Robbie Perkins trying to shut George Hartzman up

"Matheny: Let's give more OT cash to cops" If keeping the White Street Landfill closed costs the City of Greensboro about $7 million per year...?

"Councilman Zack Matheny will ask his colleagues to support
an extra $100,000 for police department in December.

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?

Zack Matheny in 2009: Did Zack Matheny lobby North Carolina's State Congress to eliminate RUCO and anything like it for his employers and campaign contributors?

"As it relates to RUCO, I believe Greensboro, North Carolina is above average
on what we’re doing throughout the state of North Carolina.

Please call for North Carolina Senator Richard Burr to resign

"...This common-sense, but long overdue, action was absolutely vital
to stop the practice of ‘spend and borrow’
that has been commonplace for so long in Washington.

Lie.

Guilford County Budget Director Michael Halford on 2010/11's "Budget Gap," otherwise known as the undisclosed until now Budget Deficit

Budget Deficit

The amount by which a government, company, or individual's spending

exceeds its income over a particular period of time.

Also called deficit or deficit spending.

Opposite of budget surplus.

Investorwords.com

"Mr. Hartzman,

Please see my responses below in blue..."

Michael Halford email to George Hartzman


What was the dollar amount of the gap
between Guilford County’s FY 2008/9 spending
and FY 2009/10’s revenues?

$548,894,797 – $547,402,275 = $1,492,522

.
What is the projected dollar amount of the gap
between Guilford County’s FY 2009/10 spending
and FY 2010/11’s expected revenues?

$596,945,277 - $535,745,660 = $61,199,617

.

Maybe that's why Fox refused to offer a number to the question

"what is the deficit" as opposed to "here are the proposed cuts"

George Hartzman, May 9, 2010

.

If the county spends down to thier reserve limit this year,

where are they going to get the $27,502,224

for increased principle and interests payments in 2011/12?

http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/11budgetpro/30%20-%20Debt.pdf
3rd Page, and the chart on the 5th shows debt payments going over the county guidlines

.

So if the county goes down to the reserve minimums this coming year,

will they have to cut the $34 million of no more reserves to raid

and then another $27 million from the budget for debt

on top of $4 million more for 80 new detention officers in 2011/12?

George Hartzman, April 25, 2010

.

Did Someone in Guilford County's Government

Lie to the Greensboro News and Record on the Budget Deficit?

Sunday, April 25, 2010

.
"Once we were able to pry loose the information from the county,

we were told the looming deficit

could range between $20 million and $25 million."

Allen Johnson: I want my county government back

Greensboro News & Record

The City of Greensboro has yet to release comparable numbers

after repeated information requests.

Spag on Taxes, Linda Shaw, Roy Carroll, the Downtown Hotel, Budget Ethics and Political Morality

…Americans are tired of politicians advancing policies that seem to benefit only the very rich and the very poor, leaving the middle class to pay the majority of taxes while receiving little of the benefits. We're tired of politicians who use their office as a business networking opportunity or who care only about getting re-elected.

Locally we see this in the form of tax policies that subsidize the development projects of millionaires and politicians with YOUR tax dollars.

In 2006, our current County Commissioner Linda Shaw voted to give developer Roy Carroll nearly $1,000,000 in tax subsidies to build an expensive high rise condominium project in downtown Greensboro. Mr. Carroll kept the top two floors of the building as a penthouse residence for himself, valued at nearly $2,000,000.

Did he REALLY need your tax dollars for his project?

…YOU paid for Roy Carroll's luxury penthouse. It's too bad you don't ever get to spend the night there and enjoy the view unless you're friends with Mr. Carroll.

In 2008, Shaw voted for a bond package that was over $400,000,000. We couldn't afford it at the time, and we can't afford it now. As a result of that bond package, the average property tax in Guilford County will increase by a total of $958 per household over five years.

Earlier this year, Shaw voted for a bond package to support a new luxury hotel in downtown Greensboro. Nevermind that studies show that their is no real market for the hotel and that it would have trouble making a profit. If it fails, you will pay for it one way or another.

When fellow Commissioner Skip Alston threatened other elected officials with having them recalled from office if they voted to rescind the hotel bond package, Linda Shaw later accepted his apology saying she would "just like for everyone to get along".

What had Alston so concerned that he resorted to threats? He was brokering the deal and stood to make a lot of money if the hotel project was approved. Just another example of a politician using his office and influence to make money for himself and his friends, and our current Commissioner Linda Shaw was more concerned about everyone "just getting along".

We need to have a REAL conservative in office who won't work for the special interests and who will oppose the continued, irresponsible growth of government. We need a person who does not believe that politicians should use their office to enrich themselves or their friends. We need a person who believes in the free market and not corporate welfare or cronyism. We need a person who will be responsible with your money.

Sam Spagnola
Candidate for County Commissioner
3rd District, Guilford County, North Carolina