Next, I see from certain documents that the newest investigation of past employee complaints and concerns will only be two days spent investigating the records of the original investigation that was previously conducted without even speaking to those employees who made the complaints and voiced their concerns in the first place, right before being dismissed from CCC for their trouble. By all indications this latest investigation plan will be a cover-up of a cover-up. Any “hope that we (CCC) can rebuild community confidence and campus morale quickly” is just wishful thinking. All you have to do is look at the present Cleveland County School Board Elections to see that the simple booting out of CCS Superintendent Dr. Bruce Boyles, “fixing” an audit of fraudulent school credit card charges, the DA’s Office refusing to press charges and withholding information from the public and other miscellaneous cover-ups never fixed anything at CCS and the same old problems just keep festering. Why the CCC Interim President and Board of Trustees would follow such a path of failure is well beyond reasonable comprehension.
Therefore, I plan to do an independent investigation of my own regarding the many scandals, issues and problems at CCC. I will enlist assistance as necessary to evaluate the situation such that all sides and angles are considered. I plan to interview all concerned and involved and provide an independent report to the Citizens of Cleveland County of my findings.
To accomplish this, please consider this portion of this letter as an official request, Under the Freedom of Information Act and North Carolina Public Records laws, to inspect and be able to copy as necessary:
1. Every document, report, email, records, recordings and meeting minutes that were generated in the original investigation as well as those conducted by this second investigation regarding the scandals, issues and problems at CCC. Basically, I want to see everything that the investigator sees, determine if anything has been left out and go from there.
2. The right to be present and record any and all polygraph (lie detector) testing as well as inspect all records, documents and questions involved and developed from such testing.
My authority to ask for the items noted above arise from North Carolina and Federal Law and the United States Constitution as well as the fact that I am a citizen and resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina and the United States of America.
Please provide your assistance in assuring that my legally allowed requests for the information asked for is provided in a prompt manner as presently the few requests for information that I have made appear to be “slow-walked” within your system at CCC. I am certain those delays are by the direction of top level CCC personnel and are an indication of cover-up all by itself. I will consider any unusual delays and obstructions to my investigation to be the same.
If you have any comments or questions, please call me at 704-538-8257 or email me at raw@shelby.net. I will protect the identity of those members of the public or CCC Staff and administration that would like to remain anonymous in their communications with me.
Regards,
Robert A. Williams