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 Robbie Perkins 2009 Contributors:
Kelly K. Harrill Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Lisa K. Johnson Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Ashley K. Vanore Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Stephanie K. Craft Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Ronald W. Mack Koury Corp. Real estate-development/Management
Edmund W. Koury 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
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
Previous development experience of principals include the following projects:
David Howard, whose company just recieved a $600,000 loan from the City of Greensboro
•1,200 acre Grandover Resort & Conference Center in Greensboro, NC
•175,000 SF of office space in 4 buildings at Grandover
•28 story Sheraton Hotel Tower in Greensboro, NC
•250,000 SF Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, NC
•Four Seasons Town Center renovation in Greensboro, NC
•40,000 SF office building at Four Seasons Town Center
•1,100 space parking deck at Four Seasons Town Center
•100,000 SF Villages at North Elm in Greensboro, NC (Phase 1) [Koury]
NANCY VAUGHAN 09/29/09 David R. Howard 908 Country Club Dr 27408 Windsor Investments TREBIC MEMBER Real
estate development
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/25/09 David R. Howard Windsor Commercial TREBIC MEMBER Real estate-development
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/27/09 William S. Seymour Windsor Commercial TREBIC MEMBER Real estate-development
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/07 Tom Hall Windsor Investments TREBIC MEMBER Real estate developer
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ROBBIE PERKINS 09/27/09 William S. Seymour 1808 Carmel Rd 27408 Windsor Commercial TREBIC MEMBER Real
estate-development
ROBBIE PERKINS 09/16/07 Tom Hall 2314 Lafayette Ave 27408 Windsor Investments TREBIC MEMBER Real estate
developer
More on Don Vaughan from 2008
http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/cf_pdf/2008/20080717_67174.pdf
Stephanie Craft Koury, where all the swimmers are going to stay
Kelly Harrell Koury
David Howard Windsor (real estate)
Lisa Johnson Koury
Edmund Koury
Ronald Mack Koury
Mo Milani Koury
Steve Shofety Koury
Ashley Vanore Koury
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.10&thid=135545bc9f737752&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Df32bb77203%26view%3Datt%26th%3D135545bc9f737752%26attid%3D0.10%26disp%3Dsafe%26zw&sig=AHIEtbSuU6CWRqxs2_-5EPFxLug4TPKpNA&pli=1
2/6/12
Robbie Perkins year end Campaign Finance Report
Robbie Perkins
Steven Shofety
Outside Sources of Income: Koury Irrevocable Trust
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/yrend/ABUZUAITER_MARIKAY_yrend13.pdf
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/yrend/BARBER_MIKE_yrend13.pdf
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/PreElect/Bellamy-Small_T%20Dianne_PreElect13.pdf
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/PreElect/JOHNSON_YVONNE_PreElect13.pdf
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/PreElect/KEE_JIM_PreElect13.pdf
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/PreElect/Matheny_Zack_PreElect13%20.pdf
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/PreElect/PERKINS_ROBBIE_PreElect13-amend.pdf
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/PreElect/VAUGHAN_NANCY_PreElect13.pdf
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/elections_cms/docs/2013/PreElect/Wilkins_Tony_PreElect13.pdf
3/7/14
3/6/14
Zack Matheny Flip Flops to Run for Congress
"The City Council approved, by a 5-to-4 vote, a $42,000 incentive for MWI Veterinary Supply Inc., to place a wholesale distribution center for vet supplies at 6105 Corporate Park Dr.
The company met only one of the three city criteria for incentive grants: It plans to hire 47 people, more than the requirement for 20 new jobs.
MWI Veterinary Supply fell short on the other two requirements. It plans $3.1 million in capital investment, below the $7 million minimum, and it plans to offer an average starting wage of $27,000, below the county average wage.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Councilmembers Yvonne Johnson, Mike Barber, Jamal Fox and Nancy Hoffmann voted for the grant. Councilmembers Marikay Abuzuaiter, Sharon Hightower, Zack Matheny and Tony Wilkins voted against it.
