"Arts and culture is a key component of the local economy
and generates returns to the public sector.
...income from events will likely be insufficient,
therefore any potential operating gap
should also be identified and planned for at the outset...
Guilford Countyfs cultural institutions host more than 1 million visitors annually,
resulting in more than $30M in economic activity and $1.3M in local tax revenue.
...In order to ensure long‐term operating viability,
an ongoing subsidy should be in place before the PAC opens.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Didn't Robbie Perkins Text Roy Carroll During a Council Meeting?
Perkins Texts
Above you will see the text messages from Greensboro City Council member Robbie Perkins to local developer Roy Carroll.
During a council meeting, it was discovered that Robbie Perkins was texting back and forth to Roy Carroll about a condemnation of Kotis properties to put in water and sewer to Roy Carroll's property off of horse pen creek road.
Is Robbie Perkins also Roy Carroll's leasing agent for this property off of horse pen creek road?
If Yes, does the councilman needs to recuse himself from the Performing Arts Center project
and the water, sewer project where Roy's properties are located off I40?
Here is a post from the past where both Robbie Perkins and Roy Carroll are tied together CLICKHERE on the center city pointe in downtown Greensboro.
If you want to see the court case of Kotis VS. City of Greensboro & Horse Pen Creek Village CLICKHERE plenty of tidbits in that court case.
UPDATE: more post on this issue
Joe Guarino has more CLICKHERE part #2 and CLICKHERE part #1
Roch101 CLICKHERE
Questions for Greensboro CLICKHERE
Amanda Lehmert from the Greensboro News & Record has a update with a quote from Greensboro City Council member Robbie Perkins CLICKHERE
Triadwatch and Hartzman
Above you will see the text messages from Greensboro City Council member Robbie Perkins to local developer Roy Carroll.
During a council meeting, it was discovered that Robbie Perkins was texting back and forth to Roy Carroll about a condemnation of Kotis properties to put in water and sewer to Roy Carroll's property off of horse pen creek road.
Is Robbie Perkins also Roy Carroll's leasing agent for this property off of horse pen creek road?
If Yes, does the councilman needs to recuse himself from the Performing Arts Center project
and the water, sewer project where Roy's properties are located off I40?
Here is a post from the past where both Robbie Perkins and Roy Carroll are tied together CLICKHERE on the center city pointe in downtown Greensboro.
If you want to see the court case of Kotis VS. City of Greensboro & Horse Pen Creek Village CLICKHERE plenty of tidbits in that court case.
UPDATE: more post on this issue
Joe Guarino has more CLICKHERE part #2 and CLICKHERE part #1
Roch101 CLICKHERE
Questions for Greensboro CLICKHERE
Amanda Lehmert from the Greensboro News & Record has a update with a quote from Greensboro City Council member Robbie Perkins CLICKHERE
Triadwatch and Hartzman
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Virginia Proposes 5th Public Bill Aimed to Move Bid Notices Out of Newspapers, Need To Do Same in North Carolina
Hat Tip: Legal Notice Online
Virginia- A 5th Public Notice Bill Proposed. This Bill Aims to Move Bid Notices Out of Newspapers.
A 5th Public Notice Bill proposed in Virginia last week.
Four Bills overturning the expensive and cumbersome practice of forcing public notices to be published in newspapers were proposed two weeks ago, we reported.
This past week a 5th bill was put forth. HB1193 sponsored by Delegate Ron Villanueva, addresses Requests for Bid Proposals. Notices would no longer HAVE to be published in a newspaper of general circulation.
Newspapers in the state prompted by the Va. Press Association have been editorializing strongly to vote against all of these bills.
How are states wrestling with this issue?
Click HERE to find out
Should Robbie Perkins recuse himself from the Performing Arts Center project?
"This week, in the wake of Brown’s proposal, the Greensboro City Council voiced support for putting a bond referendum on the November ballot to fund such a project.
But it renews the question: Which location should the referendum support?
Ultimately, it’s an “either/or” question;
there won’t be two performing arts centers.
But it renews the question: Which location should the referendum support?
Ultimately, it’s an “either/or” question;
there won’t be two performing arts centers.
Notice the alternative close?
Saturday, January 28, 2012
On the "private funding" for the Performing Arts Center
In politics, nothing happens by accident.
If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
If Greensboro News & Record Publisher and Editorial Contributor Robin Saul was on the Greensboro Downtown Economic Development Strategy Advisory Group, author of the PAC plan...?
"Could a downtown GPAC -- Greensboro Performing Arts Center -- match that success?
It's a tall order.
Where's the money?
The City Council agreed Tuesday to pursue putting a bond referendum for a GPAC on the November ballot.
Mayor Robbie Perkins says trying isn't enough.
"This community is going to get this done," he said Wednesday.
"It's not an option.
This community has got to get things like this done."
But there are options, and the council has to make the right decisions before going to voters.
Council members prefer the downtown option, but that would cost more, primarily because of the need to purchase land.
The plan would work only with enough private funding to make up the difference.
If downtown is Plan A, then leaders should make a firm commitment to it.
Find a site and work to secure the private funding.
If they fall short,
they should not proceed to a bond referendum for Plan B,
the coliseum complex location.
Instead, they should delay until the private funding is in hand.
Winning a bond vote requires the best plan.
Perkins and others offer a strong argument that a downtown GPAC will deliver the biggest bang for the buck -- if private funding is part of the mix.
If not, voting on Plan B would be a terrible mistake.
It would be more likely to fail, setting back GPAC fortunes for a long time."
Robin, Doug and Allen
It's a tall order.
Where's the money?
The City Council agreed Tuesday to pursue putting a bond referendum for a GPAC on the November ballot.
So everyone is going to pay?
Why should everyone have to pay?
Mayor Robbie Perkins says trying isn't enough.
Really?
So cheating is OK?
"This community is going to get this done," he said Wednesday.
"It's not an option.
This community has got to get things like this done."
Really?
What happened to voting?
But there are options, and the council has to make the right decisions before going to voters.
Isn't an option not going to voters?
