It's been 8 days since Greensboro's Triad City Beat reported "A neo-Confederate who filmed herself saying the N-word is no longer employed by Koury Corp"

An internet search of "Janet Pate" and "Koury"

shows not one local 'mainstream' news outlet reporting on the story 

since the news became public on March 1, 2019

From Triad City Beat's Jordan Green;

"A neo-Confederate activist who is depicted making racial slurs in a video circulated by antiracists is no longer employed by Koury Corp., a prominent Greensboro real-estate development company.

Janet's Linkin profile is "unavailable";

https://www.linkedin.com/in/unavailable/

https://www.google.com/search?q=janet+pate+koury&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS712US712&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwg_vMpPXgAhVlTt8KHbckA6YQ_AUICSgA&biw=911&bih=417&dpr=1.5

Janet Spainhour Pate maintained the Facebook page for Confederate Memorial Tour, a kind of scrapbook chronicling visits by Pate and a friend to various Confederate memorials across North Carolina and Virginia.

According to BrightScope, Janet Pate was the named administrator 

of Koury's $16 million 401k plan as of 2017

...After hearing about the decision by then-UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt to remove the remnants of Silent Sam on Jan. 14, Pate showed up at the scene and live-streamed the event with a running monologue to express her disgust.

...“There you go, y’all,” Pate told her viewers. “All these years that sat there and then some n***er comes up and spreads paint all over it, and the liberals go mad.”

Remaining unknown is how long Pate worked at Koury, 

and for how long her employers where aware of her racist views,

as not one mass media news outlet chose to cover the story

...Pate told her viewers she would turn around the camera “so you can see all these little whores at UNC, queers, celebrating, taking pictures. I guess they don’t have to go to class. Like I say, it’s easy to go to class here. They can stay up all night, get drunk, screw around, have abortions.”

Later, she continued, “Just to let you know, the desecration of a memorial to the dead only proves this school’s going to turn into a ghetto, that’s all it is. It’s the ghetto. All these kids study, it’s partying, tearing up shit, raising hell. That’s what it is at UNC, y’all, making their own rules, mob rule.”

...“I’m gonna tell you, people, it’s next to a war [sic],” Pate said. “But here you go. All right everybody, that’s about all I want to hear of that bullshit. But this is what we’re up against. Gonna sit back and take it? But they think they’re being funny. You hear that? And them n***ers are able to come to school here because of Donald Trump. Yay.”

It took seven days for Greensboro's News and Record 

to print the names of our Koury supported legislators who voted for HB2,

and it has now been 8 days since our local for profit paper

hasn't done a story on the Koury/racism related issue

The campaign to shame Pate didn’t truly take off until Thursday, with the release of a third video and the unidentified antiracist activists’ disclosure that Pate worked for Greensboro-based Koury Corp. The footage was picked up by the Atlanta Black Star newspaper, which circulated it on Facebook and Twitter, resulting in upwards of 32,000 views. By the end of the day, the Confederate Memorial Tour page and Pate’s LinkedIn page identifying herself as the payroll manager at Koury Corp. had been taken down. On Friday, the company declined to confirm Pate’s position.

They brought in damage control management, 

which means she wasn't a maid at the convention center, 

but most likely close to Koury's top brass;

...Monty Hagler, a public relations specialist handling the controversy for Koury Corp. said in an email to TCB: “I can share with you that the phrase ‘taken appropriate action’ includes the fact that the employee [is] no longer employed at Koury Corporation.”
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From Brightscope's 2017 Koury Corp 401k information;

https://www.brightscope.com/form-5500/basic-info/279002/Koury-Corporation/283275/Koury-Corporation-401k-Profit-Sharing-Retirement-Plan/2017/

https://www.brightscope.com/form-5500/basic-info/279002/Koury-Corporation/283275/Koury-Corporation-401k-Profit-Sharing-Retirement-Plan/2017/

https://www.brightscope.com/form-5500/basic-info/279002/Koury-Corporation/283275/Koury-Corporation-401k-Profit-Sharing-Retirement-Plan/2017/

Brightscope's main page now shows the Administrator as Gordon Craig,

https://www.brightscope.com/401k-rating/279002/Koury-Corporation/283275/Koury-Corporation-401K-Profit-Sharing-Retirement-Plan/

Gordan Craig was listed as the plan's Administrator in 2016;

https://www.brightscope.com/form-5500/basic-info/279002/Koury-Corporation/283275/Koury-Corporation-401k-Profit-Sharing-Retirement-Plan/2016/
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Citing Triad City Beat, The Raw Story ran a piece entitled "BUSTED: North Carolina real estate firm fires staffer over ugly N-word-filled Facebook rant" which stated;

"Neo-Confederate activist Janet Spainhour Pate was fired from her job after a video circulated online of her making racist comments.

Janet Spainhour Pate had to have been relatively well known to Koury Corporation executives,
as she was put in charge of their money invested in the company's retirement plan

...The video went viral online and Pate’s workplace was identified. The video reached more than 32,000 viewers. Once her job caught wind of the video and the use of her racist language she was fired."

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/busted-north-carolina-confederate-activist-fired-after-spewing-racist-slurs-in-viral-video/


A longer version;



On 4/6/2018, Stephen D Showfety, President of Koury Corporation, donated $500 to North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger.

