tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70078833590315636102026-04-20T18:12:13.680-04:00EzGreensboro NewsWorking from the fringes of Greensboro politics and development to build a brighter future for Greensboro into the 21st Century and beyond.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5468125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-12289142789524097022026-02-15T16:00:00.000-05:002026-02-15T16:00:53.529-05:00STPAC fraud; "Matthew Brown is the author of the attached document in the email", which didn't include the interest on the debt
From Matt's presentation to City Council; The math is exactly the same; $10 million + $1.6 + $500,000 + $1.079 million = $13.179 million from VIP parking, which is what the proposal presented to the public was, and was what Greensboro's City Council voted for;
$10 million + 2.1 + $1.079 million = $13,179,000 million from VIP parking = $13.179
At least Matt Brown, Kathy Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-39487798702016553422025-09-26T01:04:00.000-04:002025-09-26T01:04:09.979-04:002025 Greensboro Political Posts at Public Integrity Watchhttps://www.publicintegrity.watch/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-31099658652924542982025-09-16T09:47:00.000-04:002025-09-16T09:47:37.345-04:00Economic Stuff
Spreads on investment-grade bonds are at the lowest levels since 1998. pic.twitter.com/hCywFuDltc— Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) September 16, 2025
Is it me or is all of this Nvidia, Coreweave, OpenAI, etc stuff just a circle jerk of companies buying from each other at inflated prices to push up each other's valuations then rinse and repeat? I'm not the smartest guy Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-19481225223306402232025-08-23T11:24:00.003-04:002025-08-23T11:24:57.489-04:00Time for Transparency: Greensboro's Downtown Greenway Demands an Independent AuditAfter more than two decades and over $50 million in public and private funding, Greensboro's Downtown Greenway stands as a testament to both civic ambition and a profound lack of accountability. Conceived in 2001 as a transformative 4-mile urban trail to connect neighborhoods and spur economic growth, the project has become a cautionary tale of endless delays, escalating costs and a governance Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-50818453995175305552025-08-04T08:50:00.001-04:002025-08-04T08:50:27.190-04:00Formal Demand for Immediate Termination of DGI Contracthttps://georgehartzman.substack.com/p/formal-demand-for-immediate-terminationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-37960423267303521322025-07-05T06:45:00.003-04:002025-07-06T15:04:24.598-04:00SBI Investigating Greensboro Council Member Amid Allegations of Homeless Relocation, Misuse of Funds and Conflicts of Interest; Likely Target Zack MathenySBI Investigating Greensboro Council Member Amid Allegations of Homeless Relocation, Misuse of Funds, and Conflicts of Interest; Likely target is Zack Mathenyhttps://georgehartzman.substack.com/p/sbi-investigating-greensboro-councilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-35129381248481303522025-06-28T13:23:00.001-04:002025-06-28T13:26:48.214-04:00Formal Complaint Alleges Systemic Conflicts of Interest at The Assembly, DGI, and CFGGGREENSBORO, N.C. June 28, 2025 — A detailed formal complaint filed by government watchdog George Hartzman accuses The Assembly, a North Carolina-based news outlet, of systemic conflicts of interest involving its Greensboro coverage, funders, and local institutions including Downtown Greensboro Inc. (DGI) and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (CFGG).The complaint names The Assembly’s Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-52806237533673938712025-06-08T15:47:00.009-04:002025-06-08T15:47:47.549-04:00Greensboro Officials Face Ethics Probe Over Alleged Lobbying Violations and Conflicts of InterestGreensboro, NC – June 8, 2025 – Formal complaints have been filed by local resident George Hartzman with the Greensboro City Clerk, the State Ethics Commission and the Secretary of State’s Lobbying Compliance Division. The complaints allege serious violations of North Carolina’s lobbying laws, conflict-of-interest statutes, and ethics codes by Downtown Greensboro Inc. (DGI) President and City Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-18357460317012282842025-06-08T09:26:00.005-04:002025-06-08T10:30:42.571-04:00STATE ETHICS COMMISSION AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S LOBBYING COMPLIANCE DIVISION COMPLAINTS ON LOBBYING LAW AND OTHER VIOLATIONS BY AT LEAST ZACK MATHENY, NANCY VAUGHAN, NANCY HOFFMANN, CITY ATTORNEY CHUCK WATTS AND ROY CARROLL "The State Ethics Commission has the authority to investigate complaints against those persons covered by Chapter 120C of the North Carolina General Statutes, “The Lobbying Law,” for alleged violations.""Complaints involving allegations related only to potential reporting and registration violations should be reported to the Secretary of State’s Lobbying Compliance Division." Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-16721471046821586802025-06-03T08:54:00.004-04:002025-06-03T08:54:22.660-04:00"DGI Board Members Face Mounting Pressure to Recuse Themselves or Resign Amid Deepening Compliance Investigation involving Greensboro's City Council"Greensboro, NC — Downtown Greensboro Inc. (DGI), a nonprofit organization that receives significant taxpayer funding from both City and Guilford County tax revenues, is facing intensifying scrutiny over potential violations of federal tax-exempt rules, misuse of public funds, and systemic conflicts of interest among its board members, City Council and Greensboro employees, all from one expense Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-76988183345861468522025-05-31T13:00:00.002-04:002025-05-31T15:44:55.462-04:00REVELATION: Greensboro Accused of Busing Unhoused Individuals Out of City Using Taxpayer Funds via DGI GREENSBORO, N.C. — May 30, 2025 — Newly uncovered financial records released on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 by the City of Greensboro reveal that Downtown Greensboro, Inc. (DGI), a nonprofit run by City Councilman Zack Matheny and largely funded by the City of Greensboro and Guilford County, has spent thousands of dollars on Greyhound bus tickets for unhoused individuals, raising allegations of aUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-47670317390360784032025-01-23T08:17:00.003-05:002025-01-23T08:17:34.950-05:00Controversy Erupts Over Greensboro City Council Seat AppointmentA potential conflict of interest and allegations of election manipulation have surfaced surrounding the appointment of a successor to the late Yvonne Johnson's at-large City Council seat in Greensboro, North Carolina.Key DetailsThe controversy centers on Vernon Johnson, son of the recently deceased Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne Johnson, who has announced his intention to run for the vacant seat. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-74789721522385123962023-09-03T22:03:00.002-04:002023-09-05T10:00:44.837-04:00The Big Short; Hartzman Edition; Some of my 2007-2009 Great Financial Crisis HistoryIn 1999, after working at J. C. Bradford on the corner of Elm and Cornwallis in Greensboro, North Carolina, George Hartzman, the son a Phd. Nuclear Engineer who taught him what a normal Price to Earnings ratio was supposed to be for a publicly traded stock, found the US financial markets way out of whack.The top of the stock market topped in 2000 after the world survived the Y2K scare, which Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-49868559754132365802023-02-06T22:58:00.003-05:002023-02-06T22:58:27.635-05:00Pay 25% Less for Tax Preparation than last year! (for similar services) Limited New Client Openings Now Available• FREE Consultation & Estimates• Virtual, Remote & Drop off Services• Evening & Weekend Appointments• Heated Outdoor Meeting Area• Secure Encrypted Communication• Authorized PTIN and IRS E-File Provider• Business Owner Since 2007• Financial Industry Experience Since 1993• Investment and Healthcare Consulting• hartzman.blogspot.comWorking Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-61010076689711110492021-05-18T10:18:00.007-04:002021-05-18T10:18:49.413-04:00Saturday, February 21, 2015; News and Record's Allen Johnson; "Matheny and DGI" stated;"In what comes as only a mild surprise (at best), City Councilman Zack Matheny wants to head Downtown Greensboro Inc....One thing should be certain, though: If he gets the DGI job, no way in the world should Matheny be on the council as well.It would be an obvious and blatant conflict of interest.The City Council funds DGI and has had an increasing voice in its mission and its operations. In factUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-36310368699781912702021-04-29T11:02:00.002-04:002021-04-29T11:02:08.730-04:00City of Greensboro Information Request; Legal opinion Please provide the legal department's opinion of Zack Matheny's need to resign before taking the DGI CEO job.Thanks, gUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-12214099230033027532021-04-26T12:40:00.001-04:002021-04-26T12:40:18.982-04:00City of Greensboro Information Request "Conflict of Interest" Please provide in electronic form, all communications and documentation to or from the City of Greensboro's legal department containing opinions concerning questions of conflict of interest for the past two years.Thanks, gUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-32825574276645113872021-03-23T09:50:00.009-04:002021-03-23T09:50:56.363-04:00Mayor Nancy Vaughan, Sharon Hightower, Marikay Abuzuaiter, Nancy Hoffmann and Goldie Wells voted against a measure requiring police to get written consent before they search a person, car or property. In Greensboro, these searches overwhelmingly target our black population."Under a written consent procedure, police must inform you that you have the right to refuse consent and that if you are waiving that right, you must do so in writing. ...Consent searches, like many things in the criminal justice system, are subject to implicit racial bias because discretion is involved when it comes to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-34800057146025906872021-03-04T16:54:00.000-05:002021-03-04T16:54:37.563-05:00Remember when Greensboro mayor Nancy Vaughan went after Duke Energy over tree trimming around power lines?