Council members prefer the downtown option, but that would cost more, primarily because of the need to purchase land.
If Greensboro News & Record Publisher and Editorial Contributor
Robin Saul, was on the Greensboro Downtown
Economic Development Strategy Advisory Group,
author of the PAC plan,
that showed the News and Record's property as a possible location
should the Editorial Board disclose said conflict of interest
or should they lie by omission?
If need is sustanance and a temperate climate,
does this qualify as a need?
We need more manufacturing jobs.
You Want a PAC.
You do not need a PAC.
If need is sustanance and a temperate climate,
does this qualify as a need?
We need more manufacturing jobs.
You Want a PAC.
You do not need a PAC.
The plan would work only with enough private funding to make up the difference.
Unless they use already owned land
instead of the undisclosed News and Record property
under consideration, which Mr. Saul must know of?
How is this not deliberate deception?
How is this not deliberate deception?
If downtown is Plan A, then leaders should make a firm commitment to it.
Find a site and work to secure the private funding.
Meaning who?
If they fall short,
they should not proceed to a bond referendum for Plan B,
the coliseum complex location.
Instead, they should delay until the private funding is in hand.
To purchase what may be the News and Record's property?
Like for the Aquatic Center?
Wasn't that the plan, until it ended up not being the plan?
Like for the Aquatic Center?
Wasn't that the plan, until it ended up not being the plan?
Winning a bond vote requires the best plan.
So the plan is to win a bond vote?
Perkins and others offer a strong argument that a downtown GPAC will deliver the biggest bang for the buck -- if private funding is part of the mix.
Where is the argument?
Where are the financials?
What would be the expected operating losses?
What will be the average cost to attend?
If not, voting on Plan B would be a terrible mistake.
Because the the News and Record's property wouldn't appreciate?
It would be more likely to fail, setting back GPAC fortunes for a long time."
Robin, Doug and Allen
Performing Arts Center: Greensboro Downtown Economic Development Strategy, June 2010: Notable participants
"City and County officials and staff | Mayor William Knight | City Manager Rashad Young | Skip Alston | T. Dianne Bellamy Small | | Adam Fischer | Dick Hails | Jim Kee | Zack Matheny | Robbie Perkins | Andy Scott | Mary Sertell
Project Committee | Roy Carroll | April Harris | Ralph Johnson | Afrique Kilimanjaro | Ed Kitchen | Mac Sims | Ed Wolverton |
Advisory Group |Dawn Chaney | Pat Danahy | Willie Hammer | Brenda Jones Fox | Becky Jo Petterson Buie | Robin Saul | Lane Schiffman | Susan Schwartz | Larry Davis |
Community Stakeholders | Frank Auman Jr. | Chester Brown | Christina Brown | Dale Brown | Dawn Cheney | Seth Coker | Betty Cone | Keith Holladay | Milton Kern Dan Lynch |Jim Melvin | Skip Moore | Marsh Prause | Walker Sanders | David Wharton | "
Greensboro Downtown Economic Development Strategy
Project Committee | Roy Carroll | April Harris | Ralph Johnson | Afrique Kilimanjaro | Ed Kitchen | Mac Sims | Ed Wolverton |
Advisory Group |Dawn Chaney | Pat Danahy | Willie Hammer | Brenda Jones Fox | Becky Jo Petterson Buie | Robin Saul | Lane Schiffman | Susan Schwartz | Larry Davis |
Community Stakeholders | Frank Auman Jr. | Chester Brown | Christina Brown | Dale Brown | Dawn Cheney | Seth Coker | Betty Cone | Keith Holladay | Milton Kern Dan Lynch |Jim Melvin | Skip Moore | Marsh Prause | Walker Sanders | David Wharton | "
Greensboro Downtown Economic Development Strategy
Greensboro Performing Arts Center Lie Number One: Robbie Perkins
“This project didn’t exist two weeks ago,” Mayor Robbie Perkins said.
“This is an evolving process.
We have moved it forward more in the past two weeks
than we have in the past 10 years.”
Since 2006, voters have twice turned down bond referendums
to pay for replacing the aging War Memorial Auditorium
at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex."
Don "propaganda" Patterson
“This is an evolving process.
We have moved it forward more in the past two weeks
than we have in the past 10 years.”
Greensboro Downtown Economic Development Strategy: 2010
Create a signature Performing Arts Center
Since 2006, voters have twice turned down bond referendums
to pay for replacing the aging War Memorial Auditorium
at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex."
Don "propaganda" Patterson
Friday, January 27, 2012
Amanda: "Mr. Perkins goes to Washington"
"Mayor Robbie Perkins took his first lobbying trip to our nation's capital last week.
He had two jam-packed days of meetings with staff members from the local federal delegation, the governor's D.C. representative, and staff for the DOJ and DOT.
The trip was arranged by the city's brand new lobbyist.
He had two jam-packed days of meetings with staff members from the local federal delegation, the governor's D.C. representative, and staff for the DOJ and DOT.
The trip was arranged by the city's brand new lobbyist.
Who Robbie has known since our lobbyist was six
and whose parents donated to Robbie's campaign?
Journalism Ethics: "About Politicians’ Private Lives" Michael Kinsley on extramarital activities
Journalism Ethics: "About Politicians’ Private Lives" Michael Kinsley on extramarital activities
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Someone should run for Governor of North Carolina as an independent, backed by an unaffiliated Super Pac.
Someone should run for Governor of North Carolina
as a Super Pac with no known contributors
spends more than $100 million on marketing
within one and a half month of the election.
Any election can now be purchased
in the United States of America.
The candidate wouldn’t take any contributions,
as they all flow through the Super Pac
with which the candidate has no affiliation.
The candidate advocates for mandatory health care cost cuts
To create a low tax, low debt, low healthcare cost industrial state.
A job magnate.
Increase the efficiency of the health care industry
through school for work education.
Bring North Carolina more than 1 million new jobs
by insurers sending out of state, higher cost patients
and an increased manufacturing base
for companies looking for lower cost domestic production.
as a Super Pac with no known contributors
spends more than $100 million on marketing
within one and a half month of the election.