Matheny, demonstrating a newfound fiscal conservatism when it comes to economic incentive grants, said he couldn’t believe a company wouldn’t come to Greensboro for $42,000.
...Matheny’s rightward drift may have something to do with his run for the US House seat for the North Carolina 6th Congressional District...
Wilkins, asked if he had a new voting buddy in Matheny, said, “At least until the primary.”
http://www.rhinotimes.com/landowner-asks-for-street%2c-city-says-maybe.html#.UxiuaPldVWw
The company met only one of the three city criteria for incentive grants: It plans to hire 47 people, more than the requirement for 20 new jobs.
Criteria cnver stopped Zack from advocating for incentives before
on multiples of incentive requests.
MWI Veterinary Supply fell short on the other two requirements. It plans $3.1 million in capital investment, below the $7 million minimum, and it plans to offer an average starting wage of $27,000, below the county average wage.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Councilmembers Yvonne Johnson, Mike Barber, Jamal Fox and Nancy Hoffmann voted for the grant. Councilmembers Marikay Abuzuaiter, Sharon Hightower, Zack Matheny and Tony Wilkins voted against it.
Matheny, demonstrating a newfound fiscal conservatism when it comes to economic incentive grants, said he couldn’t believe a company wouldn’t come to Greensboro for $42,000.
...Matheny’s rightward drift may have something to do with his run for the US House seat for the North Carolina 6th Congressional District...
Wilkins, asked if he had a new voting buddy in Matheny, said, “At least until the primary.”
http://www.rhinotimes.com/landowner-asks-for-street%2c-city-says-maybe.html#.UxiuaPldVWw
Where US Senate Candidate Thom Tillis Stands on Some Issues
"Government has simply become too big, too expensive, and too intrusive in our lives and businesses.
...In the Senate, Thom will be a stalwart conservative reformer, pushing at every opportunity for the tough decisions it will take to balance the budget every year by cutting spending, and reducing our outrageous $17 trillion national debt. Thom believes in the "Cut, Cap, and Balance" approach - cut spending now, cap spending in the future, and require a balanced budget every year."
http://thomtillis.com/meet-thom/
...In the Senate, Thom will be a stalwart conservative reformer, pushing at every opportunity for the tough decisions it will take to balance the budget every year by cutting spending, and reducing our outrageous $17 trillion national debt. Thom believes in the "Cut, Cap, and Balance" approach - cut spending now, cap spending in the future, and require a balanced budget every year."
http://thomtillis.com/meet-thom/
Libertarian North Carolina US Senate candidate Sean Haugh's answers to some economic questions from The People's Alliance
PA question #1: What do you see as the primary sources of our current economic problems? How would you begin to reduce the federal deficit? Is this an issue of not enough revenue or of overspending? What are some of the possible negative consequences of your proposed solutions?
My answer: It's super simple math, people. We are spending more money than we have. We need to cut spending drastically, starting with the war budget and corporate welfare. We also need to audit the Federal Reserve and stop their inflationary policies of printing more money. We need to base our economy on the needs of all the people, not just the bankers. I don't know if there's a way to do that without completely privatizing money. There are obviously never any negative consequences to any of my solutions, except maybe to those who make their living off of looting the economy.
https://www.facebook.com/HaughForSenate
My answer: It's super simple math, people. We are spending more money than we have. We need to cut spending drastically, starting with the war budget and corporate welfare. We also need to audit the Federal Reserve and stop their inflationary policies of printing more money. We need to base our economy on the needs of all the people, not just the bankers. I don't know if there's a way to do that without completely privatizing money. There are obviously never any negative consequences to any of my solutions, except maybe to those who make their living off of looting the economy.
https://www.facebook.com/HaughForSenate
On the March 6, 2014 News and Record Civil Rights Museum article
“...I think people are suspicious of how long it took for the museum to come online and how much money it took to build the museum,” said Mayor Nancy Vaughan, who holds a seat on the museum’s board because of her position.
Some perceptions involving the museum are real (millions were raised and spent before construction began)...