"Greensboro leaders, residents take on Duke over trees
...It was a David-and-Goliath battle between residents in several communities scattered across Greensboro who were outraged at what they said were extreme tree trimming practices by Duke Energy to protect power lines.
...At-large Councilwoman Nancy Vaughan, who several residents said had championed their cause, said a meeting between Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-5209196405311216092020-11-26T12:47:00.001-05:002020-11-26T12:47:35.492-05:00Thanksgiving
"May 23, 1541: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
and the Teya Indians have a feast in Palo Duro Canyon in Texas
to celebrate his expedition's discovery of food supplies.
Many people consider this
to be the first true North American Thanksgiving.
Sept. 8, 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
lands in St. Augustine and he and his men share a feast with the natives.
1578: The first North American Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-49844756258860683562020-11-26T12:47:00.000-05:002020-11-26T12:47:13.969-05:00Thanksgiving Pilgrims, Indians, Christopher Columbus and Genocide
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Uncovering theUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-4343858527983221662020-11-26T12:46:00.001-05:002020-11-26T12:46:58.940-05:00The Great Thanksgiving Hoax, by Richard J. Maybury
"...school children all over America are taught the official Thanksgiving story,
and newspapers, radio, TV, and magazines devote vast amounts of time and space to it.
...This official story is nothing like what really happened.
...The official story has the pilgrims boarding the Mayflower,
coming to America and establishing the Plymouth colony
in the winter of 1620-21.
This first winter is Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-3894571041235805612020-11-26T12:46:00.000-05:002020-11-26T12:46:46.625-05:00Thanksgiving History Timeline
"May 23, 1541: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
and the Teya Indians have a feast in Palo Duro Canyon in Texas
to celebrate his expedition's discovery of food supplies.
Many people consider this
to be the first true North American Thanksgiving.
Sept. 8, 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
lands in St. Augustine and he and his men share a feast with the natives.
1578: The first North American Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-84134046854150752752020-11-25T15:49:00.003-05:002020-11-25T15:49:55.138-05:00Guilford County Covid Charts as of 11/24/2020; Highest Seven Day Average New Cases, Hospitalizations and Positive Tests by Age and Death Highest Seven Day Average New Cases;https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article241168731.htmlNew Cases per day;Hospitalizations;https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/human-services/health-department/coronavirus-covid-19-info/covid-19-dataMost Positive Tests are Low Risk Individuals;https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/human-services/health-department/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007883359031563610.post-82894037565956644542020-11-23T17:18:00.000-05:002020-11-23T17:18:58.802-05:00On the closing of the American Hebrew Academy; Glenn Drew, Leader of Failed AHA International School in Greensboro, and Massively Indebted by its Board in 2017, leaving at the end of NovemberNov 18, 2020; Glenn Drew, Leader of Failed and Massively Indebted AHA International School in Greensboro, leaving at the end of NovemberAHA International School leader Glenn Drew is stepping down from the school at the end of this month, he announced on Wednesday. AHA International School is a new incarnation for the former American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro which closed in 2019.It has Unknownnoreply@blogger.com