Friday, December 7, 2012

How Much Will Mayor Perkins "Earn" From GPAC?

From the Mayor's website: a list of Downtown Greensboro properties the Mayor's commercial real estate brokerage is listing and their current prices. How much will those prices and the Mayor's commissions/profits go up once GPAC is completed?

*Formerly Catering By Ellyn's Space, 509 S Edgeworth St. $950,000
*Bank Space Available in CBD Downtown Greensboro, 112 N. Elm Street, $3,500 (Monthly)
*Piedmont Building - Downtown Greensboro, 114 N Elm St. $475 - 2,200 (Monthly)
*Restaurant Space Available in Downtown Greensboro, 114 N. Elm Street, $1,800 (Monthly)
*403 N. Elm Street, $1,200,000
*316 S Eugene St. $1,500 (Monthly)
*517 Simpson Street, $500,000

And lest we forget the Mayor's own downtown condo at Center Point where he lives in full view of the chosen location of the Greensboro Performing Arts Center? Did the Mayor not publicly state and therefore influence the placement of GPAC when he went on record at the very beginning of the process and stated that Greensboro would build a downtown performing arts center and that Matt Brown will run it? The Mayor never recused himself once. It might be that the News & Record online archives have disappeared but I will gladly loan my Greensboro Public Library card to the State Attorney General should he need one.

Please, everyone who reads this, call your city council representatives and demand they convene an emergency meeting of the Greensboro City Council to demand Mayor Perkin's resignation:

*At Large Council Member - Yvonne Johnson (City phone: 336-373-2396; Home phone: 336-375-5173; cell - 336-255-3060)
*At Large Council Member - Nancy Vaughan (City phone: 336-373-2396; Voice mail: 336-373-2441)
*At Large Council Member - Marikay Abuzuaiter (City phone: 336-373-2396; Cell: 336-314-9620)
*District 1 Council Member - T. Dianne Bellamy-Small (City phone: 336-373-2396; Voice Mail: 336-373-2286)
*District 2 Council Member - Jim Kee (City phone: 336-373-2396; Voice mail: 336-373-2391)
*District 3 Council Member - Zack Matheny (City phone: 336-373-2396; Voice mail: 336-373-4638)
*District 4 Council Member - Nancy Hoffman Cell: 336-255-1306

Robbie Perkins has proved himself a liar and unable to lead our city. He has created the most dysfunctional Council Greensboro has ever known. The time for him to go is now. This Council's responsibility should be to avoid the expense of a recall when it is blatantly apparent that Perkins has manipulated the GPAC process from the very beginning for his own personal gain.

And God help you all should the archives disappear from the Greensboro Public Library as well.