Alston, for one, isn’t worried about what he calls the “few squeaky wheels” who are always accusing him of using the museum as a piggy bank.
Richard “Skip” Moore, the retiring executive director of the Weaver Foundation, was among the business leaders whose foundations and companies donated $4 million when the Sit-In Movement, the nonprofit group created to form the museum, estimated that that amount would be sufficient to finish what its leaders then envisioned as an $8 million project.
Some of those who were involved in the museum very early on either did not return phone calls or did not want to be part of this article.
In those early days, millions of dollars had been raised and spent, with the idea of a civil rights museum seemingly stuck in neutral.
Costs and shifting opening dates renewed criticism over the project.
People wondered what happened to the money that had been raised.
Museum officials blamed the aging building for unforeseen costs. Millions were spent in structural reinforcement.
The original budget for climate-control and waterproofing issues, for example, was $600,000. But it would cost more than $3 million.
...a September 2006 report from the N.C. Auditor’s Office ... questioned some of its money-handling practices and the care with which the project had been planned.
...Former City Councilman Tom Phillips said... “I don’t think anybody pocketed that money — maybe they didn’t spend it as judiciously as they could have,” he said. “I think it’s mismanagement more than anything else. I really think they didn’t know what to do.
“And, no matter who you put on the board, with Skip and Earl behind the scenes, then nothing really changes.”
“You can’t be incompetent and competent at the same time,” said [Doug] Harris the attorney, who remains on the board. “If you are competent enough to navigate the IRS … and get $24 million into town, you can’t be so incompetent at the same time that you don’t know what you are doing,”
Observers say the city taking over the museum or even a fresh board could draw more support, but some observers don’t see that happening.
“The truth of the matter is that it’s part of their legacy,” said Bob Davis, an N.C. A&T sociology professor who has kept tabs on the project. “And then you are asking (Alston and Jones) to walk away from it. I don’t know how realistic that is.”
Alston said he doesn’t have any plans to leave the museum’s board of directors, even though he stepped down as its chairman last year.
Davis acknowledged that as long as Alston and Jones are involved, some people will continue to hold it against the museum.
“We have to have a couple of more funerals, and then it won’t be an issue,” Davis said.
http://www.news-record.com/news/government/article_b6b8cd34-a4f0-11e3-8a84-001a4bcf6878.html
Some perceptions involving the museum are real (millions were raised and spent before construction began)...
Alston, for one, isn’t worried about what he calls the “few squeaky wheels” who are always accusing him of using the museum as a piggy bank.
By retaining fiduciary control,
the City of Greensboro determined that Skip and Earl
could profit from the facility in the future via a taxpayer funded bailout.
City staff and council were informed before the vote
that some money the museum was to receive
did not look like it was merely meant to pay off loans tied to saving the facility,
but connected to Skip Alston and Earl Jones maintaining control
and being in a position to profit from the taxpayer bailout
if the museum became profitable in the future.
that some money the museum was to receive
did not look like it was merely meant to pay off loans tied to saving the facility,
but connected to Skip Alston and Earl Jones maintaining control
and being in a position to profit from the taxpayer bailout
if the museum became profitable in the future.
Richard “Skip” Moore, the retiring executive director of the Weaver Foundation, was among the business leaders whose foundations and companies donated $4 million when the Sit-In Movement, the nonprofit group created to form the museum, estimated that that amount would be sufficient to finish what its leaders then envisioned as an $8 million project.
$8 million turned into $24 million.
Some of those who were involved in the museum very early on either did not return phone calls or did not want to be part of this article.
In those early days, millions of dollars had been raised and spent, with the idea of a civil rights museum seemingly stuck in neutral.
Costs and shifting opening dates renewed criticism over the project.
People wondered what happened to the money that had been raised.
So what did happen to the money?
Museum officials blamed the aging building for unforeseen costs. Millions were spent in structural reinforcement.
The original budget for climate-control and waterproofing issues, for example, was $600,000. But it would cost more than $3 million.
$24 million - $3 million = $21 million - $8 million = $13 million
What happened to the $13 million?
