tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70078833590315636102024-02-24T01:43:38.125-05:00EzGreensboro NewsWorking from the fringes of Greensboro politics and development to build a brighter future for Greensboro into the 21st Century and beyond.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5456125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-74789721522385123962023-09-03T22:03:00.002-04:002023-09-05T10:00:44.837-04:00The Big Short; Hartzman Edition; Some of my 2007-2009 Great Financial Crisis HistoryIn 1999, after working at J. C. Bradford on the corner of Elm and Cornwallis in Greensboro, North Carolina, George Hartzman, the son a Phd. Nuclear Engineer who taught him what a normal Price to Earnings ratio was supposed to be for a publicly traded stock, found the US financial markets way out of whack.The top of the stock market topped in 2000 after the world survived the Y2K scare, which Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-49868559754132365802023-02-06T22:58:00.003-05:002023-02-06T22:58:27.635-05:00Pay 25% Less for Tax Preparation than last year! (for similar services) Limited New Client Openings Now Available• FREE Consultation & Estimates• Virtual, Remote & Drop off Services• Evening & Weekend Appointments• Heated Outdoor Meeting Area• Secure Encrypted Communication• Authorized PTIN and IRS E-File Provider• Business Owner Since 2007• Financial Industry Experience Since 1993• Investment and Healthcare Consulting• hartzman.blogspot.comWorking Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-61010076689711110492021-05-18T10:18:00.007-04:002021-05-18T10:18:49.413-04:00Saturday, February 21, 2015; News and Record's Allen Johnson; "Matheny and DGI" stated;"In what comes as only a mild surprise (at best), City Councilman Zack Matheny wants to head Downtown Greensboro Inc....One thing should be certain, though: If he gets the DGI job, no way in the world should Matheny be on the council as well.It would be an obvious and blatant conflict of interest.The City Council funds DGI and has had an increasing voice in its mission and its operations. In factUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-36310368699781912702021-04-29T11:02:00.002-04:002021-04-29T11:02:08.730-04:00City of Greensboro Information Request; Legal opinion Please provide the legal department's opinion of Zack Matheny's need to resign before taking the DGI CEO job.Thanks, gUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-12214099230033027532021-04-26T12:40:00.001-04:002021-04-26T12:40:18.982-04:00City of Greensboro Information Request "Conflict of Interest" Please provide in electronic form, all communications and documentation to or from the City of Greensboro's legal department containing opinions concerning questions of conflict of interest for the past two years.Thanks, gUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-32825574276645113872021-03-23T09:50:00.009-04:002021-03-23T09:50:56.363-04:00Mayor Nancy Vaughan, Sharon Hightower, Marikay Abuzuaiter, Nancy Hoffmann and Goldie Wells voted against a measure requiring police to get written consent before they search a person, car or property. In Greensboro, these searches overwhelmingly target our black population."Under a written consent procedure, police must inform you that you have the right to refuse consent and that if you are waiving that right, you must do so in writing. ...Consent searches, like many things in the criminal justice system, are subject to implicit racial bias because discretion is involved when it comes to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-34800057146025906872021-03-04T16:54:00.000-05:002021-03-04T16:54:37.563-05:00Remember when Greensboro mayor Nancy Vaughan went after Duke Energy over tree trimming around power lines?
"Greensboro leaders, residents take on Duke over trees
...It was a David-and-Goliath battle between residents in several communities scattered across Greensboro who were outraged at what they said were extreme tree trimming practices by Duke Energy to protect power lines.
...At-large Councilwoman Nancy Vaughan, who several residents said had championed their cause, said a meeting between Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-5209196405311216092020-11-26T12:47:00.001-05:002020-11-26T12:47:35.492-05:00Thanksgiving
"May 23, 1541: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
and the Teya Indians have a feast in Palo Duro Canyon in Texas
to celebrate his expedition's discovery of food supplies.
Many people consider this
to be the first true North American Thanksgiving.
Sept. 8, 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
lands in St. Augustine and he and his men share a feast with the natives.
1578: The first North American Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-49844756258860683562020-11-26T12:47:00.000-05:002020-11-26T12:47:13.969-05:00Thanksgiving Pilgrims, Indians, Christopher Columbus and Genocide
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Uncovering theUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-4343858527983221662020-11-26T12:46:00.001-05:002020-11-26T12:46:58.940-05:00The Great Thanksgiving Hoax, by Richard J. Maybury
"...school children all over America are taught the official Thanksgiving story,
and newspapers, radio, TV, and magazines devote vast amounts of time and space to it.