On the same day, Koury Corporation's VP & CFO Gordon Craig, who appears to be Janet Pate's direct supervisor gave the same amount, along with VP Ronald Mack and EVP Mo Milani.

https://cf.ncsbe.gov/CFOrgLkup/DocumentGeneralResult/?SID=STA-C0854N-C-001&OGID=1159

North Carolina Campaign Finance Records for 2018's Second Quarter for FRIENDS OF TRUDY WADE include;

MO MILANI MANAGER KOURY CORP $400
STEPHEN D SHOWFETY DEVELOPER KOURY CORPORATION $400
RONALD W MACK ATTY LEGAL [KOURY] $400
B ZACHERY MATHENY CEO DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO, INC $100
GORDON H CRAIG REALTOR [KOURY] $400
RICHARD L VANORE REAL ESTATE [KOURY] $400
ROY E CARROLL II PRESIDENT THE CARROLL COMPANIES $5200

https://cf.ncsbe.gov/CFOrgLkup/ReportSection/?RID=156834&SID=STA-V4HE73-C-002&CN=FRIENDS%20OF%20TRUDY%20WADE&RN=2018%20Second%20Quarter
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On Friday, April 1, 2016, I wrote "Is Koury Corp's Stephen Showfety (Koury Convention Center and Grandover CEO) going to ask Phil Berger for his money back?", as Berger and Trudy Wade among others advocated and voted for HB2, before which Koury Executives donated money to elected officials who were advocating for discrimination.

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/04/is-koury-corps-stephen-showfety-koury.html

From Yes Weekly in 2014; "Pay to get paid and the City of Greensboro; Koury Corporation"

https://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/05/pay-to-get-paid-and-city-of-greensboro.html?fbclid=IwAR19fgGW9tOu_iKI9nnPmE2w-YOmXkY0zEMl3MC3qNcfKnrbi479mAHtOio
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016; "Bigots; North Carolina State Senators Trudy Wade and Phil Berger; Bigots; NC Representatives John Blust, Jon Hardister and John Faircloth"

Disgusted with Gov. Pat McCrory and our elected officials who supported House Bill 2...

Locally, that includes state Sens.Trudy Wade and Phil Berger 

and Reps.John Blust, Jon Hardister and John Faircloth.

Susan Ladd at the N&R

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/03/bigots-north-carolina-state-senators.html

Wednesday, March 30, 2016; A few Trudy Wade Campaign Contributors who haven't asked for their money back as far as I know

MO MILANI
MANAGER
KOURY CORP

Koury executives have knowingly, financially supported legislators 

who actively support bigotry and discriminatory legislation

STEPHEN D SHOWFETY
PRESIDENT
KOURY CORP

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-few-trudy-wade-campaign-contributors.html

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Notable Trudy Wade 2009 Contributors:

Stephanie K. Craft Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Kelly K. Harrill Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Lisa K. Johnson Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Edmund W. Koury Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Ronald W. Mack Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Mo Milani Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Stephen D. Showfety Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Ashley K. Vanore Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management

Notable Zach Matheny 2009 Contributors:

Andrew P. Vanore Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Ashley Vanore Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Eugene Tillman Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Kelly Harrill Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Lisa Johnson Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Ronald Mack Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Stephanie Craft Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management

Notable Nancy Vaughan 2009 Contributors:

Stephanie Koury Craft Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Kelly Koury Harrill Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Lisa Koury Johnson Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Edmund W. Koury Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Ronald W. Mack Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Stephen D. Showfety Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Ashley Koury Vanore Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management

How much is this going to cost North Carolina?; "NBA pulls All-Star Game from NC citing HB2"

“Our week-long schedule of All-Star events and activities is intended to be a global celebration of basketball, our league, and the values for which we stand, and to bring together all members of the NBA community – current and former players, league and team officials, business partners, and fans.  While we recognize that the NBA cannot choose the law in every city, state, and country in which we do business, we do not believe we can successfully host our All-Star festivities in Charlotte in the climate created by HB2."

This is going to cost us another round of economic pain

“The sports and entertainment elite, Attorney General Roy Cooper and the liberal media have for months misrepresented our laws and maligned the people of North Carolina simply because most people believe boys and girls should be able to use school bathrooms, locker rooms and showers without the opposite sex present." McCrory said.

How many jobs have these folks robbed our state of?

..."Today’s news is further evidence that HB2 is an economic disaster for North Carolina,” said Gerrick Brenner, executive director of Progress NC Action. “Over $100 million in economic activity is leaving our state because of Gov. McCrory’s discriminatory law, on top of the hundreds of jobs and millions in tourism dollars that our state has already lost over HB2."

http://wncn.com/2016/07/21/nba-on-brink-of-pulling-all-star-game-from-nc-citing-hb2-reports-say/
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CNBC: NC ranks No. 5 as state for business but HB2 hurts https://t.co/RrSmU5rmlT #wral

— WRAL NEWS in NC (@WRAL) July 12, 2016

NBA cancelling all-star game,costing Charlotte area $100 million.Wonder if McCrory will keep saying HB2 not hurting NC economy? #ncga #ncpol

— Fitzsimon (@Fitzsimon) July 21, 2016

Right now, some press aide in the Gov's office is writing one hell of a whopper. #HB2

— Kirk Ross (@ludkmr) July 21, 2016

The @NBA moved the #AllStarGame because of #HB2 -- so it makes business sense not to be in NC. That's scary for our economy @PatMcCroryNC

— Brad Caldwell (@brad_caldwell) July 21, 2016

House Bill 2 is an absolute Gem. Cop that you filthy fags, about time society didn't give in to you queers. #HB2 #NoRoomForQueersOrMexicans

— James Ward (@Wardy5723) July 21, 2016

Disappointed in NC right now with all this HB2 bs and what it's doing to this state.Does the government not realize how this impacts us?

