What I said on the City of Greensboro giving TREBIC's Marlene Sanford taxpayer money for lobbying

George Hartzman, Baytree Drive, Greensboro

I have taught financial ethics to CPAs and attorneys for 10 years, and uncovered securities fraud in our financial industry.

Tonight, City Council was supposed to vote to give TREBIC’s Marlene Sanford money to lobby on Greensboro's behalf.

TREBIC directs campaign donations.

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

Robbie Perkins and Marlene stacked the RUCO board and the Minimum Housing Standards Committee

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

Mayor Perkins illegally funded TREBIC by deducting his donations which were spent on lobbying, voted to limit rental inspections, and the News & Record, The Rhino Times and Yes Weekly won't report it, and now City Council was asked to fund Marlene with taxpayer money.

TREBIC and Robbie Perkins are responsible for harming poor renters along with other elected officials who didn't lift a finger.

This is what Marlene and Robbie, who served together on the RUCO board which met at TREBIC’s headquarters brought Greensboro with taxpayer money.

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

If the Greensboro Partnership is a dues paying TREBIC member, and the Partnership receives taxpayer money, some of Greensboro's taxpayer money funded the harming of poor renters state wide, and the News & Record, The Rhino Times and Yes Weekly won't report it.

Dawn Cheney is on the executive committee for The Greensboro Landlord Association, is on DGI’s board, was on the RUCO taskforce, and is now on the post RUCO study committee.

Mrs. Chaney also chairs Greensboro's Redevelopment Commission and now she’s on the committee to fix DGI.

The News & Record, The Rhino Times and Yes Weekly share part of the blame for letting Robbie and friends mislead Greensboro's African American community and getting away with it without holding anyone responsible.

Those who have harmed poor renters have been left unaccountable for their actions, and continue to pervert our government.

These people are actively harming Greensboro with regulatory capture, self dealing, cronyism and stacked committees and our news industry won't report it.