Goodbye Congressman Mark Walker; "Congressional map from N.C. House could help Democrats gain seats"

https://www.carolinajournal.com/news-article/congressional-map-from-n-c-house-could-help-democrats-gain-seats/

Aenbr Nood's first bubble, and then the next

https://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2018/12/aenbr-noods-first-bubble.html

Mark Walker betrays his base to please folks like Roy Carroll and Marty Kotis

https://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2017/11/mark-walker-betrays-his-base-to-please.html

A conversation with Joe Gaurino on Mark Walker's betrayal of our Country's future generations and links

https://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-conversation-with-joe-gaurino-on-mark.html

From a meeting with Congressman Mark Walker's staff, after which Mark did nothing = Walker has joined the national "keep the financial industry unaccountable" club

https://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/10/for-meeting-with-congressman-mark.html

For a meeting with Congressman Mark Walker's office at 10:00 this morning, just in case...

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/10/for-meeting-with-congressman-mark.html

The Pill Pushers Of Big Pharma Don't Care

Recently on a facebook thread I posted a comment only to get a smart-assed reply from Mr John F Merritt, President at Select Laboratory Partners, Inc.former Strategic Account Specialist at Quest Diagnostics, and former Vice President at Roche Biomedical Laboratories. You can see them both below.

Is this typical of the attitude of those that own and run America's pharmaceutical, insurance, and medical industries? If America's poor people don't like it we can just get the hell out?

My replies to Mr Merrit:

We've seen this before when drug prices were artificially inflated and big pharma companies stood before Congress without any shame. They are not doing what they do to help people, they do what they do with the intention of bleeding us to death and anyone who complains should be pushed down and pushed out of the way.

Sharon Hightower abuse of power

"There is no official report on this but plenty of unofficial, off-the-record reports from reliable sources that City Councilmember Sharon Hightower stepped over the line on Sunday.

According to various sources, Hightower arrived at the Parks & Rec Fest at Gillespie Park on Sunday after the parking lot was full and they were using a shuttle to transport people from off-site parking to the event.

Hightower insisted that she be allowed to park in the area reserved for handicapped parking.  She was told by a female police officer that she could not park in a handicapped space.  Hightower insisted that she was a city councilmember and had to be allowed to park in the handicapped space.  The police officer reportedly stood her ground and didn't allow Hightower, who is not handicapped and has no handicapped sticker, to park in the handicapped space.

The sources also say that Hightower filed an official complaint against the officer..."

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/rhino-times/august-4-2016/2016080302/#4
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And elsewhere btw;

"At the very beginning of the meeting Hightower and Barber got in a back and forth, talking over each other, after a speaker from the floor, Sandra White, complained about the way city prime contractors treat subcontrators.

A legitamate topic which City Council has failed to address

by not providing transparency concerning subcontractors

which a tech fellow expert on the subject told me a few years ago was totally doable

right before City Council didn't do it, as the action would mess with campaign cash

from prime contractors

Barber said that he had been chairman of the state contracting licensing board and what she was complaining about was covered by state statute.  He suggested that she contact him and he would direct her on how to file a complaint.

Hightower interrupted saying to White, "Are you one of my MWBEs?"  Hightower said that they should not be pushing her off to the state but should handle the issue "right here."

Barber said that the laws concerning MWBEs were state statutes and the city was prohibited from interfering with state laws.

Mike Barber makes money off of poor black kids with City taxpayer monies

at Gillespie golf course, owned by the City, which is sponsored by Jim Melvin

who Mike was nice enough to vote for his and Roy Carroll's Megasite soon to be fiasco

Hightower responded, "Mr. Barber has never helped an MWBE person.  You have never helped anybody."

Always and never...

tbs, Mike is not one of the good guys

with a documented history of lying and using City resources for his personal benefit

without consequence, as the rest of Council is just as compromised by our oligarchy

Vaughan stepped in and said that the council needed to behave the way they expected the audience to act."