— Gracie Pryor (@GracePryor) July 21, 2016

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: PAT MCCRORY COMM

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-AIYGP3-C-001&OGID=11869

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: PHILIP E BERGER

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C0854N-C-001&OGID=1159

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: FRIENDS OF TIM MOORE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1652N-C-001&OGID=1947

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: FRIENDS OF TRUDY WADE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-V4HE73-C-002&OGID=22377

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: COMM TO ELECT JOHN FAIRCLOTH

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1332N-C-002&OGID=16978

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JOHN BLUST CAMPAIGN

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1805N-C-001&OGID=2095

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JON HARDISTER FOR NC HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-2JNO5T-C-001&OGID=17017

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: BOB STEINBURG FOR NC HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-SPPM3Y-C-002&OGID=22442

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: STAM FOR HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1973N-C-001&OGID=2246

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=309

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JULIA C HOWARD FOR HOUSE 

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C2019N-C-001&OGID=2294

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/membersByDistrict.pl?sChamber=H&nDistrict=79

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: BISHOP FOR SENATE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-I1750P-C-001&OGID=26591

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=698

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: COMM TO ELECT CHAD BAREFOOT

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-W37ZPR-C-001&OGID=22085

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=S&nUserID=369

Post HB2 North Carolina state level campaign finance reports are flowing in

...the full economic impact of House Bill 2 on North Carolina's economy is largely unrealized

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Facilities_Privacy_%26_Security_Act

These folks, along with some down in Charlotte 

cost North Carolinians thousands of jobs

along with those who funded them after March 23, 2016;

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: PAT MCCRORY COMM

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-AIYGP3-C-001&OGID=11869

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: PHILIP E BERGER

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C0854N-C-001&OGID=1159

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: FRIENDS OF TIM MOORE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1652N-C-001&OGID=1947

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: FRIENDS OF TRUDY WADE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-V4HE73-C-002&OGID=22377

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: COMM TO ELECT JOHN FAIRCLOTH

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1332N-C-002&OGID=16978

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JOHN BLUST CAMPAIGN

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1805N-C-001&OGID=2095

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JON HARDISTER FOR NC HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-2JNO5T-C-001&OGID=17017

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: BOB STEINBURG FOR NC HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-SPPM3Y-C-002&OGID=22442

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: STAM FOR HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1973N-C-001&OGID=2246

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=309

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JULIA C HOWARD FOR HOUSE 

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C2019N-C-001&OGID=2294

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/membersByDistrict.pl?sChamber=H&nDistrict=79

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: BISHOP FOR SENATE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-I1750P-C-001&OGID=26591

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=698

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: COMM TO ELECT CHAD BAREFOOT

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-W37ZPR-C-001&OGID=22085

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=S&nUserID=369

Pat McCrory, Phil Berger and Tim Moore use North Carolina taxpayer monies to fund speculative land aquistion

"The North Carolina Railroad Co. said this week that it will buy an additional 100 acres within the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite, becoming by far the dominant land owner.

...Of its 13-member board, the governor appoints seven while the speaker of the House and president pro tem of the Senate appoint three each...

Somebody is going to make a killing on this deal, 

the question is whom

...the purchase is in cooperation with the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite Foundation, an arm of the Greensboro-based Joseph M. Bryan Foundation.

...Although the railroad is technically a private company, the state owns all of its stock and state government has a powerful influence in its structure."

http://www.greensboro.com/gnr/n-c-railroad-co-to-buy-more-acres-in-megasite/article_f6740582-102c-507f-8c12-d1fa637a0030.html

"Inside HB2 author's legislative emails on LGBT issues"; Rep. Dan Bishop and some of his contributors

"The architect of the state’s controversial law to stop cities from extending non-discrimination protection to gay and transgender people insists no amount of protests and pressure could convince him to back down or soften his stance. And, when that architect — Rep. Dan Bishop — isn’t debating the merits of the law known as House Bill 2 with constituents and critics, he is championing and celebrating those who support the measure.

HB2 had four primary sponsors, 

the most vocal of those, Rep. Dan Bishop of Mecklenburg County, 

did not return calls inquiring about who pushed for that provision.

“I don’t fear man. I fear God. So I won’t be backing down,” Bishop (R-Mecklenburg) stated in a message he sent to a Charlotte man who implored the lawmaker not to allow persistent opposition to the law to lead to concessions.

LAWRENCE MOORE

ATTORNEY

ROBINSON BRADSHAW & HINSON PA

2105 E 8TH ST

CHARLOTTE, NC 28204

...The best hope is that (N.C. Senate President Pro Tempore) Phil Berger has nerves of steel, and because of that, I am pretty confident that the Senate will not be changing that law. At least not in this session.”

HOWARD C BISSELL

CHAIRMAN

BISSELL COMPANIES

11715 NORTH COMMUNITY HOUSE RD

CHARLOTTE, NC 28211

$2,000.00

Bishop wrote those words on April 5, hours after tech firm PayPal announced it was abandoning plans to bring 400 jobs to Charlotte...

RICHARD VINROOT

ATTORNEY

ROBINSON BRADSHAW & HINSON PA

325 CHEROKEE PL

CHARLOTTE, NC 28207-2301

...At times defiant and combative and, at others, aggrieved and heartened, Bishop states his case forcefully in the exchanges provided by his office in response to a public records request by the Charlotte Business Journal.

STEVE CORNWELL

INVESTOR

CORNWELL INDUSTRIES

2101 QUEENS RD EAST

CHARLOTTE, NC 28207

$2,000.00

Bishop is a former county commissioner and local attorney who won his first term in the N.C. House in 2014. This year, he is running for the seat that will be vacated by state Sen. Bob Rucho (R-Mecklenburg), who is retiring.

STEFAN GLEASON

MARKETING

ASCENSION MARKETING GROUP

PO BOX 49246

CHARLOTTE, NC 28277

$5,100.00

...An aide to Bishop initially declined the request for emails and records related to HB2 asserting that " it is the view of the General Assembly central staff that public records law does not apply to contact between legislators and constituents.” He cited no specific exemptions from N.C. public records statutes...

MICHAEL KAHN

SPORTS TEAM OWNER

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS

8046 EAGLE GLEN WAY

CHARLOTTE, NC 28210

$5,100.00

...Buchan and the CBJ are still pursuing any additional communications that were not included in Bishop’s response this week. They have again asked Bishop to cite any legal authority supporting his position that these are not public records under N.C. law. The paper has also sought records from the city of Charlotte, Sen. Rucho, Sen. Berger (R-Rockingham) and Rep. Chris Srgo (D-Guilford).