...This official story is nothing like what really happened.
...The official story has the pilgrims boarding the Mayflower,
coming to America and establishing the Plymouth colony
in the winter of 1620-21.
This first winter is Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-3894571041235805612020-11-26T12:46:00.000-05:002020-11-26T12:46:46.625-05:00Thanksgiving History Timeline
"May 23, 1541: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
and the Teya Indians have a feast in Palo Duro Canyon in Texas
to celebrate his expedition's discovery of food supplies.
Many people consider this
to be the first true North American Thanksgiving.
Sept. 8, 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
lands in St. Augustine and he and his men share a feast with the natives.
1578: The first North American Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-84134046854150752752020-11-25T15:49:00.003-05:002020-11-25T15:49:55.138-05:00Guilford County Covid Charts as of 11/24/2020; Highest Seven Day Average New Cases, Hospitalizations and Positive Tests by Age and Death Highest Seven Day Average New Cases;https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article241168731.htmlNew Cases per day;Hospitalizations;https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/human-services/health-department/coronavirus-covid-19-info/covid-19-dataMost Positive Tests are Low Risk Individuals;https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/human-services/health-department/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-82894037565956644542020-11-23T17:18:00.000-05:002020-11-23T17:18:58.802-05:00On the closing of the American Hebrew Academy; Glenn Drew, Leader of Failed AHA International School in Greensboro, and Massively Indebted by its Board in 2017, leaving at the end of NovemberNov 18, 2020; Glenn Drew, Leader of Failed and Massively Indebted AHA International School in Greensboro, leaving at the end of NovemberAHA International School leader Glenn Drew is stepping down from the school at the end of this month, he announced on Wednesday. AHA International School is a new incarnation for the former American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro which closed in 2019.It has Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-14182451609937736362020-11-05T12:59:00.001-05:002020-11-05T12:59:03.490-05:00Voting for the lesser of two evils compromises moral values, condones our Oligarch's shoddy treatment of millions of consumers and sabotages needed structural change If the US political system produced two very not good candidates for President, either of who will advance objectionable agendas or a corrupt status quo while in office, why is it considered a moral duty to pick one? Every four years in most memories, we have been presented with false choices, essentially a continuation of a bought and paid for status quo led by one of two Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-85642807314516818472020-10-16T14:12:00.001-04:002020-10-16T14:12:38.188-04:00Guilford County and North Carolina Total Covid-19 Cases and Deaths YTD; What may likely happen nextGuilford County Covid-19Total Cases;https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article241168731.htmlTotal Deaths;https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article241168731.htmlData back to September 26, 2020;https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article241168731.htmlGuilford County Deaths by Age;https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/human-services/health-department/coronavirus-covid-19-info/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-90705628124027620902020-10-12T14:59:00.006-04:002020-10-12T15:09:48.611-04:00Leon Black, worth $9 Billion+ from $7.8 Billion last year, who took Greensboro, Guilford County and High Point for more than $1,000,000 in taxpayer funded handouts via Fresh Market, moved at least $50 million to Jeffrey EpsteinNEW: Leon Black, one of Wall Street's most powerful men, has said his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was very limited.In reality: They were close personally and Black transferred Epstein at least $50M in recent years. with @MattGoldstein26 @SteveEder https://t.co/IwpP3QDoHX— David Enrich (@davidenrich) October 12, 2020