...a September 2006 report from the N.C. Auditor’s Office ... questioned some of its money-handling practices and the care with which the project had been planned.
...Former City Councilman Tom Phillips said... “I don’t think anybody pocketed that money — maybe they didn’t spend it as judiciously as they could have,” he said. “I think it’s mismanagement more than anything else. I really think they didn’t know what to do.
“And, no matter who you put on the board, with Skip and Earl behind the scenes, then nothing really changes.”
“You can’t be incompetent and competent at the same time,” said [Doug] Harris the attorney, who remains on the board. “If you are competent enough to navigate the IRS … and get $24 million into town, you can’t be so incompetent at the same time that you don’t know what you are doing,”
$8 million turned into $24 million.
Observers say the city taking over the museum or even a fresh board could draw more support, but some observers don’t see that happening.
“The truth of the matter is that it’s part of their legacy,” said Bob Davis, an N.C. A&T sociology professor who has kept tabs on the project. “And then you are asking (Alston and Jones) to walk away from it. I don’t know how realistic that is.”
Alston said he doesn’t have any plans to leave the museum’s board of directors, even though he stepped down as its chairman last year.
Davis acknowledged that as long as Alston and Jones are involved, some people will continue to hold it against the museum.
Skip Alston and Earl Jones among others
need to legally step away from any interest in the museum,
and a non-connected chairperson installed.
As the Greensboro Four were college students,
NC A&T University student government association members
should be provided with permanent representation on the board.
“We have to have a couple of more funerals, and then it won’t be an issue,” Davis said.
http://www.news-record.com/news/government/article_b6b8cd34-a4f0-11e3-8a84-001a4bcf6878.html
Public monies were distributed in a rush just before a city election
and without a signed contract.
Zack Matheny was reported to describe the events
as an “absolute voter manipulation to try and get some people elected.”
Public monies were distributed in a rush just before a city election
and without a signed contract.
3/4/14
"NC tax changes mean new admission charges for arts and sporting events" Including what could be the Steven Tanger Performing Arts Center
"A new law that takes effect Jan. 1 expands the state sales tax to a broad range of admissions charges – including movies, college and professional sporting events, concerts, plays and museums.
The sales tax applied to those events includes both the 4.75 percent state rate plus additional sales tax levied at the county level.
That boosts the total tax from 6.75 percent to 7.5 percent, depending on the location.
Despite the Jan. 1 starting date, the impact on ticket prices will be delayed for many events. That’s because tickets that initially go on sale before Jan. 1 aren’t subject to the new tax – even if those tickets aren’t purchased until 2014.
...The sales tax change was ordered in a new law that also reduced personal and corporate income tax rates."
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/24/3404082/nc-tax-changes-mean-new-admission.html#storylink=cpy
The sales tax applied to those events includes both the 4.75 percent state rate plus additional sales tax levied at the county level.
That boosts the total tax from 6.75 percent to 7.5 percent, depending on the location.
Despite the Jan. 1 starting date, the impact on ticket prices will be delayed for many events. That’s because tickets that initially go on sale before Jan. 1 aren’t subject to the new tax – even if those tickets aren’t purchased until 2014.
...The sales tax change was ordered in a new law that also reduced personal and corporate income tax rates."
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/24/3404082/nc-tax-changes-mean-new-admission.html#storylink=cpy
From and on the "Steven B. Tanger Center for the Performing Arts Fact Sheet", dated March 3, 2014, provided by the City of Greensboro Communications Manager
"To date, the City has committed to providing $30 million in funding, inclusive of $11.5 million used to acquire property for the project, and the foundation has worked with community leaders to raise corporate and individual pledges for the project, exceeding $35 million in pledges..."