The fellow that can only see a week ahead
is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd.
But the one that can see years ahead,
he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
Will Rogers
Any election can now be purchased
in the United States of America.
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation,
the first thing to be bought and sold are legislators.
P. J. O'Rourke
The candidate wouldn’t take any contributions,
as they all flow through the Super Pac
with which the candidate has no affiliation.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin
The candidate advocates for mandatory health care cost cuts
To create a low tax, low debt, low healthcare cost industrial state.
A job magnate.
Increase the efficiency of the health care industry
through school for work education.
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
Bring North Carolina more than 1 million new jobs
by insurers sending out of state, higher cost patients
and an increased manufacturing base
for companies looking for lower cost domestic production.
…the earth belongs to each of these generations during its course,
fully and in its own right.
The second generation receives it clear
of the debts and incumbrances of the first, the third of the second, and so on.
For if the first could charge it with a debt,
then the earth would belong to the dead and not to the living generation.
Then, no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid
during the course of its own existence.
Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
Yes Weekly on Matt Brown, the Coliseum and the Performance Arts Center
"The city — and by proxy, the taxpayers — own the coliseum...
...Brown seems to be acting like a favored child, who wants everything at the expense of his siblings, and we are here to tell him to share his toys.
...Brown seems to be acting like a favored child, who wants everything at the expense of his siblings, and we are here to tell him to share his toys.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
What Have We Learned In the Past 13 Years?
"We have learned nothing since 1999 except the Central State and Central Bank will intervene in the market to bend price and risk to serve the Status Quo.
Why would some want to spend everyone else's money on a Performance Arts Center, instead of spending the money on creating more manufacturing jobs?
Do low wage service jobs
create localized economic prosperity?
Do high levels of debt and taxation?
create localized economic prosperity?
Do high levels of debt and taxation?
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
"The City Council agreed Tuesday to pursue a bond referendum for a performing arts center, ideally to be built downtown."
"A downtown theater would cost upward of $29 million more
than a theater proposed at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex,
according to rough city staff estimates.
That difference would have to be made up with private funds,
council members said Tuesday at their annual retreat.
than a theater proposed at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex,
according to rough city staff estimates.
How about fixing up the Carolina Theater
and put in needed parking for the jail?
Where are the estimates?
That difference would have to be made up with private funds,
council members said Tuesday at their annual retreat.
Like the Aquatic Center?
Zack Matheny on Crony Capitalism, Roy Carroll, Robbie Perkins, Rock Creek and etc...
“I think that we do need to expand the water-sewer pump station out near Rock Creek
where [the American Express data center] is going.
When AmEx comes on line, that pump system’s going to be at maximum capacity.
We’ve got to increase that,
because what happens if we get the next American Express that needs water and sewer?
where [the American Express data center] is going.
How much property does Roy Carroll own near Rock Creek?
Who else would profit handsomely from the pump station?
When AmEx comes on line, that pump system’s going to be at maximum capacity.
Why?
We’ve got to increase that,
because what happens if we get the next American Express that needs water and sewer?
Shouldn't Roy Carroll, who profited from the Amex deal
right after they fired 1,500 across town
pay for water and sewer to his outlying properties?
Does the 99% have to pay?
City of Greensboro and Guilford County Information Requests
Please provide any documents including communications
involving improvements to water and sewer service
along Interstate 40-85 near Rock Creek Dairy Road.
involving improvements to water and sewer service
along Interstate 40-85 near Rock Creek Dairy Road.
"Perkins said growth in the area,
including Rock Creek Center, is already near capacity."
WGHP
Yes Weekly on RUCO and the Curfew: Really?: How far is Brian's head up Robbie's Rectum?
"...a dysfunctional Greensboro City Council
...the tenure of a council founded in malcontent and disinformation...
...the tenure of a council founded in malcontent and disinformation...
Monday, January 23, 2012
Mayor Perkins $22 Million Gift to Crony Capitalist Developer Roy Carroll in Eastern Guilford County
HAT TIP FOX 8 CLICKHERE
Who owns the most property in the area in question Landport Investments LLC
with principal officer in Roy Carroll. Ever since the American Express secret deal to Roy Carroll was exposed now we have this.
Everybody wants to talk about this land and the need for water and sewer but nobody want to report as to who will benefit from this whole deal. Now you know,
Who owns the most property in the area in question Landport Investments LLC
with principal officer in Roy Carroll. Ever since the American Express secret deal to Roy Carroll was exposed now we have this.
Everybody wants to talk about this land and the need for water and sewer but nobody want to report as to who will benefit from this whole deal. Now you know,
Really GN&R? "29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader"
"Study finds tablet, e-book ownership soared
Tablets and e-readers were a popular gift over the holidays,
so much so that the number of people who own them
nearly doubled between mid-December and January...
...29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader
as of the beginning of this month.
That's up from 18 percent who said the same in December."
GN&R
Tablets and e-readers were a popular gift over the holidays,
so much so that the number of people who own them
nearly doubled between mid-December and January...
Really?
...29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader
as of the beginning of this month.
That's up from 18 percent who said the same in December."
GN&R
Tim Flowers at Progress for Greensboro on a Performing Arts Center: Socialist Rhetoric Alert?
"...I'd love to live in a world where private investors take the initiative
and build all the things our society needs,
but history shows that is just a fantasy.
and build all the things our society needs,
but history shows that is just a fantasy.
Do we need a Performing Arts Center?
Sunday, January 22, 2012
"The Corporate Media in the U.S. is a handmaiden to the Financial and Political Elites"
"The Corporate Media in the U.S. is a handmaiden to the Financial and Political Elites, issuing simulacra of "news" and "analysis" in service of the Status Quo.
If there is any America "industry" ripe for widespread discrediting, it is the U.S. Corporate Media--the six corporations that own most of the media outlets the conventional American sees, hears and reads.
If there is any America "industry" ripe for widespread discrediting, it is the U.S. Corporate Media--the six corporations that own most of the media outlets the conventional American sees, hears and reads.