MARYANN LARGEN

COO

MED EMPORIUM, LLC

5725 OLD WELL HOUSE RD

CHARLOTTE, NC 28226

$5,100.00

"The North Carolina Public Records Act says documents made or received in connection with the transaction of public business are ‘the property of the people,’” Buchan said. “I’m aware of no statutory exemption or legislative privilege for the records sought by the Charlotte Business Journal. I’ve asked Rep. Bishop to cite the specific legal basis for claiming these records are not required to be made available to the public, but so far he has not provided that.”

ROBERT GALLAGHER

PUBLISHER

GOOD WILL PUBLISHERS, INC.

4130 MOORLAND DR

CHARLOTTE, NC 28226

$1,000.00

...in his view, it doesn’t hurt LGBT people or anyone else — the messages provided include scant communication with fellow lawmakers or any other politicians.

...Roberts, the Charlotte mayor, whom Bishop urged not to support the ordinance passed in February, doesn’t appear as a sender or recipient of any of the emails.

...In many instances, emails from those backing the state law praise Bishop and his Republican allies in the General Assembly for adhering to Christian values and protecting women and children by preventing public restroom use in government buildings and schools based on gender identity.

...UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law professor Judith Welch Wegner sent Bishop a blistering message in April in which she blamed “the state of hate that you and fellow partisans have created” for her decision to leave the university next year. Wegner, dean of the law school from 1989 to 1999, reminded Bishop that she taught him property law at UNC.

The subject line of her email includes the phrase “disowning you as a former student.”

Bishop did not respond, though he did forward the message with a cryptic remark: “On official email account no less.”

...“Stop being intimidated and extorted by the political correct police because there is no telling where this ends and the damage to our state and country. The large corporations are more concerned about offending the left wing extremists, their reputation and profits then (sic) they are about the rights of millions of woman (sic) and children...

Added Bishop: “Business skittishness is entirely the result of false media reports and activist grip on big corporations.”

...Some of Bishop’s most withering responses and criticism often involve reporters and media stories about HB 2. In April, ProPublica reporter Nina Martin emailed Bishop to tell him that her story on HB 2 had been posted online.

“Thanks for letting me know,” Bishop responded. “I read it. Confirmed my expectations that you would misrepresent the situation. So be it.”

Exchanges with The Charlotte Observer include assertions of inaccuracies in some coverage.

Randy Broome, a Charlotte economic development consultant and self-described minor contributor to past Bishop campaigns, argues back and forth with Bishop in a series of messages spanning March to May.

One of the strongest reactions from Bishop follows Broome’s questions about a WRAL-TV “fact check” condemning arguments made by McCrory and other HB2 supporters.

Broome mentioned WRAL questioned “some of the things you presented as facts in our discussion.”

Bishop’s answer? “Their ‘fact check’ is absurdly false. Too time consuming to write the details. I will get to it and distribute in time via (Facebook), like the (Charlotte) Observer falsehood I exposed last night. First, must refute some lies by the ( Raleigh News & Observer). I’m sure all of the lies are coincidental.”

http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2016/06/09/inside-hb2-authors-legislative-emails-on-lgbt.html?ana=RSS%26s%3Darticle_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_triad+%28Triad+Business+Journal%29
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Saturday, April 16, 2016; "Rep. Dan Bishop Applauds Overwhelming Passage of the “Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act,” [HB2] Urges Governor McCrory to Sign the Measure" and some of his 2016 campaign contributors, who, by not asking for their money back, are supporters of bigotry and employment discrimination in North Carolina

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/04/rep-dan-bishop-applauds-overwhelming.html

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: BISHOP FOR SENATE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-I1750P-C-001&OGID=26591

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=698



http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_detail.aspx?RID=138464&TP=REC

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_detail.aspx?RID=137638&TP=REC

WILLIAM CONN
PRESIDENT
MED EMPORIUM LLC
5401 OLD COURSE DR
CHARLOTTE, NC 28277
$5,000.00

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_detail.aspx?RID=137634&TP=REC

We are being lied to; According to the NC Commerce Department, there were 5,845 layoffs announced through all of 2015, but 7,453 through May, 2016

There were 3,327 mass layoffs in North Carolina through May of last year 

and 7,453 so far this year, and our news industry 

and our politicians won't tell anyone

http://www.nccommerce.com/Portals/11/Documents/Reports/WARN/warn-2015.pdf#search="warn notice"

http://www.nccommerce.com/Portals/11/Documents/Reports/WARN/Warn.pdf

Meanwhile in la la land, these are their talking points;

http://www.nccommerce.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=zJStDFI4T8U%3d&tabid=4337&mid=8740

Do you believe it?

Announced mass layoffs have doubled year over year
and the public is fed platitudes from the establishment

Think the Rhino will tell anyone?

The Triad and Triangle Business Journal won't and hasn't;

Once again Triangle Business Journal Staff Writer Lauren K. Ohnesorge misleads readers and the public on North Carolina layoff statistics


http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/once-again-triangle-business-journal.html

Hartzman blackballed

Triad business interests and North Carolina state government officials have issued verbal warnings to reporters, commentators and news media personalities whose public remarks on the economy are out of step with federal, state and local government’s upbeat statements, according to government officials and economic commentators with knowledge of the matter.

George Hartzman, who has been outspoken about rising corporate and government debt, the real estate market and crony capitalism in Greensboro, North Carolina received a warning in recent weeks, these people said.  It was at least his second. The first came from the Securities Exchange Commission, and the later one, these people said, from North Carolina's Treasurer's office, which instructed him to avoid making “overly bearish” remarks about the economy, particularly investment fees in the state's retirement plans and commercial real estate.

At least one local non-profit foundation was told by City of Greensboro and State officials not to cast doubt on a planned government program to build a megasite in Randolph County involving the state owned North Carolina Railroad, which is refusing public information requests.

