From Greensboro City Council member Mike Barber’s memo to City Manager Mitchell Johnson questioning fellow council member Robbie Perkins’ role in the Pilot Life land deal:
“Last Tuesday night, we entered the closed session and were told that Robbie Perkins could not join us because he stood to benefit financially from the pending sale of the property, subject to the incentives approval. Jim Westmoreland, and only Jim Westmoreland, began to present the proposal. When Jim was asked who brought the proposal to the City, he hesitated and said, ‘a representative.’ When pressed he said, ‘Robbie Perkins.’ When asked why Dan Lynch or others were not presenting this proposal, you [Mitch] responded, ‘We thought we would let Jim run with this one.’
This is the way our city government operates.