Nancy McLaughlin: "Where technology [and everyone else's money?] joins compassion": Cone Health
"A walk through of the expanded Cone Health Cancer Center...
...From an outdoor wind chime with more than 1,500 individual butterflies attached — part of a “healing landscape” — to the latest technology (first in the state) targeting tumors deep within the body, the fruits of the $15 million expansion are notable.
...It’s a 38,000-square-foot expansion and renovation.
Yet Cone Health built it with intimacy in mind, thanks in part to $5 million from private donors.
“They walk out with a summary of 'This is the plan,’” said Dr. Stacy Wentworth , a radiation oncologist. “It’s these are my doctors’ recommendations, these are my next appointments, this is when I’m going to chemotherapy class.’”
...From an outdoor wind chime with more than 1,500 individual butterflies attached — part of a “healing landscape” — to the latest technology (first in the state) targeting tumors deep within the body, the fruits of the $15 million expansion are notable.
...It’s a 38,000-square-foot expansion and renovation.
Yet Cone Health built it with intimacy in mind, thanks in part to $5 million from private donors.
...there’s a multi-disciplinary clinic with medical staff offices, exam rooms and waiting areas for breast cancer patients and families. The patient is visited in one place by each doctor — no longer having to make separate appointments that can delay planning treatments.
“They walk out with a summary of 'This is the plan,’” said Dr. Stacy Wentworth , a radiation oncologist. “It’s these are my doctors’ recommendations, these are my next appointments, this is when I’m going to chemotherapy class.’”
What is the average cost compared to elsewhere in the region?
Does Cone Health disclose how much they are charging whom for what?
Fec on Monday's Court at Anton's
"...the movers and the shakers are free to move about under the light of day,
while economic and social conditions continue to be abysmal
and are getting worse.
...Until things get a whole lot better around here for the least of us,
I want these [ph]uckers afraid to leave the cloisters of their country clubs.
while economic and social conditions continue to be abysmal
and are getting worse.
...Until things get a whole lot better around here for the least of us,
I want these [ph]uckers afraid to leave the cloisters of their country clubs.
Performing Arts Center: "LOCATION"
It is difficult to get a man to understand something
when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
Upton Sinclair
"A PAC typically requires a multi acre site.
Potential assemblages exist at these public or foundation owned sites:
The Weaver and Greensboro Transit Authority parcels Page 45
Next to the News & Record Property?
...The triangular area between N. Elm, Summit and Lindsay
...The News and Record Parking lot (PO 12)"
Lying by omission
One lies by omission by omitting an important fact,
deliberately leaving another person with a misconception.
Lying by omission includes failures to correct pre-existing misconceptions.
…Propaganda is an example of lying by omission.
Wikipedia
Should the News & Record have disclosed
the locations mentioned by DGI and the Greensboro Partnership?
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Did anyone notice what the annual operating costs were projected to be for the new taxpayer funded Theater?
The partisan, when engaged in a dispute,
cares nothing about the rights of the question,
but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.
Plato
How about total annual costs that could be saved
for more police?
for more police?
Why not use the money to pay off
the misleadingly sold swim center?
If the venue will be taxpayer owned
how much are most expected to pay on average
per event
for a family of four?
Do some believe they are living in 1999?
Why not drop $10 million on the Carolina Theatre,
build some parking near by which is going to be needed anyway
for the jail designed without sufficient parking,
and create a win win?
Or drop nothing.
But if we blow big millions,
what are the projected audience totals,
and where do they come from?
Who did the economic impact study?
The Durham facility seems to have about the same kind of events
that we do now.
Is the Durham facility profitable,
if not, how much,
and what are the demographics of the clientele?
Journalism Ethics: Should Amanda Lehmert use an "Alternative Close" to promote Greensboro's Performing Arts Center?
An alternative close
offers more than one alternative
The number of choices should be limited
between those supporting the questioner's ends:
two or three is preffered.
If there are too many alternatives,
including "No", or an undesired outcome of the salesperson,
the prospect may be faced with more complexity,
limiting the seller's ability to close.
"Coliseum advocates may have to work overtime
to convince city voters that the complex
needs a new $36 million performing arts center.
But first, they must contend with folks who support the idea
of a new theater but don’t want it built at the coliseum.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Pay attention Greensboro City Council
"(a) ...no public servant...authorized to perform an official action
requiring the exercise of discretion,
shall participate in an official action by the employing entity
...if the public servant .
...may incur a reasonably foreseeable financial benefit
...which ...would impair the public servant's independence of judgment
or from which it could reasonably be inferred
that the financial benefit would influence
the public servant's participation in the official action.
...(c) A public servant shall take appropriate steps,
...to remove himself or herself to the extent necessary,
to protect the public interest
...from any proceeding in which the public servant's impartiality
might reasonably be questioned
due to the public servant's familial, personal, or financial relationship
with a participant in the proceeding.
§ 138A‑36. Public servant participation in official actions.
requiring the exercise of discretion,
shall participate in an official action by the employing entity
...if the public servant .
...may incur a reasonably foreseeable financial benefit
...which ...would impair the public servant's independence of judgment
or from which it could reasonably be inferred
that the financial benefit would influence
the public servant's participation in the official action.
...(c) A public servant shall take appropriate steps,
...to remove himself or herself to the extent necessary,
to protect the public interest
...from any proceeding in which the public servant's impartiality
might reasonably be questioned
due to the public servant's familial, personal, or financial relationship
with a participant in the proceeding.
§ 138A‑36. Public servant participation in official actions.
"Any officer, department head or employee
who has financial interest, direct or indirect,
who has financial interest, direct or indirect,
in any proposed contract with the city
or in a proposed sale of any land, material, supplies, or services
to the city or to a contractor supplying the city,
shall make known that interest
and shall refrain from voting upon or otherwise participating in
the making of such contract or sale.
and shall refrain from voting upon or otherwise participating in
the making of such contract or sale.
Any officer, department head, or employee
who willfully conceals such a financial interest
who willfully conceals such a financial interest
or willfully violates the requirements of this Section
shall be guilty of malfeasance in office or position
and shall forfeit his office or position.
and shall forfeit his office or position.