Nothing to see here, just Billionaire Leon Black wiring Jeffery Epstein Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-18459082947180706372020-09-08T12:03:00.000-04:002020-09-08T12:03:13.059-04:00Monty likes covering for Greensboro's crony capitalists; "Monty Hagler, a spokesman for DeJoy, told the Post that the postmaster general was not aware of any pressure on employees to make contributions." DeJoy's former employees were reimbursed by company for GOP political donationshttps://thehill.com/homenews/administration/515320-dejoys-former-employees-were-reimbursed-by-company-for-gop-political..Janet Pate was Koury's 401k Administrator; "A neo-Confederate who filmed herself saying the N-word is no longer employed by Koury Corp""A neo-Confederate activist who is depicted making racial Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-59578849844819608392020-08-11T16:52:00.007-04:002020-08-11T16:52:58.577-04:00Follow up; A very bad auto service experience with Greensboro's Capital SubaruIf Capital Subaru doubled their labor costs on our vehicle, how many others have they ripped off over the last few years? We had our 2013 Subaru Legacy towed to Capital Subaru of Greensboro with a transmission related code.The Service Advisor told me the diagnosis would not be charged if we did the work, which ended up not being true.A common practice at auto service establishments is Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-58306878423703385652020-07-28T11:52:00.000-04:002020-07-28T11:52:34.491-04:00A very bad auto service experience with Greensboro's Capital Subaru
We had our 2013 Subaru Legacy towed to Capital Subaru of Greensboro with a transmission related P2763 code, which lit up multiple dashboard warning lights. I wouldn't have picked a dealership as a first go to, but Subaru had extended the warranty on the transmission from 60k to 100k, and from 5 to 10 years as consumers had multiple issues. Sounds like it should have been a recall, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-73077540799846821832020-07-16T13:17:00.000-04:002020-07-16T13:21:01.816-04:00City of Greensboro June Expenditures $48,837,155.33, Revenues $35,583,905.76 = Net Cost of Operations -$13,253,249.57, not counting Water Resources
City of Greensboro June, 2020 Revenue was down -$6,553,788.24 year over year;
Source; City of Greensboro
Revenue fall; $42,137,694 - $35,583,905.76 = -$6,553,788.24
Expenditures above Revenues $48,837,155.33 - $35,583,905.76 = -$13,253,249.57
This year's June Revenue shortfall is $11,442,355.57 bigger than last year's
$13,253,249.57 - $1,810,894 = $Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-51115585039666731942020-07-07T11:41:00.003-04:002020-07-08T09:44:47.758-04:00Roy Carroll's PPP take; At least $2-5 million, 10 days after approval
Roy did't mention taxpayers were flipping the bill for Roy keeping his folks employed;
https://twitter.com/roycarrollgso
https://www.thecarrollcompanies.com/#page2
$2-5 million
RE CARROLL MANAGEMENT COMPANY PO Box 9846
GREENSBORO NC 27429
531311 Subchapter S Corporation
238 Jobs
4/8/2020
Blue Ridge Bank, National Association NC - 12
https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-12941272844415093152020-07-04T13:44:00.000-04:002020-07-04T13:44:00.434-04:00July 4, 1776; Thomas Jefferson's Bible
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 O.S.) – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776)
and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).
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"Jefferson referred to "Nature's God" in the Declaration of Independence, he preferred to keep his personal beliefs to himself, aUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-75601858337605169112020-04-06T12:18:00.002-04:002020-04-06T12:18:19.695-04:00COVID-19; Homeowners with federally backed loans can skip mortgage payments for up to a year, regardless of what their banks say"
"The federal CARES Act for the COVID-19 pandemic gives borrowers of federally backed loans the right to contact their mortgage loan servicer and demand what’s called forbearance, skipping their mortgage payments, simply by attesting that the coronavirus crisis has resulted in financial hardship.
No documentation of the hardship is required.
About 70 percent of home loans in the United States —Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-753674110462315842020-03-28T22:54:00.000-04:002020-03-29T01:19:41.286-04:00North Carolina Lockdown; Greensboro's started at 5pm last night (3/27/2020) and links etc...
After dark, not a car was seen on the road while walking the dog around the block.
Took a bike ride around again @ 10:30pm, everyone was home, cars parked.
Didn't see a car, didn't hear a traffic.
Calm as a Hindu cow, only different.
The bars are closed.
Movie theaters.
It will probably be (should be?) mandatory take out restaurant employees wear masks and gloves at some point.
A lot of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-12337775128644630262020-03-25T12:39:00.000-04:002020-03-25T12:39:21.230-04:00City of Greensboro's 2019/2020 Budget and Covid-19 Effects; Where is the money going to come from?
https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/home/showdocument?id=43275
From the City of Greensboro's ADOPTED BUDGET 2019-2020;
"The FY 19-20 net adopted budget (all funds) of $566,586,409 is $26.6 million, or 4.9%, higher than the revised FY 18-19 budget.
The City plans to spend $143,818,005 more in 2019/2020 than 2009/2010
The Infrastructure service area is the largest service area at $296.9 million. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com