Hartzman has told investors that “a lot of official data aren’t reliable” and the economy still faces “big problems,” according to people who attended the closed-door event.

Words of those remarks crackled across social media.

Hartzman and representatives at his firm didn’t return requests for comment, as his name is virtually banned from appearing within local papers and other news outlets.

While restrictions on economic related media have always been tight, they are becoming tighter, with a growing list of publications receiving pressure to produce calming narratives including Greensboro's News and Record, the Triad Business Journal and the Rhino Times.

North Carolina Senator Phil Berger, President Pro Tempore, may be sexually deviant, explaining his HB2 actions

Considering the long list of incidents at the national level below and the blatant pandering to North Carolina's religious right by Senator Berger, it stands to chance Phil may have some kind of sexuality disorder.

As fixated on Men in Women's or vice versa bathroom, locker and shower homophobia and discrimination to the extent in which Berger engaged, it may make sense the President Pro Tempore suffers from some inner demons, not unlike others who have risen to similar heights of power.

If about 5% of the population is gay, there may be about a 5% Phil Berger is too.

If about 0.5% of the population may be transgender, the same chance or perhaps better exists that Phil Berger has experienced transgender thoughts.

Considering the company of fine upstanding individuals who have deviated from the norm within the political establishment over time, there may be something unknown about Phil Berger's declared sexual identity.

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=senate&nUserID=64

David Dreier, Representative (R-CA), voted against a number of gay rights proposals, but was outed concerning his relationship with his chief of staff. (2004)

Larry Craig (R-ID) a US Senator for 18 years, was apprehended and arrested on June 11, 2007, with a charge of lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the International Airport in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Ed Schrock, Representative (R-VA), announced he would abort his 2004 attempt for a third term in Congress after allegedly being caught on tape soliciting sex from a male prostitute after having aggressively opposed various gay-rights issues in Congress, such as same-sex marriage and gays in the military.

Mark Foley, Representative (R-FL), resigned his House seat when accused of sending sexually explicit e-mails to teenage male congressional pages. He was replaced by Tim Mahoney. (2006)

Eric Massa, U.S. Representative (D-NY), resigned to avoid an ethics investigation into his admitted groping and tickling of multiple male staffers. He later stated on Fox News, "not only did I grope [a staffer], I tickled him until he couldn't breathe," (2010)[112][113]

Robert Bauman, Representative (R-MD), was charged with attempting to solicit sex from a 16-year-old male prostitute.[39] Upon completing an alcoholism rehabilitation program, the charges were dropped. Bauman apologized to voters for his indiscretions but was defeated for re-election.

Jon Hinson Representative (R-MS), resigned after being charged with attempted sodomy for performing oral sex on a male employee of the Library of Congress.

Fred Richmond, Representative (D-NY): Charges that he solicited sex from a 16-year-old boy were dropped after he submitted to counseling.

David I. Walsh, Senator (D-MA), was accused of visiting a male brothel frequented by Nazi spies in Brooklyn

Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), U.S. Representative. In 2012, it was revealed that DesJarlais, a physician at Grandview Medical Center in Jasper, while running on a pro-life platform, made his ex-wife have two abortions, and tried to persuade a mistress who was his patient, into an abortion as well. DesJarlais has admitted under oath to at least six affairs, including two patients and his staffers.

Strom Thurmond, Senator (R-SC), noted segregationist, fathered a child, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, with a 15-year-old African American in 1925 who was employed by the Thurmond family.

Barney Frank, Representative (D-MA), was reprimanded by the House for fixing 33 parking tickets for Steve Gobie, a male escort who lived with Frank and claimed to have conducted an escort service from Frank's apartment without his knowledge.

James Henry Hammond, U.S. Representative and later Senator from SC of the (Nullifier Party),[18] engaged in a homosexual relationship with a college friend, pursued what he called "a little dalliance" with his teenage nieces, and had sexual relationships with female slaves including a girl aged 12.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_sex_scandals_in_the_United_States

Could this be the reason Senator Phil Berger signed off on a law with no criminal penalties?

4/15/16; Still no big money for McCrory and friends since HB2; Click on the links to see what has happened since

"...HB2 had four primary sponsors, all Republicans, and ahead of McCrory’s Tuesday announcement, the most vocal of those, Rep. Dan Bishop of Mecklenburg County, did not return calls inquiring about who pushed for that provision.

Rep. Bob Steinburg also did not respond to inquiries, but Rep. Julia Howard, of Davie and Forsyth counties, said the language was crafted by state lawmakers.

“There were eight of us that worked on the House side and there were I think eight that worked on the Senate side,” Howard said. “It was just a collaboration of the eight members from the House, eight from the Senate that pulled the language together.”

Another sponsor, Rep. Paul Stam, of Wake County, said he knew “a lot of the source of the bill, but not the source of that one sentence.”...

...What is technically true and what is pragmatic for a fired employee bringing suit on a race-discrimination claim don’t move in lockstep.

Under the current law ushered in by HB2, employees can still file a claim at their county courthouse under the federal law, “but no employer would ever leave that federal statutory claim in state court,” Clarke said.

They would request to have it removed to federal court, a legal maneuver that gives them a financial edge, Clarke said. Federal cases are more costly, and a company that has both cash flow and insurance isn’t facing the financial pinch of an employee who might be jobless and feeding a family.

“It sends a really bad message about who we are,” Clarke said. “North Carolina’s the first state to eliminate these basic discrimination rights under state law, which is a pretty ugly distinction, and now we’re only the second state with Mississippi to not have workplace protections under state law on these fundamental categories.”

Fired employees can also seek federal discrimination protections through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but those claims must be filed within 180 days, as opposed to the three years formerly allowed under North Carolina statute.

In fiscal year 2014, about 4,000 people filed a claim though the EEOC in North Carolina, but it’s not practical for many employees, said Eric Doggett, an employment attorney and chairperson of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, an organization of legal professionals that seeks to protect rights for people.