Steven B. Tanger Center for the Performing Arts Fact Sheet, on March 3, 2014 by the City of Greensboro and CFGG
http://yescurrent.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/city-releases-tanger-center-fact-sheet/
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I believe the Fact Sheet cited above was in response to; On GPAC; To whom it may concern, please confirm, criticize, question or deny the following before Monday, March 3, 2014's Yes Weekly's 10am deadline for next Wednesday's Hartzman column.;
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"Mayor and Members of Council (bcc):
Attached is a Tanger Center fact sheet compiled by City and CFGG staff. The document outlines specifics within the proposed agreement and the financing arrangement. Tomorrow, I will provide this to George Hartzman in response to his email to the Council and community below. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best,
Donnie"
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The fact sheet does not deny the following, which I now consider to be truthful;
If the City of Greensboro doesn't cover shortfalls of the private sector pledges with more than the $30 million the City has already committed, the lender or lenders can foreclose on and acquire the performing arts center.
The City of Greensboro is not in possession of legally binding donor commitments on about $35,448,920 of privately pledged assets.
The City of Greensboro doesn't know where the $35,448,920 is actually located.
The City of Greensboro doesn't know what the $35,448,920 is invested in.
The City of Greensboro doesn't have a detailed time line showing how much of the $35,448,920 is supposed to appear when over a 10 year time span.
The City of Greensboro doesn't know what would happen to the $35,448,920 if financial markets fall 20%, or 30% within the five years following the project’s approval.
The City of Greensboro doesn't know what would happen to the $35,448,920 if interest rates rise even more from their historically relatively very low levels within the five years following the project’s approval.
The City of Greensboro is unaware of the statistical likelihood that the $35,448,920 in pledges will or won't appear.
The CFGG and City of Greensboro's financing mechanism attaches what would be a jointly owned GPAC between the City and a non profit without assets other than the property which would be used as collateral to obtain a loan to pay for construction costs before the pledges actually appear.
The CFGG will have no financial commitment to the project, yet stands to acquire the entire project without risk or taxes as detailed in item G4 of the Memorandum of Understanding At the Council work session on Tuesday, February 25th.
The City of Greensboro does not know how the CFGG is going to supply the loan interest payments for the financing.
The City of Greensboro's finance department has not underwritten, reviewed or signed off on the legally binding donor commitments, the potential taxpayer liability above the $30 million City Council authorized for the performing arts center, the private sector lending agreement, a time line of how much of the $35,448,920 is supposed to appear and when, the statistical likelihood of how much of the $35,448,920 in pledges may or may not appear or hypothetical asset return projections concerning the $35,448,920 in private pledges.
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The fact sheet does say "The MOU and its financing provisions have been specifically structured so that the taxpayers will not be liable for any shortfalls of private donor commitments."
After reading the MOU several times, the problem with the above sentence is the MOU attached to the agenda item on pdf page 99 doesn't say anything about the structure not being "liable for any shortfalls of private donor commitments."
It doesn't say anything about what taxpayer are not liable for anywhere in the attachment MOU.
The above sentence in the fact sheet appears to be a factual in-exactitude.
How can the city fund a $65 million dollar PAC, of which $35 million in private pledges the city's finance department has never seen, has no taxpayer responsibility attached, if the pledges fail to reach $35 million, and the collateral for the loan is a facility jointly owned by a non profit funded by nothing other than the pledges, and the City of Greensboro?
I believe City of Greensboro taxpayers are being sold a bridge.
Steven B. Tanger Center for the Performing Arts Fact Sheet, on March 3, 2014 by the City of Greensboro and CFGG
http://yescurrent.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/city-releases-tanger-center-fact-sheet/
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I believe the Fact Sheet cited above was in response to; On GPAC; To whom it may concern, please confirm, criticize, question or deny the following before Monday, March 3, 2014's Yes Weekly's 10am deadline for next Wednesday's Hartzman column.;
.
.
"Mayor and Members of Council (bcc):
Attached is a Tanger Center fact sheet compiled by City and CFGG staff. The document outlines specifics within the proposed agreement and the financing arrangement. Tomorrow, I will provide this to George Hartzman in response to his email to the Council and community below. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best,
Donnie"
.
.
