomas White Alliance Properties Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/24/09 Carole B. Pearce Pearce Properties Real estate ???
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/07/09 NC Realtors PAC NC Realtors PAC Real estate ???
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/18/09 David B. Hagan Hagan Properties Real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/07 David Hagan Hagan Properties Real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/22/07 JoAnn Preston Allen Tate Real Estate Real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/18/09 Jonathan Seth Coker Signature Properties Real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/21/07 Richard Beard Simpson Schulman & Beard Real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Thomas Townes Triad Commercial Properties Real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/29/07 Bill Yearns Yearns Properties Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/24/07 Drew Showfety Twin City Commercial Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/05/07 Edward B. Krusch Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/17/07 George Carr Beacon Management Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/09 Jim Marshall JF Marshall & Lindbrook Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/12/09 Lowell Easter Triad Commercial Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/15/07 Lynn Black Yost & Little Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/16/07 Randall Dixon Dixon Properties Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Thomas L. White Jr. Alliance Commercial Apartment Management Real estate

ROBBIE PERKINS 10/14/09 Bobby Akin Real estate
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/11/09 Richard Beard Simpson, Schulman & Beard Real estate TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/20/07 Gordon Cole John McCracken & Associates Real estate appraisal
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/09 Mike Murray Burkley Harris Construction Real estate developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Amy Gaskill Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/15/09 Ashley K. Vanore Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Ashley K. Vanore Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/16/09 Christopher T. Dunbar Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Christopher T. Dunbar Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/24/07 David F. Couch Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/15/09 David L. Couch Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/09 Edmund W. Koury Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Edmund W. Koury Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Frank Auman Signature Property Group Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/15/09 Frank Auman Signature Realty Group LLC Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS H. David Niblock Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/15/09 Kelly K. Harrill Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Kelly K. Harrill Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/19/10 Lisa K. Johnson Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Lisa K. Johnson Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Lyle Everhart Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/14/07 Lynda M. Hill Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/18/07 Mente Benjamin Starmount Co. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/28/09 Norman Samet Samet Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/12/09 Ronald W. Mack Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/03/07 Ronald W. Mack Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/17/07 Seth Coker Signature Property Group Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/15/09 Stephanie K. Craft Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/01/07 Stephanie K. Craft Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/22/09 Stephen D. Showfety Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/03/07 Stephen Showfety Koury Corp. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/14/09 Susan E. Passmore Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/07 Tom Hall Windsor Investments Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/21/09 Wesley Scott Wallace Keystone Homes Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/15/09 Wesley Stallings Blue Ridge Cos. Real estate developer TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/19/09 George E. Carr III Beacon Management Corp. Real estate developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 08/21/07 Jerone Pearson Jerone Pearson Inc. Real estate developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/15/09 Mark P. Reynolds Burkley Harris Construction Real estate developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 07/22/07 Michael Murray Real estate developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/29/09 Peter J. Osborne Osborne Contracting Real estate developer
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/21/07 CL Weill Jr. Robins & Weill Real estate insurance
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/09/09 Michael Wasserman Wellington Advisors Real estate management ???
ROBBIE PERKINS Sharon P. Wasserman Wellington Advisors Real estate management ???
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/17/07 Durant Bell Steven D. Bell & Co. Real estate management
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/18/07 Keith Phillips Phillips Management Real estate management
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/25/09 David R. Howard Windsor Commercial Real estate-development TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/27/09 William S. Seymour Windsor Commercial Real estate-development TREBIC MEMBER
ROBBIE PERKINS 10/14/09 Thomas R. Beard Beard Hardwoods Wholesale lumber