Violation of this Section with the knowledge
expressed or implied of the person or corporation
contracting with or making a sale to the city
contracting with or making a sale to the city
shall render the contract void."
Sec. 4.131. - Conflict of interest:
Greensboro Code of Ordinances, City Charter
Greensboro Code of Ordinances, City Charter
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Are John King and whoever said the first question was a good idea...?
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
Frank Leahy
"The Manipulation of Fear", by Noam Chomsky
"The resort to fear by systems of power to discipline the domestic population has left a long and terrible trail of bloodshed and suffering which we ignore at our peril. Recent history provides many shocking illustrations.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Dear Lehmert', Cone, Johnson, Roch, Tony, Fec, Brod, Polifrog, Clark, Green, Clerry, Hammer, etc..., on GSO City Council BANs
In late 2006 or so,
I was teaching the North Carolina Ethics Component
for the NC Bar association,
for free.
I brought up a Real Estate closing scenario for examination,
in which everyone at the table
except for the one time passing through customer
made relatively more
the larger the deal.
If you were the Real Estate Broker,
the more expensive the house,
the bigger the payday?
If you were the mgagtroe broker,
the bigger the total borrowed, the more exotic,
the more compensation involved?
If the Attorney,
the more business from those selling X,
the more Y?
etc...
About a week later,
I found out I didn't teach the NC Bar association Ethics Component
for free any more.
Same thing only different with the 1 month LIBOR based issue
the city (Robbie, Zack, Bellamy, Yvonne, Jim, Nancy and Denise?) wants to do
to borrow another $10 million, only different?
Did it look like Mary Kay and the other Nancy
were relatively uninformed of what was actually happening?
Why wasn't the city able to borrow $40 million
instead of only $30 million?
How did they get around only being able to borrow $30 million
to $40 million?
What are the risks of borrowing more
than guidelines say is allowable?
Did City Council know what many don't
about revaluations?
Do some know what probable tax increases are coming
from Guilford County?
Are some going to pay for contributors interests
instead of paying down the Lake Jordan costs?
And some want to borrow another $30 million
on top of the $40 million?
If they didn't know,
how could borrowing $10 million more than they are supposed to
be perceived
if it doesn't work out the way they hoped,
not knowing past mistakes may have been repeated?
If those in Greensboro's blogospherrrre say nothing,
I understand if you may not understand.
If you choose to know and say nothing,
I may pitty you.
For Greensboro's press to not understand what they should
and not report it...?
For those not financially literate on City Council to not object?
I was teaching the North Carolina Ethics Component
for the NC Bar association,
for free.
I brought up a Real Estate closing scenario for examination,
in which everyone at the table
except for the one time passing through customer
made relatively more
the larger the deal.
If you were the Real Estate Broker,
the more expensive the house,
the bigger the payday?
If you were the mgagtroe broker,
the bigger the total borrowed, the more exotic,
the more compensation involved?
If the Attorney,
the more business from those selling X,
the more Y?
etc...
About a week later,
I found out I didn't teach the NC Bar association Ethics Component
for free any more.
Same thing only different with the 1 month LIBOR based issue
the city (Robbie, Zack, Bellamy, Yvonne, Jim, Nancy and Denise?) wants to do
to borrow another $10 million, only different?
Did it look like Mary Kay and the other Nancy
were relatively uninformed of what was actually happening?
Why wasn't the city able to borrow $40 million
instead of only $30 million?
How did they get around only being able to borrow $30 million
to $40 million?
What are the risks of borrowing more
than guidelines say is allowable?
Did City Council know what many don't
about revaluations?
Do some know what probable tax increases are coming
from Guilford County?
Are some going to pay for contributors interests
instead of paying down the Lake Jordan costs?
And some want to borrow another $30 million
on top of the $40 million?
If they didn't know,
how could borrowing $10 million more than they are supposed to
be perceived
if it doesn't work out the way they hoped,
not knowing past mistakes may have been repeated?
If those in Greensboro's blogospherrrre say nothing,
I understand if you may not understand.
If you choose to know and say nothing,
I may pitty you.
For Greensboro's press to not understand what they should
and not report it...?
For those not financially literate on City Council to not object?
John Hammer on the Greensboro/Guilford County Slush Fund
"...According to the county,
...there is over $25 million in the joint city/county water and sewer fund.
Half of that money rightfully belongs to the city of Greensboro,
but Guilford County ...refuses to part with one dime.
But what Perkins is proposing is that all that be set aside
and the city and county fund this development project
with $22 million of the $25 million in the fund...
...there is over $25 million in the joint city/county water and sewer fund.
Where are the statements?
Half of that money rightfully belongs to the city of Greensboro,
but Guilford County ...refuses to part with one dime.
But what Perkins is proposing is that all that be set aside
and the city and county fund this development project
with $22 million of the $25 million in the fund...
Who owns most of the land to be developed?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
What is Crony Capitalism in Greensboro and Guilford County?
Crony capitalism is a pejorative term
describing an allegedly capitalist economyin which success in business
depends on close relationships between businesspeople
and government officials.
Like the relationship with Greensboro's new lobbyist and Robbie Perkins?
Monday, January 16, 2012
PINBALL is Back In The Triad with New Place Called Lost Ark Video
Bob Buckley from Fox 8 WGHP with a report above titled Pinball comeback in the Triad interviewed me for this report. It was great talking to him about my passion for pinball. Growing up in Greensboro in the 70's and 80's and 90's there was plenty of places to play pinball and video games from Sears at Friendly Center to the bowling alley at Friendly Center to the 7- elevens around town and to the 2 biggest places in Greensboro to play that are no longer here in the PUTT PUTT on High Point Road and Battleground Avenue.
Now we have a great place located off of Spring Garden Street in Greensboro N.C. called Lost Ark Video which has over 14 pinball machines from the greatest pinball machine ever made in Twilight Zone to a personal favorite machine of mine in Road Show. These are just a few of the well kept pinball machines available to play.