The fact sheet does not deny the following, which I now consider to be truthful;
If the City of Greensboro doesn't cover shortfalls of the private sector pledges with more than the $30 million the City has already committed, the lender or lenders can foreclose on and acquire the performing arts center.
The City of Greensboro is not in possession of legally binding donor commitments on about $35,448,920 of privately pledged assets.
The City of Greensboro doesn't know where the $35,448,920 is actually located.
The City of Greensboro doesn't know what the $35,448,920 is invested in.
The City of Greensboro doesn't have a detailed time line showing how much of the $35,448,920 is supposed to appear when over a 10 year time span.
The City of Greensboro doesn't know what would happen to the $35,448,920 if financial markets fall 20%, or 30% within the five years following the project’s approval.
The City of Greensboro doesn't know what would happen to the $35,448,920 if interest rates rise even more from their historically relatively very low levels within the five years following the project’s approval.
The City of Greensboro is unaware of the statistical likelihood that the $35,448,920 in pledges will or won't appear.
The CFGG and City of Greensboro's financing mechanism attaches what would be a jointly owned GPAC between the City and a non profit without assets other than the property which would be used as collateral to obtain a loan to pay for construction costs before the pledges actually appear.
The CFGG will have no financial commitment to the project, yet stands to acquire the entire project without risk or taxes as detailed in item G4 of the Memorandum of Understanding At the Council work session on Tuesday, February 25th.
The City of Greensboro does not know how the CFGG is going to supply the loan interest payments for the financing.
The City of Greensboro's finance department has not underwritten, reviewed or signed off on the legally binding donor commitments, the potential taxpayer liability above the $30 million City Council authorized for the performing arts center, the private sector lending agreement, a time line of how much of the $35,448,920 is supposed to appear and when, the statistical likelihood of how much of the $35,448,920 in pledges may or may not appear or hypothetical asset return projections concerning the $35,448,920 in private pledges.
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.
The fact sheet does say "The MOU and its financing provisions have been specifically structured so that the taxpayers will not be liable for any shortfalls of private donor commitments."
After reading the MOU several times, the problem with the above sentence is the MOU attached to the agenda item on pdf page 99 doesn't say anything about the structure not being "liable for any shortfalls of private donor commitments."
It doesn't say anything about what taxpayer are not liable for anywhere in the attachment MOU.
The above sentence in the fact sheet appears to be a factual in-exactitude.
How can the city fund a $65 million dollar PAC, of which $35 million in private pledges the city's finance department has never seen, has no taxpayer responsibility attached, if the pledges fail to reach $35 million, and the collateral for the loan is a facility jointly owned by a non profit funded by nothing other than the pledges, and the City of Greensboro?
I believe City of Greensboro taxpayers are being sold a bridge.
Maps; What if a few in Ukraine retaliate against Russia by blowing up a few gas pipelines supplying Western Europe?
"Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will discontinue discounts on gas deliveries to Ukraine starting early April, Chief Executive Alexei Millier was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying Tuesday.
He cited Ukraine’s failure to fulfil its contractual obligation as the reason behind the decision, according to Interfax.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called Gazprom’s actions “justified” and ordered the country’s finance ministry to look into potential risks or providing a $2 billion-$3 billion loan to Ukraine so that it can repay its gas deliveries debt to the company, the agency reported.
Medvedev also said that Ukraine hasn’t yet made full payment for February gas deliveries, according to the news agency."
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gazprom-to-end-gas-discounts-to-ukraine-interfax-2014-03-04
"simmering political tensions in Ukraine, that are aggravated by inadequate economic conditions, may cause disruptions of gas supplies to Europe."
He cited Ukraine’s failure to fulfil its contractual obligation as the reason behind the decision, according to Interfax.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called Gazprom’s actions “justified” and ordered the country’s finance ministry to look into potential risks or providing a $2 billion-$3 billion loan to Ukraine so that it can repay its gas deliveries debt to the company, the agency reported.
Medvedev also said that Ukraine hasn’t yet made full payment for February gas deliveries, according to the news agency."