Workplace discrimination is often just the beginning of a series of traumas, he said, and the six-month federal time frame isn’t always enough time for a potential plaintiff to begin legal action.

“They get fired, they get walked out the door, and they get traumatized again because they have no income. They try to get unemployment, but the employer fights unemployment and they are going through the fight and appeals to get their unemployment pay,” he said. “They’re trying to feed their kids. They got cut off from medical benefits. As they’re dealing with all these things, they have 180 days to file their claims with the EEOC, or they lose their federal claims forever. A lot of people don’t understand they have to do it, and it doesn’t become important to them until they need it.”

The venues are also far-flung. The 19 westernmost counties, for example, are served by one federal courthouse, which is in Asheville.

Some fired employees might not realize they have a discrimination claim until after the federal window has closed, said Asheville employment attorney Jessica Leaven.

An older employee or a pregnant woman might not know they were replaced by a younger worker or one without a newborn until that window has closed, shuttering them from discrimination claims..."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2016/04/14/origin-hb2-civil-action-unclear/82977072/
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Campaign Finance Results for Committee: PAT MCCRORY COMM

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-AIYGP3-C-001&OGID=11869

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: PHILIP E BERGER

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C0854N-C-001&OGID=1159

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: FRIENDS OF TIM MOORE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1652N-C-001&OGID=1947

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: FRIENDS OF TRUDY WADE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-V4HE73-C-002&OGID=22377

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: COMM TO ELECT JOHN FAIRCLOTH

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1332N-C-002&OGID=16978

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JOHN BLUST CAMPAIGN

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1805N-C-001&OGID=2095

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JON HARDISTER FOR NC HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-2JNO5T-C-001&OGID=17017

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: BOB STEINBURG FOR NC HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-SPPM3Y-C-002&OGID=22442

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: STAM FOR HOUSE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C1973N-C-001&OGID=2246

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=309

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: JULIA C HOWARD FOR HOUSE 

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-C2019N-C-001&OGID=2294

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/membersByDistrict.pl?sChamber=H&nDistrict=79

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: BISHOP FOR SENATE

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-I1750P-C-001&OGID=26591

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=698

Campaign Finance Results for Committee: COMM TO ELECT CHAD BAREFOOT

http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-W37ZPR-C-001&OGID=22085

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=S&nUserID=369

The Letter Senator Phil Berger Doesn't Want You To See

North Carolina State Senator Phil Berger never bothered to answer my question when I asked:

"Mr Berger, What is the penalty for violating the bathroom portion of HB2? Thanks in advance for answering my question."

Senator Berger never answered my question. My guess is he is now wishing this whole thing had never happened, especially now that Greensboro's Eric Fink, a professor at Elon Law, has decided to challenge him in what would have been an unopposed run for office.

Mr Berger wanted you to believe that North Carolina's women and children are unsafe in public restrooms. And to make his case he wrote a letter dated February 24, 2016 to North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper expressing his views.

Now to be clear, I don't believe people are safe in public restrooms either. In 1971, as a 15 year old high school student at James B Dudley High School in Greensboro, NC, I was beaten almost to death by a gang (8-10 total) of young men from off campus for reasons I've yet to learn in over 40 years. I was found lying on the floor in a pool of my own blood by then Assistant Principal Bradley.

Rape and peeping aren't the only things that happen in public restrooms. In case you are wondering it was the boys room in the South Annex of the school. I was where I was supposed to be.

Because of that and other violent incidents I have suffered from PTSD for over 40 years. PTSD is what you can expect for anyone who suffers any sort of traumatic incident inside a public restroom. That is, if they are lucky. If they are not lucky it could be far worse.

In his letter Senator Berger wrote:

 "We have grave concerns over the recent changes made to Charlotte’s Code of Ordinances by the Charlotte City  Council. The  most concerning change allows men to share bathrooms  and showers with women  and young  girls in  places  of  public  accommodation,  violating existing criminal law. "

Now if true that is indeed very troubling. I don't think that anyone wants to see grown men showering with little girls with the exception of some perverts. By the way, while the Senator says the Charlotte Code of Ordinances violates existing criminal law he doesn't note which, if any laws are actually violated. Now considering that Senator Berger is a licensed, practicing attorney at law in North Carolina writing an official document to the NC Attorney General that seems... Well, troubling.

The Senator goes on to say:

"The brazenness of this policy decision is shocking, and your silence on the matter is  deafening. Until  the General  Assembly can  act, it  is  your  duty,  as  our  state’s  top  law enforcement official, to ensure that Charlotte follows the law."

You can bet it's shocking. If my son were still alive I'd be concerned for his safety. In his letter Senator Berger spends the next several paragraphs comparing Charlotte's new ordnance to Charlotte's old ordinance. Obviously the Senator is unhappy but he recommends no real course of action. He cites NC. S.M.S,  196 N.C. App. 170 (2009) (affirming adjudication of second-degree trespass after boy entered girls’ locker  room  that  was  marked  accordingly). but in that very case, while the court ruled against the defendant the court also noted that the school should have never brought the kid to trial in the first place and had within its means the disciplinary ability to handle the case outside of the courts.

(Oops, there's another one for the anti- School Resource Officers movement.)

You see, as I pointed out previously in HB2 Opinion Vs Fact there are no existing laws preventing men from walking into women's restrooms in North Carolina. There should be but such laws do not exist. I provided all the documentation necessary to prove my point.

NC Senator Phil Berger knew it too. He admired it in his letter to Roy Cooper when he wrote:

"A  patchwork  of  criminal  law  simply  will  not  do. We  cannot  have  acts  that  are  criminal  in  one city or county but not in the others.  The General Statutes expressly prohibit municipalities from passing  ordinances  that violate the  general  criminal  laws. See N.C.  Gen.  Stat.  §  160A-174. In other  North  Carolina  cities,  a  man’s  use  of  a  designated  women’s  facility  subjects  him  to
potential criminal prosecution. "

But wait, what about N.C.  Gen.  Stat.  §  160A-174, it prohibits men from going into women's restrooms, right? N.C.  Gen.  Stat.  §  160A-174 in it's entirety:

"§ 160A-174.  General ordinance-making power.