This Saturday night at 7:30pm. on 1-21-2012 they will have their monthly PINBALL TOURNAMENT come on out for the tournament it only cost $5 to enter.
Come and become a Pinball Wizard at the Lost Ark Video in Greensboro N.C. it is a great place to relax and play some PINBALL
Now we have a great place located off of Spring Garden Street in Greensboro N.C. called Lost Ark Video which has over 14 pinball machines from the greatest pinball machine ever made in Twilight Zone to a personal favorite machine of mine in Road Show. These are just a few of the well kept pinball machines available to play.
This Saturday night at 7:30pm. on 1-21-2012 they will have their monthly PINBALL TOURNAMENT come on out for the tournament it only cost $5 to enter.
Come and become a Pinball Wizard at the Lost Ark Video in Greensboro N.C. it is a great place to relax and play some PINBALL
Sunday, January 15, 2012
"Santorum charity for the poor spent most of its money on management, political friends"
"...the foundation spent most of its money to run itself, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees for fundraising, administration and office rental paid to Santorum’s political allies.
The charity also had significant overlap with the senator’s campaigns and his work on Capitol Hill.
Among the leading donors to the foundation were Pennsylvania development and finance firms that had donated to his election efforts and had interests that Santorum had supported in the Senate.
...his efforts ended up mostly helping his cadre of political friends.
The charity also had significant overlap with the senator’s campaigns and his work on Capitol Hill.
Among the leading donors to the foundation were Pennsylvania development and finance firms that had donated to his election efforts and had interests that Santorum had supported in the Senate.
...his efforts ended up mostly helping his cadre of political friends.
Greensboro News & Record Editorial: "Coliseum questions": No mention of any conflicts of interest?
"With its recent spate of big-ticket expansions, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex has begun to resemble a little city unto itself, bustling in nearly every corner with new amenities.
Which the News & Record top brass gets free tickets to?
4 Carlyle Club memberships($3,000 per) = $12,000
• VIP parking and private Club entrance
• Full access to Club facilities, including bar/lounge/dining area and private restrooms.
• Buffet service for Club Members only
12 Broadway Series Tickets ($300 per)=$3,600
Kirk Perkins and Billy Yow vs. Ben Chavis and Skip Alston on the government DMV takeover
“It’s my understanding that it’s almost always private companies or private citizens who run these offices,” said commissioners Vice Chairman Kirk Perkins . “I really don’t think Guilford County should be in the business of competing with private industry. That’s really where our tax base comes from.”
How much Guilford County tax revenue could be lost?
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Jim Melvin: "Cone and Alamance merger perfect match": How many jobs does Mr. Melvin want to cut?
"On Dec. 15, there was a very important marriage in our region.
This marriage put two great organizations together.
Those organizations were Alamance Regional Hospital and Cone Health.
Individually, they are two of the finest health care organizations in our state, and together, with their combined resources, they give us a truly outstanding provider of health care for all of us in central North Carolina.
This is a perfect marriage because the two organizations complement each other in so many positive ways.
There is very little overlap in services, which means they can use resources to focus on the health care needs of the region.
The marriage will provide the health care professionals in our community broader opportunities to work together and share the best practices and focus on enhancing the quality and depth of services they provide to us, their patients.
A very positive part of this merger shores up our region and gives us opportunities to work together.
...In this changing world of health care, it assures us the best, most cost-effective care.
We should congratulate the management and the boards of both organizations for their truly outstanding vision in causing this merger."
Jim Melvin
Greensboro
Why is Jim Melvin for a healthcare merger
that could eliminate competition
and create a healthcare monopoly
that could raise prices at will?
This marriage put two great organizations together.
How many jobs will the merger eliminate?
Those organizations were Alamance Regional Hospital and Cone Health.
Will healthcare costs rise or fall because of the merger?
Individually, they are two of the finest health care organizations in our state, and together, with their combined resources, they give us a truly outstanding provider of health care for all of us in central North Carolina.
Will there be more or less competition?
This is a perfect marriage because the two organizations complement each other in so many positive ways.
How many jobs will the merger eliminate?
There is very little overlap in services, which means they can use resources to focus on the health care needs of the region.
Will prices be more transparent?
The marriage will provide the health care professionals in our community broader opportunities to work together and share the best practices and focus on enhancing the quality and depth of services they provide to us, their patients.
Will healthcare costs rise or fall?
A very positive part of this merger shores up our region and gives us opportunities to work together.
How would the merger "shore up" our region?
...In this changing world of health care, it assures us the best, most cost-effective care.
How so?
Is Jim on the board of one of the hospitals?
Will the merger increase or decrease competitivness?
Why is Jim an advocate of the merger?
We should congratulate the management and the boards of both organizations for their truly outstanding vision in causing this merger."
Jim Melvin
Greensboro
The writer is president, the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Ron Paul and George Walker Bush on Social Security
Our Social Security system
is the very definition of a Ponzi, or pyramid scheme.
Congressman Ron Paul
Constitutionalist Libertarian
is the very definition of a Ponzi, or pyramid scheme.
Congressman Ron Paul
Constitutionalist Libertarian
Some in our country think that Social Security is a trust fund,
in other words there's a pile of money being accumulated…
because you put money in the government saves it for you,
and then when you retire you get it out…
That's just simply not true.
The money, payroll taxes going into Social Security, are spent.
They're spent on benefits and they're spent on government programs.
There is no trust.
We're on the ultimate pay-as-you-go system…
The only thing Social Security has is a pile of IOUs
from one part of government to the next…,
therefore when you have more retirees living longer for greater benefits
with fewer people paying in,
the system inevitably will go into the red.
George W Bush
Florida- Bill To Move Foreclosure Notices Online for 2012 Session
HAT TIP: LEGAL NOTICE BLOG
Florida- Bill to Move Foreclosure Notices on line introduced for 2012 session . $30 mill. in notice revenue at stake
Florida's Dire Financial Situation Compels Legislators to Come Up with Creative Solutions
SB 230 has been introduced for the 2012 session on January 10. It states that:
A legal publication, advertisement, or notice of foreclosure action required by s.702.035 may be placed on a publicly accessible website of the clerk of court in lieu of publication in any other form of media.
