7/9/09

Dear John Hammer

District 3 Councilmember Zack Matheny


has filed to run for reelection


 


Matheny has been one of the swing votes on this council


and cast one of the deciding votes


to remove Mitch Johnson from office in March


 


It appears that Matheny is coming into his own as a councilmember


 


Also filing to run in District 3 is George Hartzman


 


John Hammer


Editor, The Rhinoceros Times


July 09, 2009


 


Do the few who control dissemination


of most political information


enjoy relatively disproportionate levels of influence


than the many who don’t?


 


Are the less informed easier to persuade


than the more?


 


District 3 challenger George Hartzman


is challenging incumbent Zack Matheny


for the District 3 seat on Greensboro City Council


 


The 42-year-old Hartzman


… says he got interested in municipal politics


by studying debt in the states of California and North Carolina


and in Guilford County and the city of Greensboro


 


Hartzman is opposed to the city issuing new bonds


and favors reopening the White Street Landfill to household waste


 


“The young are bearing the burden of their elders’ debt,” he said


“…That’s really uncool


It’s wrong”


 


Jordan Green


Editor, Yes Weekly


July 9, 2009


 


Is there a correlation between behavior


and information consumption?


 


Can thought be controlled by repeating positive messages


while underreporting negative


and vice versa?


 


If a newspaper knows how much money political candidates raise


can profit be enhanced by targeting news coverage


to influence campaign advertising money flows?

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