(a)        A city may by ordinance define, prohibit, regulate, or abate acts, omissions, or conditions, detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of its citizens and the peace and dignity of the city, and may define and abate nuisances.

(b)        A city ordinance shall be consistent with the Constitution and laws of North Carolina and of the United States. An ordinance is not consistent with State or federal law when:

(1)        The ordinance infringes a liberty guaranteed to the people by the State or federal Constitution;

(2)        The ordinance makes unlawful an act, omission or condition which is expressly made lawful by State or federal law;

(3)        The ordinance makes lawful an act, omission, or condition which is expressly made unlawful by State or federal law;

(4)        The ordinance purports to regulate a subject that cities are  expressly forbidden to regulate by State or federal law;

(5)        The ordinance purports to regulate a field for which a State  or federal statute clearly shows a legislative intent to provide a complete and integrated regulatory scheme to the exclusion of local regulation;

(6)        The elements of an offense defined by a city ordinance are identical to the elements of an offense defined by State or federal law.

The fact that a State or federal law, standing alone, makes a given act, omission, or condition unlawful shall not preclude city ordinances requiring a higher standard of conduct or condition. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)"

That's right, Charlotte couldn't and didn't make a law that violated State law because there was no such state law. The City of Raleigh has it's own municipal law:

"Sec. 13-2015. - TOILET FACILITIES; USE BY SEX FOR WHICH NOT INTENDED.

On public or on private property used by the public or patrons of a business establishment where separate toilet facilities are provided for the use of different sexes and such facilities are conspicuously labeled to give notice of the sex for which the facility is set apart, it shall be unlawful for a member of one sex to enter or use a facility provided for members of the opposite sex. Provided this section shall not be construed to prevent the inspection of toilet facilities by the owner or person in charge thereof or the designated agent of either, nor to prevent the performance of janitorial services therein by the person or persons designated to perform such services when members of the opposite sex are not present"

Other North Carolina cities and counties have their own municipal laws as well but by Phil Berger's own admission in his letter to NC Attorney General Roy Cooper, Berger wrote:

"A  patchwork  of  criminal  law  simply  will  not  do. We  cannot  have  acts  that  are  criminal  in  one city or county but not in the others."

The Senator also wrote:

"In other  North  Carolina  cities,  a  man’s  use  of  a  designated  women’s  facility  subjects  him  to potential criminal prosecution. "

Thereby noting State law was and remains inadequate as North Carolina is dependent on a "patchwork" of municipal laws.

But when it came time to pass a law Republican Senator Phil Berger and the rest of the conservative North Carolina House and Senate chose to pass House Bill HB2, a "law" with no criminal penalties for men who go into women's restrooms.

Now for those of you still pointing fingers at Roy Cooper-- what was he to do? The job of the attorney general is to enforce the law but not even Senator Phil Berger, himself a licensed, practicing North Carolina attorney at law can tell you what law was broken. It's the job of the State House and Senate to make laws, Phil Berger even admitted that in his letter as well:

"Until  the General Assembly can  act, it  is  your  duty,  as  our  state’s  top  law enforcement official, to ensure that Charlotte follows the law."

What law? The General Assembly had to meet in special session to pass a new law to strike down Charlotte's new city ordinance. Berger was just playing the blame game along with Sen. Buck Newton, Sen. Shirley Randleman, Sen. Warren Daniel and the rest who jumped on the pee-pee bandwagon hoping to score a few more votes from scared voters.

Don't believe me? Click here to read the letter for yourself.

We need a law. We need a law that protects people. We need a law that protects all people without discriminating against anyone. And what we don't need are politicians passing new laws under the guise of protecting people while secretly taking away other rights at the same time.

"Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust", "Hitler, days after he took power in 1933, imposed a ban on all homosexual organizations", HB2 and #wearenotthis

"He ordered raids on places where homosexuals gathered, culminating in the ransacking of the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin and the permanent exile of its director, Magnus Hirschfeld. Thousands of volumes from the institute’s library were tossed into a bonfire. The stripping of these Germans’ civil rights was largely cheered by the public and the German churches.

Phil Berger and Tim Moore

But it legitimated tactics, outside the law, that would soon be employed against others. Adams said homosexuals would also be the first “social deviants” singled out and disempowered by the Christian right, but not the last."

https://carolinaundersiege.wordpress.com/
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"Upon the rise of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party (the Nazi Party) in Germany, gay men and, to a lesser extent, lesbians, were two of the numerous groups targeted by the Nazis and were ultimately among Holocaust victims.

Chad Barefoot and Paul Stam

...More than one million gay Germans were targeted, of whom at least 100,000 were arrested and 50,000 were serving prison terms as "convicted homosexuals".  Hundreds of European gay men living under Nazi occupation were castrated under court order.

Pat McCrory and Trudy Wade

...homosexuals within the Nazi Party itself were murdered. The Gestapo compiled lists of homosexuals, who were compelled to sexually conform to the "German norm."

John Blust and Tony Wilkins

...Between 1933 and 1945, an estimated 100,000 men were arrested as homosexuals, of whom some 50,000 were officially sentenced.  Most of these men served time in regular prisons, and an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 of those sentenced were incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps.
...the death rate of homosexuals in concentration camps may have been as high as 60%. Homosexuals in the camps were treated in an unusually cruel manner by their captors.

Jon Hardister and John Faircloth

...Nazi doctors often used gay men for scientific experiments in an attempt to locate a "gay gene" to "cure" any future Aryan children who were gay.

Dan Bishop and Julia Howard

...Some gay men who resisted the SS had their fingernails pulled out. Others had their bowels punctured, causing them to bleed profusely.