We reported on the introduction of this bill last year. Even though Florida's foreclosure volume has decreased substantially, the business is an estimated $30 million. Much of the foreclosure notice business goes to the Daily Business Review in Miami. By counting the notices it appears that close to $5-$10 million of notices is published in that publication. The owners of The Daily Business Review, Apax Partners (who it is reported has already lost $150 mill. on it's investment) and the Royal Bank of Scotland should be watching the progress of this bill very carefully.
Previous Post about Florida:
4 December 2011-SB 230, sponsored by Sen. Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville, and HB 149 Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, from a high level, appears as most bills do, allowing that foreclosure notices be published on a "publicly accessible web site." In addition, some specifics worth noting have not appeared in the dozens of other bills from other states we have reported.
- Some highlights as to how The bill defines a "publicly accessible internet web site":
- Be approved by the Fla. Clerks of Court Operations Corp.
- Post notices for 90 days (GOOD)
- Maintain notices for users for 10 years (NO Should be forever - Argument consistently won by newspapers focuses on the infinite ability to refer back to paper forever.)
- Receive 100K total impressions (seems like an arbitrary number given the stringent requirements of newspapers of record)
- Maintain 24 hour customer support and telephone support 12 hrs, per day. (Given how lame the customer support is at newspapers, especially the Daily Business Review, this should suffice.)
- Post in multiple languages (EXCELLENT. All newspapers should cringe from this)
- The website provider shall publish its affidavits electronically and may use an electronic notary seal. (EXCELLENT)
- So here's the bad news.
- There is virtually no cost savings to the banks or person foreclosed on.The outrageous sums of money going to the newspapers (tens of millions of dollars in Florida alone) will just go to a different party other than the newspapers. The whole point should be to lessen the burden on those foreclosed as well as publishing more comprehensive information about the property.
We reported on 2 bills proposed last year to move municipal paid notices out of the newspaper. House Bill 89 died in Government Operations Subcommittee in May of this year. Senate Bill 7204 also reached a Budget Committee where it was never considered.
It seems like committees and subcommittees do all of the dirty work in shooting down bills with no real accountability. No one really reports on what happens in these committees, the government web site just reports "died in subcommittee" with no real disclosure of why. The next level of government disclosure on web sites should be to reveal the minutes of state house committees and subcommittees.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
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WFMY News 2 advertises fascism?
Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism,
because it is the merger of state and corporate power.
Benito Mussolini
"Guilford County was granted a contract, by the state,
to start selling license plates in North Carolina.
Dear Allen, Doug and Robin: Please stop stealing from my kids.
"...state law ...requires publication of public notices in newspapers with a general circulation. The reason is obvious, or at least used to be: Government must keep the people it serves informed about its activities, and the local newspaper provides the most effective means to accomplish that.
Now there’s pressure to change the law.
Now there’s pressure to change the law.
Did the GN&R Editorial Board only endorse City Council Candidates
who said they would continue to subisdise the GN&R?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Ron Paul on the present
"Nothing has been solved
...by offering up the productivity of Americans as a sacrificial lamb.
...by offering up the productivity of Americans as a sacrificial lamb.
Ron Paul on Big Government, the Federal Reserve and Counterfeit Money
"We are dealing with a problem in Washington as a budgetary accounting problem
and that’s not it.
It’s a philosophy problem.
We have a government that is so out of control that, I don’t know,
we should call them liars.
Others would.
But they’re always telling you what they’re going to do for you.
Well how are they going to do it?
What do they have?
They produce nothing.
They have to steal it from somebody and give it to somebody else.
If you don’t have enough taxes to pay the bills,
you create this counterfeit machine called the Federal Reserve.
...Oh print the money.
That’s painless.
You don’t have to borrow money.
But the whole thing is, it’s still theft.
It’s counterfeit.
It’s illegal."
Ron Paul
and that’s not it.
It’s a philosophy problem.
We have a government that is so out of control that, I don’t know,
we should call them liars.
Others would.
But they’re always telling you what they’re going to do for you.
Well how are they going to do it?
What do they have?
They produce nothing.
They have to steal it from somebody and give it to somebody else.
If you don’t have enough taxes to pay the bills,
you create this counterfeit machine called the Federal Reserve.
...Oh print the money.
That’s painless.
You don’t have to borrow money.
But the whole thing is, it’s still theft.
It’s counterfeit.
It’s illegal."
Ron Paul
Scott Yost: "State and County in Cahoots Over DMV"?: Has Joe Killian reported this yet?
"...Guilford County staff decided to get Guilford County government into the business of running a license plate office – a service in North Carolina that's almost always provided by private companies. So Guilford County Manager Brenda Jones Fox jotted three sentences down on an application and sent it to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in Raleigh.
Why not open the oppurtunity up to multiples of vendors
creating multiples more jobs
and multiples of tenents for commercial real estate?
Monday, January 9, 2012
N.J. Bill (S2072) to permit on line publishing of legal notices scheduled for Jan. 9 $70 mill. potential savings stated
HAT TIP: Legal Notices Online
N.J. Bill (S2072) to permit on line publishing of legal notices scheduled for Jan. 9 $70 mill. potential savings stated
N.J. Bill (S2072) to permit on line publishing of legal notices
NJ lawmakers have proposed on Monday, January 9, a vote on bill S2072 called the Electronic Publication of Legal Notices Act, which would permit local municipalities to post legal notices on their own web sites saving anywhere from $20 million -$70 million, it was reported on nj.com . As reported here version of this bill was approved last February by the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee according the the Star Ledger . The gist of this bill is "Whenever a government agency or an individual is required by law to publish a legal notice in one or more newspapers, the government agency or individual may cause the required notice to be published on an official government notice website instead of a newspaper ..."
The bill doesn't address the key argument put forth by newspapers (independence) . If the government is hosting the notices and they have an interest in keeping something secret it isn't the case of the fox guarding the hen-house?
That said, this bill has been improved somewhat.