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gazprom-to-end-gas-discounts-to-ukraine-interfax-2014-03-04
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| http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-04/it-begins-gazprom-warns-european-gas-supply-disruptions-possible |
"On March 1, Gazprom’s spokesperson Sergai Kupriyanov said the gas holding could cancel its gas supply discount for Ukraine as its overdue debt for gas reached $1.5 billion."
"Russia...still supplies around 30% of Europe's gas."
"The company...was once headed by the former president (and current prime minister) Dmitry Medvedev"
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| http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-04/it-begins-gazprom-warns-european-gas-supply-disruptions-possible |
Blogger sent to prison for critical posts
"A dissident blogger was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for posting online criticism of Vietnam's authoritarian government...
The verdict against Truong Duy Nhat was the latest in an intensifying crackdown against advocates of free speech and greater democracy in the Communist-ruled country, where the Internet is enabling more opportunities for organizing and spreading dissent.
...Nhat was convicted of "putting the country's leadership in a bad light," in a series of articles on his blog, his lawyer Tran Vu Hai said. He said Nhat maintained his acts did not constitute a crime.
...Nhat was a reporter at a state-run newspaper before quitting more than three years ago to focus on his blog, "Another Point of View."
...The 50-year-old was arrested at home last May, a month after posting an article that called for the resignation of Communist Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, accusing them of being responsible for what he described as the country's "political chaos," ''slumping economy" and their failure to fight rampant corruption.
Human Rights Watch says the number of people sentenced in political trials has increased every year since 2010 and at least 63 people were imprisoned for peaceful political expression last year."
http://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-sends-blogger-prison-critical-posts-074854410.html
The verdict against Truong Duy Nhat was the latest in an intensifying crackdown against advocates of free speech and greater democracy in the Communist-ruled country, where the Internet is enabling more opportunities for organizing and spreading dissent.
...Nhat was convicted of "putting the country's leadership in a bad light," in a series of articles on his blog, his lawyer Tran Vu Hai said. He said Nhat maintained his acts did not constitute a crime.
...Nhat was a reporter at a state-run newspaper before quitting more than three years ago to focus on his blog, "Another Point of View."
...The 50-year-old was arrested at home last May, a month after posting an article that called for the resignation of Communist Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, accusing them of being responsible for what he described as the country's "political chaos," ''slumping economy" and their failure to fight rampant corruption.
Human Rights Watch says the number of people sentenced in political trials has increased every year since 2010 and at least 63 people were imprisoned for peaceful political expression last year."
http://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-sends-blogger-prison-critical-posts-074854410.html
3/3/14
President Woodrow Wilson; United States and World War I / Barack Obama; Ukraine, Russia, Syria etc..., 2014
"...At the outbreak of the war, the United States pursued a policy of non-intervention, avoiding conflict while trying to broker a peace. When a German U-boat sank the British liner RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 with 128 Americans among the dead, President Woodrow Wilson insisted that "America is too proud to fight" but demanded an end to attacks on passenger ships.
Wilson unsuccessfully tried to mediate a settlement.
...In January 1917, Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, realizing it would mean American entry.
...The German Foreign Minister, in the Zimmermann Telegram, invited Mexico to join the war as Germany's ally against the United States. In return, the Germans would finance Mexico's war and help it recover the territories of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
...After the sinking of seven U.S. merchant ships by submarines and the publication of the Zimmerman telegram, Wilson called for war on Germany, which the U.S. Congress declared on 6 April 1917."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
.
.
Afganistan.
Iraq.
Egypt.
Syria.
Turkey.
Thailand.
Africa.
Today; What appears to be the same thing, only different.
A US president who looks weak.
A foriegn power who has been appeased and doesn't seem to care about US or European response.
Currency debasement.
Economic stagnation.
Income inequality, created in many ways by the US printing money after 2008.
Food price inflation in Emerging Economies.
World wide social unrest.
Rising prices and unemployment for the middle and bottom.
Background;
ON Ukraine with Maps; Remember when Russia invaded Georgia during the Olympics?