Roy Carroll and Marty Kotis

After the war, the treatment of homosexuals in concentration camps went unacknowledged by most countries, and some men were even re-arrested and imprisoned based on evidence found during the Nazi years..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals_in_Nazi_Germany_and_the_Holocaust
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Most of North Carolina's 'conservatives' have been played for fools by Pat McCrory and the legislature.

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/04/most-of-north-carolinas-conservatives.html

Back story on HB2, explaining how Pat McCrory fell on his own sword provided by Phil Berger and friends

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/04/back-story-on-hb2-explaining-how-pat.html

Still no big money for McCrory and friends since HB2

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/04/still-no-big-money-for-mccrory-and.html

Who will be the first to give North Carolina's head bigot governor Pat McCrory some campaign cash after he signed HB2

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/04/who-will-be-first-to-give-north.html

Proof Marty Kotis is all in on hate and bigotry in North Carolina with John Blust, who voted for and defended HB2

https://www.facebook.com/events/208532276182594/

Marty owns Darryl's

Marty backs John Blust, Dan Forest. Trudy Wade, John Faircloth, Jon Hardister, Phil Berger and Pat McCrory, who used a self serving bigoted political stunt to eliminate thousands of jobs in North Carolina to get reelected

Marty is a member of the Board of Governors of the UNC system

Marty owns the building where Guilford County's Republican party has it's offices

This means Marty backed HB2

Marty backed a bill which make it easier to fire his own employees

Marty gave money to about all of City Council

By having the Blust event, Marty Kotis is backing discrimination and bigotry in our community

If any City Council members take any more money from Marty, or have their signs on his properties, or ads on his billboard, they are just as guilty as Marty and Tony Wilkins

Remember Bob Harris, Phil Berger, his now a judge Jr who wanted to get into the charter school business, and KEEP CONSERVATIVES UNITED"?

BENSON, CLIFTON L JR. RALEIGH NC 27624 02/18/2014 10000.00 RETIRED 14960633711
CRAIG, MARK R GREENSBORO NC 27407 03/19/2014 5000.00 RH BARRINGER DISTRIBUTING CO. 14960633711
GANT, ALLEN E JR. BURLINGTON NC 27215 02/28/2014 10000.00 GLEN RAVEN, INC. 14960633711
GLEN RAVEN, INC. GLEN RAVEN NC 27217 07/08/2014 5000.00 14978047544
GLEN RAVEN, INC. GLEN RAVEN NC 27217 03/06/2014 15000.00 14960633712
HARRIS, BOB RALEIGH NC 27615 07/27/2011 1350.00 SELF-EMPLOYED 12950079804
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HARRIS, BOB RALEIGH NC 27624 03/17/2012 14000.00 SELF-EMPLOYED 12970840301
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HARRIS, BOB RALEIGH NC 27615 07/12/2011 1350.00 SELF-EMPLOYED 12950079804
HARRIS, BOB RALEIGH NC 27615 09/12/2011 1500.00 SELF-EMPLOYED 12950079806

Bob spent a lot of money on Phil Berger Jr., 

and lost

HARRIS, BOB RALEIGH NC 27615 09/03/2011 3000.00 SELF-EMPLOYED 12950079810
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HARRIS, BOB RALEIGH NC 27615 08/30/2011 3500.00 SELF-EMPLOYED

Why did Harris spend this kind of money on Phil Berger Jr.?

HARRIS, BOB RALEIGH NC 27609 07/02/2014 15000.00 SELF-EMPLOYED 14978047545
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I recall getting a well written cease and desist from Luddy's lawyers

during the election cycle

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WORDSWORTH, JERRY L ROCKY MOUNT NC 27802 06/27/2014 6700.00 BRIGADE PROPERTIES, LLC 14961584946
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http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/com_ind/C00499525/
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Philip Berger, Sr.'s Campaign Finances, Robert Luddy, Charter Schools and Phil Berger Jr.

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/philip-berger-srs-campaign-finances.html

How much does Phil Berger Jr.'s chief political adviser and his wife make at taxpayer funded Phoenix Academy Charter School?

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-much-does-phil-berger-jrs-chief.html

Looks like Phil Berger Jr's chief political adviser Paul Norcross has prior charter school related ethics issues, of which it looks like Jr stood to personally benefit from

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/looks-like-phil-berger-jrs-chief.html

Questions Phil Berger Sr. funded Keep Conservatives United's Bob Harris has so far refused to answer on Jr.

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/07/questions-phil-berger-sr-funded-keep.html

"Deadline looms for charter schools to submit contract info"

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/09/deadline-looms-for-charter-schools-to.html

Baker (Charter School Profiteer) Mitchell's Pat McCrory Campaign Contribution

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/08/baker-charter-school-profiteer.html

Project Vote Smart; "Phil Berger Campaign Finances"

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/07/project-vote-smart-phil-berger-campaign.html

"$82,350 from political action groups catapulted Berger to a total campaign fund that’s more than double Walker’s."

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/07/82350-from-political-action-groups.html

Camel City Dispatch on the Phil Bergers and Mark Walker

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/07/camel-city-dispatch-on-phil-bergers-and.html

Information Request for Franklin Academy charter schools; Robert Luddy

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/information-request-for-franklin.html

NORTH CAROLINA CHARTER SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/north-carolina-charter-school-advisory.html

Information Request for NC Public Charter Schools Association; Norcross, Luddy or Berger Jr.

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/information-request-for-nc-public.html

Did NC District 6 Congressional Candidate Phil Berger Jr. stand to profit from his approved charter school?; It looks like Norcross and Luddy do.

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/did-nc-district-6-congressional.html

Phil Berger Jr. supporter Robert Luddy's $4,520,000 loan to Thales Academy

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/phil-berger-jr-supporter-robert-luddys.html

Is this what Phil Berger Jr's big financial backers want with Jr in DC?

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/is-this-what-phil-berger-jrs-big.html