After Nancy and Don made about $10,000 per month for years

from the City giving free White Street Landfill money to Wilbur Ross' Cone Mills [ITG],

while Nancy paid one of Don's law firm employees under the table

in violation of applicable laws

Roch Smith, Jr.; "Greensboro’s new secrecy: Sinister and hostile"

"Keeping secret a legal bill the mayor asked the city to pay for her; passing public records policies without public comment; telling a citizen a map already on the city’s website was too secret for her to have; and an assertion that records hosted in the cloud are not public are just a few of the many examples that Greensboro’s city government has grown secretive and hostile to public transparency under the current mayor Nancy Vaughan and city council..."

http://greensboro101.com/blog/2016/08/01/greensboros-new-secrecy-sinister-and-hostile/

As expected, Margaret Moffitt spins Nancy Vaughan's legal bill story for Greensboro's rulers

This is sickening;

Bill details attorneys' work for Vaughan over deposition in city lawsuit
"...The work, which cost city taxpayers about $8,500, included meetings with Carole Albright, an attorney at the firm who specializes in domestic law. ...she doesn’t remember the nature of her conversations with Vaughan during those October meetings.  ...Albright said Friday that her practice isn’t limited to domestic law, and that she doesn’t remember the nature of her conversations with Vaughan during those October meetings
...Vaughan was deposed because Robert said he had private conversations with her that contradict statements by the city. ...Vaughan denied that...
...Albright, like Rossabi, was a member of Vaughan’s personal team. The bill shows charges for six instances when Albright worked on the case between Oct. 6 and Oct. 29.
...Vaughan didn’t respond Friday to the News & Record’s requests to discuss the matter.  She said in October that she would use her own money to pay Rossabi.

Margaret Moffitt doesn't bother telling her readers Greensboro's mayor lied to the public before an election, and when the billing came to light, everybody who had something to lose got together and 'fixed it' for Nancy.

As for what other kinds of law Albright practices, there are none listed;

http://www.lawfirmrbs.com/attorney_profiles_details.cfm?aid=3

The lies keep piling up. Carole doesn't remember a thing after six contacts and Vaughan won't comment. That's what's called a cover up.

"Practiced family law in Greensboro, NC, 1995-1999" and "Returned to practice family law in December 2006" and "Guilford College Paralegal Program, Adjunct Family Law Professor, 2011-present" and "Legal Elite, Family Law, Business North Carolina Magazine, 2015" and "Greensboro Bar Association, Chair: Family Law Section 2011-2012" and "North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Family Law" and "Family Life Council, Board of Directors (2005-2009), Secretary (2006-2009)" and finally, "Greensboro Day School, Field Hockey Coach (2000-2006, 2010-present), Lacrosse Coach (2002-2004)"

Nancy was "Member Board of Trustees, Greensboro Day School, 2009 – December 2013 (4 years)"

Carole doesn't remember a thing.

City of Greensboro Public Records Request 5747

From: Carter, Katherine <Katherine.Carter@greensboro-nc.gov>
Date: Wed, May 18, 2016 at 11:12 AM
Subject: City of Greensboro: Public Records Request 5747
To: "recyclebill@gmail.com" <recyclebill@gmail.com>

Dear Mr. Jones,

Thank you for your public records request.  Per your request, I have made a note in our system to send you a copy of the response to PIRT 5180, 5181, 5226, and 5424 upon their completion.

PIRT # 5180: “please provide all communications and documentation between city councilman tony Wilkins and anyone else for the last 90 days. please look at both Mr. Wilkins' private and public email addresses.”

PIRT # 5181:  “please provide all communications between zack matheny and anyone at the city including city council members private email addresses for the last 90 days.”

PIRT # 5226: “Please provide any documents and/or communications between anyone in the City's executive office area and anyone from Say Yes to Education for the last 120 days.”

PIRT # 5424: “Please provide all communications between Marty Kotis and anyone at the City for the last nine months in electronic form. Please include the personal email addresses of Jim Westmoreland and City Council.”

I will be in touch with you once these requests have been finished.

Sincerely,

Katherine Carter, Public Records Administrator
Communications and Marketing Department - 336-373-3282
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3136, Greensboro, NC 27402-3136