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/on-ukraine-with-maps-remember-when.html
"The Math That Predicted The Revolutions Sweeping The Globe"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-math-that-predicted-revolutions.html
Rail Traffic is a Leading Economic Indicator
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/rail-traffic-is-leading-economic.html
"Wall Street high-tech/low-tech weapons used ...to control their casinos:"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/wall-street-high-techlow-tech-weapons.html
"The Merger of State and Commerce"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-merger-of-state-and-commerce.html
"Fascism in the 21st century"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/fascism-in-21st-century.html
"...45,000 [Chinese] mainlanders were seeking to emigrate to British Columbia alone, with an estimated minimum combined wealth of not less than ...$11.6 billion."
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/45000-chinese-mainlanders-were-seeking.html
"...the last (and only previous) time ...the US unemployment rate dropped from 10% to 6.6%, [was from June 1983 to December 1986]
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-last-and-only-previous-time-us.html
Courtesy of Goldman Sachs; The further the dot goes to the left, the more the global economy is slowing down
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/courtesy-of-goldman-sachs-further-dot.html
Margin Debt, 1990 - 2013
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/01/margin-debt-1990-2013.html
"The State of the Union is Crap"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-state-of-union-is-crap.html
If mold continues to multiply after eating half a piece of cheese, what happens when demand exceeds supply?
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/01/if-mold-continues-to-multiply-after.html
"Sun's Current Solar Activity Cycle Is Weakest in a Century" and bizarre correlations
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2013/12/suns-current-solar-activity-cycle-is.html
Wilson unsuccessfully tried to mediate a settlement.
...In January 1917, Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, realizing it would mean American entry.
...The German Foreign Minister, in the Zimmermann Telegram, invited Mexico to join the war as Germany's ally against the United States. In return, the Germans would finance Mexico's war and help it recover the territories of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
...After the sinking of seven U.S. merchant ships by submarines and the publication of the Zimmerman telegram, Wilson called for war on Germany, which the U.S. Congress declared on 6 April 1917."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
.
.
Afganistan.
Iraq.
Egypt.
Syria.
Turkey.
Thailand.
Africa.
Today; What appears to be the same thing, only different.
A US president who looks weak.
A foriegn power who has been appeased and doesn't seem to care about US or European response.
Currency debasement.
Economic stagnation.
Income inequality, created in many ways by the US printing money after 2008.
Food price inflation in Emerging Economies.
World wide social unrest.
Rising prices and unemployment for the middle and bottom.
Background;
ON Ukraine with Maps; Remember when Russia invaded Georgia during the Olympics?
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/on-ukraine-with-maps-remember-when.html
"The Math That Predicted The Revolutions Sweeping The Globe"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-math-that-predicted-revolutions.html
Rail Traffic is a Leading Economic Indicator
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/rail-traffic-is-leading-economic.html
"Wall Street high-tech/low-tech weapons used ...to control their casinos:"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/wall-street-high-techlow-tech-weapons.html
"The Merger of State and Commerce"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-merger-of-state-and-commerce.html
"Fascism in the 21st century"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/fascism-in-21st-century.html
"...45,000 [Chinese] mainlanders were seeking to emigrate to British Columbia alone, with an estimated minimum combined wealth of not less than ...$11.6 billion."
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/45000-chinese-mainlanders-were-seeking.html
"...the last (and only previous) time ...the US unemployment rate dropped from 10% to 6.6%, [was from June 1983 to December 1986]
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-last-and-only-previous-time-us.html
Courtesy of Goldman Sachs; The further the dot goes to the left, the more the global economy is slowing down
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/courtesy-of-goldman-sachs-further-dot.html
Margin Debt, 1990 - 2013
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/01/margin-debt-1990-2013.html
"The State of the Union is Crap"
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-state-of-union-is-crap.html
If mold continues to multiply after eating half a piece of cheese, what happens when demand exceeds supply?
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/01/if-mold-continues-to-multiply-after.html
"Sun's Current Solar Activity Cycle Is Weakest in a Century" and bizarre correlations
http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2013/12/suns-current-solar-activity-cycle-is.html
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