Tuesday, March 19, 2013

George Hartzman's Remarks At The Post RUCO Hearing Yesterday

 Update: The News & Record proves George correct.

"Heritage House: 60 passed, 117 didn't

Some have the blood of poor renters on their hands.

The Minimum Housing Standards Committee is stacked with landlord representatives.

TREBIC, which is Marlene Sanford, Robbie Perkins, Roy Carroll and others, acted to limit RUCO in 2008.

This is what Marlene Sanford and Robbie Perkins' TREBIC brought Greensboro, and tomorrow night, City Council will vote to give Marlene Sanford money to lobby on Greensboro's behalf.

Robbie Perkins, when talking about how the state legislation eliminated RUCO, was disingenuous and misleading as he funded TREBIC and stacked the RUCO board to get rid of it at the state level, and Marlene illegally lobbied for it with taxpayers money.

If Robbie Perkins supported RUCO, why would he vote to eliminate sampling inspections of multifamily properties?

Mayor Robbie Perkins lied to renters of the City of Greensboro, illegally funded the outfit that got the ordinance eliminated by deducting his donations to TREBIC for lobbying, voted to limit rental inspections, and the News & Record, The Rhino Times and Yes Weekly won't report it.

TREBIC and Robbie Perkins are responsible for harming poor renters.

Robbie Perkins misled Greensboro's African American community along with other elected officials who didn't lift a finger.

TREBIC actively directs campaign donation bundles.

This is what Robbie Perkins brought Greensboro.

Robbie Perkin's campaign money came from those who wanted RUCO eliminated.

If taxpayers fund the Greensboro Partnership which funds TREBIC, some of Greensboro's taxpayer money was spent to eliminate RUCO.

The Greensboro Partnership receives public money.

City Manager Denise Turner Roth was the Greensboro Partnership's lobbyist.

The City of Greensboro funds the Greensboro Partnership with taxpayer money.

If the Greensboro Partnership is a dues paying TREBIC member, and the Partnership receives taxpayer money, the City of Greensboro funded the harming of poor renters state wide.

News & Record publisher Robin Saul is a board member of the Greensboro Partnership, which is a TREBIC member.

The Greensboro Partnership helps fund TREBIC, therefore, public money was used to harm poor renters from money enabled in part through the City's Manager, who was the Greensboro Partnership's ex-lobbyist, and the News & Record, The Rhino Times and Yes Weekly won't report it.

This is what Marlene Sanford illegally lobbied for with money, that was illegally deducted by TREBIC contributors.

Lobbying is not tax deductible, therefore it appears TREBIC members defrauded the government on their tax returns.

If TREBIC illegally lobbied, TREBIC dues paying members among others illegally deducted portions of their payments supporting TREBIC.

TREBIC is responsible for this.

This involves board members of DGI and the Greensboro Partnership.

Dawn Cheney is a TREBIC member and landlord on the committee to fix DGI.

She is on DGI’s board.

Dawn Chaney was on the RUCO taskforce.

Now she is on the post RUCO study committee.

Dawn Chaney also chairs Greensboro's Redevelopment Commission and is on the executive committee for The Greensboro Landlord association.

Those who have harmed poor renters have been left unaccountable for their actions.

Those who harmed poor renters include those city council members who did nothing to prevent it.

The News & Record, The Rhino Times and Yes Weekly share part of the blame for letting Robbie and friends get away with it without holding anyone publicly responsible.

TREBIC, Robbie Perkins and friends have harmed poor renters state wide and our news industry won't report it."