If TREBIC tried to kill RUCO and failed, and then went after the entire state of North Carolina, with the same tactics deployed in Greensboro, if more people die, shame on anyone who to voted to kill more people?

All warfare is based on deception.

…when able to attack we must seem unable,

when using our forces we must seem inactive,

when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far…,

when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

Sun Tzu

 
"...members of the real estate industry
have consistently contributed one out of every three dollars
received by victorious city council candidates.

How much have the sponsors of

"(House Bill 554) that will prohibit cities from conducting housing inspections proactively."

received from the same kind of special interests as Greensboro?

Hat Tip: Ed Cone 

...from 2007 to 2009,
donors employed by companies that are represented
by the Triad Real Estate and Building Industries Coalition, or TREBIC,
have maintained consistent giving levels and their share has increased from 12 percent to 21 percent.
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2007 election cycle

Total amount raised by victorious candidates
for Greensboro City Council in the 2007 election cycle:
$251,717

Top contributors, by sector

1. Real estate-development — $88,441 (35 percent)
...3. Lawyers and law firms — $19,855 (8 percent)

Top contributors, by employer

1. Granville Capital — $8,200 (3 percent) [Robbie and Zack]
2. Carroll Cos. — $6,265 (3 percent) [not counting about $6,000 in PAC money, TREBIC]
3. Mega Builders — $6,000 (2 percent) [Mike Winstead, TREBIC]
4. Koury Corp. — $4,900 (2 percent) [TREBIC]

Top Contributors, PACs

1. North Carolinians for Leadership in Government — $5,965 [Roy Carroll]
2. NC Realtors PAC (NC Realtors Association) — $5,500
...5. Skenes for City Council — $484
6. Build PAC (NC Homebuilders Association) — $450

Amount of money received by victorious candidates to city council in 2009
from contributors whose income is derived from companies represented by TREBIC:
$30,421 (12 percent)

How about at the state level?

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2009 election cycle

...Amount of money received by victorious candidates to city council in 2009
from contributors whose income is derived from companies represented by TREBIC:
$28,120 (20 percent)...
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...Contributions to the campaigns of Trudy Wade and Jim Kee,
who respectively won their races in districts 5 and 2, were dominated by real estate interests.

Total amount raised by victorious candidates
for Greensboro City Council in the 2009 election cycle:
$142,471

Top contributors, by sector:

1. Real estate-development — $47,530 (33 percent)
...4. Lawyers and law firms — $7,119 (5 percent)

Top contributors, by employer:

* Carroll Companies (TREBIC)
1. Kotis Properties (TREBIC) — $6,750 (5 percent)
2. Signature Property Group (TREBIC) — $4,600 (3 percent)
...4. Koury Corp. (TREBIC) — $3,600 (3 percent)

Top Contributors, PACs

1. NC Realtors PAC — $3,250
2. Greensboro Landlords Association — $1,600
3. Elect Mike Barber — $892
4. Triad Good Government PAC — $700

If opponents don’t begin with pieces of the same number and value,.

and players can think they’re winning when losing,
can influencing others’ thoughts enhance results, and vice versa?

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2009 victors

Highest amount raised:

1. Mayor Bill Knight — $29,596
2. Zack Matheny (District 3) — $23,960
3. Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Vaughan — $23,949
4. Robbie Perkins (at large) — $21,230
5. Trudy Wade (District 5) — $19,670
6. Jim Kee (District 2) — $10,065
7. Mary Rakestraw (District 4) — $9,190
8. Danny Thompson (at large) — $4,810
9. Dianne Bellamy-Small (District 1) — >$1,000

People who have what they want

are fond of telling people who haven't what they want,

that they really don't want it.

Ogden Nash

Most real estate-dependent:

1. Trudy Wade, District 5 — 64 percent
2. Jim Kee, District 2 — 53 percent
3. Robbie Perkins, at large — 46 percent
4. Zack Matheny, District 3 — 41 percent
5. Mary Rakestraw, District 4 — 23 percent
6. Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Vaughan — 20 percent
7. Danny Thompson, at large — 19 percent
8. Mayor Bill Knight — 9 percent

Most TREBIC-dependent

1. Trudy Wade, District 5 — 50 percent
2. Jim Kee, District 2 — 44 percent
3. Robbie Perkins, at large — 27 percent
4. Zack Matheny — 23 percent
5. Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Vaughan — 17 percent
6. Mary Rakestraw — 15 percent
7. Mayor Bill Knight — 6 percent
8. Danny Thompson — 4 percent"

Jordan