Of course bringing out protesters to mingle in with the Democrat crowd is often included in these tactics, but not advertised. Sheriff Alan Norman had that covered for this particular Townhall. Uniformed officers and metal detectors screened everybody attending. Other Officers mingled in the crowd for extra protection. It was obvious that violence would NOT be allowed or tolerated at THIS Townhall. Perhaps the officials in Charlottesville, VA, Durham, NC and other places should have taken this approach.
All this was going on even before the Townhall meeting even started and not a peep from the Star about this.
There is more.
Not a peep from the Star about Kathy Falls’ statements and questions to McHenry. Kathy Falls sat in the back, but when it was time to ask questions she rushed to the front and got in front of the line. Kathy Falls complained about having to get up some petitions because she was registered as Unaffiliated. “Nobody should have to get petitions to run for office” said Falls and asked McHenry what he could do about it. That was a dumb question and showed exactly why Kathy Falls should never be elected to the School Board. McHenry stated there was nothing he could do for Falls, short of amending the Constitution. McHenry went on to explain that the Constitution did not allow the US Government to regulate how elections were conducted, that was delegated to the States. (The 8th Amendment states “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people.” Ratified in 1791, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution embodies the general principles of Federalism in a republican form of government.) And Kathy Falls is a member of the Cleveland County School Board and an elected official and doesn’t know this. Everybody in the place immediately knew Kathy Falls was a ding-bat and voters should send her home on Election Day.
Kathy Falls is also obviously selfish (only interested in herself), lazy (doesn’t want to work on getting the petition signatures that North Carolina law requires) and unconcerned (She left as soon as she got the answer that she did not want.)
The Star did not report anything about Kathy Falls or Danny Blanton.
School Board member Danny Blanton also had a question for McHenry. Blanton told McHenry that meals served to school kids, as ordered by Federal guidelines for meals, on very many occasions got dumped in the trashcan because the kids wouldn’t eat it, even when they were hungry. This was certainly not a selfish question like from Kathy Falls from Danny Blanton, but a real concern about child nutrition. Blanton also asked about Federal guidelines about school bus routes that was causing young children to have to walk excessive distances to pick up the school bus. McHenry said he believes these rules should be turned over to the State, would look into these issues. (Some discussion with Danny Blanton and Robert Queen after the meeting indicated that they would consider the option to quit taking Federal money and get rid of the Federal Rules that are causing more harm than good. (At the TEA Party Forum the next night it came out that for the 10.4% of school revenue from the Federal Government it cost 35% of school spending to keep track with complying with the Federal Rules. Folks, do the math. It is obvious that kicking the Federals out of our schools by refusing to take their money is actually much cheaper for the schools and the extra money could be redirected to the classroom to provide a better education for our children. So, why has the School Board not already done this? The answer is obvious, taking Federal money requires hiring many people to do Federal paperwork. Bureaucrats love hiring more people. That is how they operate. So, the answer is obvious, Re-elect Danny Blanton. And elect Robert Queen, Kevin Whisnant and Rodney Fitch to the School Board on Election Day!!