- the government must provide an affidavit of publication when requested free of charge
- if someone is unable to access the internet they can call up and request a hard copy of the notice
- the government must announce each year that they will be publishing notices on line.
The best quote from the bill still stands
"Many legal notices published solely in newspapers go unread and unnoticed by the public because casual newspaper readers generally do not read the legal notice section."
A perfect non-government run site could be provided by http://free-public-notice.com/
If John Hammer says he's a conservative, why hasn't he written about this yet?
"Pillsbury is a full-service law firm with a keen industry focus on the energy and natural resources, financial services, real estate and construction, and technology sectors.
If Pillsbury represents
the energy and natural resources industries,
does that mean they support Fracking and strip mining
and foriegn energy companies like from Qatar Petroleum?
If Pillsbury represents
the energy and natural resources industries,
does that mean they support less regulation for thier clients,
which may not be in the best interests of many human beings
living in the City of Greensboro?
"Greensboro weighs options for solid waste management", By Eric Ginsburg: No mention of the $7 million lost per year Eric?
"As one of its final decisions, Greensboro’s outgoing city council extended the city’s municipal solid waste management contract with Republic Services until June 30.
The current council will take up the issue during its Feb. 28 budget meeting...
Mayor Robbie Perkins said council would look at all potential alternatives to the city’s current agreement, except for the White Street Landfill.
The current council will take up the issue during its Feb. 28 budget meeting...
Mayor Robbie Perkins said council would look at all potential alternatives to the city’s current agreement, except for the White Street Landfill.
How about the natural gas the city is giving away Eric?
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Dear Eric Ginsburg, Jordan Green and Brain Clery of Yes Weekly, If keeping the White Street Landfill closed costs the City of Greensboro about $7 million per year...?
If $7 million divided by 12 months is $583,333,
where will the money come from
if City Council Members voted to fund a budget
by spending millions more than the city recieved
in tax revenues?
Minesota- Negative Reader Response When Newspaper Editoralizes for Legal Notices
HT: Legal Notices Blog
MINNESOTA- NEGATIVE READER RESPONSE WHEN NEWSPAPER EDITORIALIZES FOR
LEGAL NOTICES
What happens when a newspaper editorializes FOR the right to keep public notices in newspapers? Do they approve of newspapers using editorial space to advocate for their business? It appears not, but
Let's take a look at what the local taxpayers (whose money is being shoveled to the local newspapers) think when the Post Bulletin, the "leading news source of Rochester, Minnesota" published an editorial on December 31, advocating to keep public notices in the newspaper.
MINNESOTA- NEGATIVE READER RESPONSE WHEN NEWSPAPER EDITORIALIZES FOR
LEGAL NOTICES
What happens when a newspaper editorializes FOR the right to keep public notices in newspapers? Do they approve of newspapers using editorial space to advocate for their business? It appears not, but
Let's take a look at what the local taxpayers (whose money is being shoveled to the local newspapers) think when the Post Bulletin, the "leading news source of Rochester, Minnesota" published an editorial on December 31, advocating to keep public notices in the newspaper.
- "I agree public notice is important. However, I no longer believe that newspapers are necessarily the best place for that notice. The Internet is. It's searchable. It's has easier access. Miss a day and the information is still there. Access to the information is free..."
- "When the Pb stands up and objects to the may efforts by the city administration to limit public access then I will believe that you are interested in more that the revenue..."
- "Occupy the P-B (Post Bulletin"
- "If the P-B editorial board believes so righteously about the importance of publishing [Public Notices], perhaps they should offer to do it for free."
- "Be assured, you can count on the PB to roll over for the powers that be. It just wouldn't be Rochester if authority were questioned..."
- "... As soon as a newspaper says "it's not about the money," you can pretty much assume correctly that it is."
- "I get a free Olmsted County 'newspaper' in the mail box every Wednesday. That must have more circulation than the subscriber only PB in the county."
ALABAMA - City of Gulf Shores Plans To Stop Publishing Notices in Newspapers
HT: Legal Notices Blog
ALABAMA-City of Gulf Shores plans to stop publishing notices in newspapers
As reported in al.com, the City of Gulf Shores, Alabama plans to stop publishing local ordinances in the local newspaper. According to state code, cities do not have to publish notices in the newspaper if the local paper is not published within the city.
"Rick Santorum...suggests ...that an imprisoned father is preferable to a same-sex parent."
"Allowing gays to marry and raise children, Santorum said, amounts to "robbing children of something they need, they deserve, they have a right to. You may rationalize that that isn't true, but in your own life and in your own heart, you know it's true."
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Please tell the truth about overdue water bills Amanda
"...the city will begin sending certain overdue water bills and unpaid parking tickets to two collection agencies. City officials warn residents that the companies may report delinquent payments to credit agencies.
“It can come back to bite you now a little bit on your credit,” said Jeff Kimel, who handles billing issues for the Water Resources Department.
The change is expected to help the city collect $1.1 million in overdue fines and fees...
...unpaid parking tickets...top $2 million.
Greensboro used to have better luck collecting water bills, due to a law that allowed the city to put a lien on a property for unpaid fees.
“It can come back to bite you now a little bit on your credit,” said Jeff Kimel, who handles billing issues for the Water Resources Department.
The change is expected to help the city collect $1.1 million in overdue fines and fees...
...unpaid parking tickets...top $2 million.
Greensboro used to have better luck collecting water bills, due to a law that allowed the city to put a lien on a property for unpaid fees.
Privatize the Gains, Socialize the Losses?
Friday, January 6, 2012
Ray McGovern on what the President of the United States just signed into law and how Corporate Media betrayed America
"President Barack Obama desecrated the Constitution that he and I swore to defend when he signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which includes language violating the Bill of Rights and other constitutionally protected liberties.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
"President Obama, Demopublican"
"President Obama's signal accomplishments
could easily have been signed into law by a moderate Republican.
could easily have been signed into law by a moderate Republican.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
And What Happened?
"Perkins spent some time talking about how now was the time
to build the new swimming facility at the Coliseum.
to build the new swimming facility at the Coliseum.
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