Now, to wrap up this article, let’s look at Commissioner Eddie Holbrook’s association with the American Series World Series in relation with his legal role, duties and responsibilities as a legally elected Cleveland County Commissioner. A political subdivision of the government of the State of North Carolina. This goes for other Commissioners too.
The first consideration is Eddie Holbrook is legally responsible for avoiding all real and perceived conflicts of interests with his lawfully described duties as a Commissioner. A commissioner’s first duty and responsibility is to the County he is elected to serve. The “best interest” of Cleveland County is a commissioner’s number one and only duty. It readily becomes clearly evident that the Cleveland County Commissioner’s practice of also serving on other boards, often multiple other boards, is a conflict of interest. How can you serve as a Commissioner and as a member of the FAIR Board (for instance) and there NOT be a conflict of interest. The Fair has leased county owned property for years for a dollar a year and makes large profits without returning anything back to the county. The Fair refuses to make their records and “books” available for the public to see. Yet, now the Commissioners loaned the Fair $350,000 at zero % interest. Part of this loan is still due. Then, the Commissioners vote to allow the Fair (an agricultural Fair) to haul their garbage, including animal wastes that have for the history of the world been spread on fields to improve the soil, to the landfill for burial for Zero. A benefit no other person or entity in Cleveland can get away with. Of course the vast majority of the Fair waste is garbage, with a little animal manure thrown in for effect. But it worked, The $15,000 tipping fee the Fair normally has to pay is now excused for Zero. Holbrook simply says “e-coli” is the reason. Of course if e-coli was the real concern, the Fair’s animal waste would be collected separately and disposed of as a hazardous waste. Probably spread on somebody’s field in the dark of night. But no, another swindle of the taxpayers and a good example of a conflict of interest for the commissioners.
But now Commissioner Chairman Eddie Holbrook has invented an even more blatant way to cheat taxpayers. Small but blatant, Eddie Holbrook has taken to stealing Cleveland County government letterhead stationary and county staff time to use in his outside role as Chairman of the American Legion World Series organization. And in a very directed way to attempt to avoid US Constitutional Law requirements and the scrutiny thereof.
The Civil Rights Acts of 1972, well tested in Supreme Court decisions. Title IX requires equality (no discrimination) with regard to sex in Public Educational Institutions that receive federal funding. Presently there is a pending Title IX complaint against Cleveland County Schools regarding the fact that the baseball field at Shelby High School (home to the ALWS with at least $5 million pumped in by the American Legion) will not allow the SHS girls softball team to play on that field and there are no other facilities at SHS for the SHS girls to play on.
Well, Eddie Holbrook, as Chairman of the American Legion World Series in Shelby has been trying to sneak around that Federal law from the start of the ALWS by using grants, gifts, American Legion Money, etc. that he calls “private money” to be used to get around Federal law. That may be well and good for some, but there is more.
When the Title IX complaint came in and the Shelby ALWS under Chairman Eddie Holbrook wanted to pour another $Million or so into the SHS Ball Field to help the Shelby ALWS extend their contract. Yes, extend the Contract. Shelby, nor anywhere else, is NOT the permanent home of the ALWS as Eddie Holbrook has told that lie so many times. They are only the present home until their contract runs out in 2019. And this extra $million might help get the contract extended or renewed for a couple more years. And to spend that extra $million, the ALWS has to get the School Board’s usually rubberstamped approval. So, Eddie Holbrook, as Chairman of the Shelby ALWS sends a letter to the CCS Board back in May asking for that approval.
Only thing is, CCS, now under Title IX investigation is afraid they will be stuck with having to spend Multimillions to provide an equal facility for the girls at SHS to play softball on. And, for once, the CCS Board actually has a discussion.
Former School Board Chairman Phillip “Bully” Glover asks a question. Glover says the ALWS letter signed by Eddie Holbrook is on Cleveland County letterhead stationary. So, is this letter asking CCS permission to accept ALWS money “from Eddie Holbrook as chairman of the County Commissioners or as Chairman of the American Legion World Series???” (This is per the May 2018 School Board Meeting video) A perfect example of Eddie Holbrook’s conflict of interest as well as Holbrook just stole County stationary and probably county employee time to type up this ALWS letter on County Stationary.
Of course the County employee does as illegally directed by Commissioner Chairman Eddie Holbrook. Otherwise they would soon be out of a job; just like former County Manager Eddie Bailes, Kris Krebs and even former County Attorney Bob Yelton. Same with the County Coroner, but that is another story as they just held a meeting at the LeGrand Center with this State Medical Examiner head honcho. A meeting without the present Coroner and Assistant Coroner attending. Don’t know who paid the LeGrand Center bill, but I can only suppose the Commissioners (taxpayers) did as a way to funnel tax money through that failed facility run by the loser Jason Falls. Just another way to hide or minimize the losses at the LeGrand Center.
Folks, all of this information came from official public documents and reliable sources as well as attending CCS and Commissioner meetings myself. I dug up the information and so can you if you refuse to believe what I have stated.
One thing though, I am not going to dig up any more about the spider web of information surrounding the Fairfield Motel. The reason being, when you mess around spider webs, sooner or later you will find the spider. Perhaps a black widow. I don’t know for sure that the Nevada folks have mob connections and are laundering gambling money. I have proven in so many other ways that Commissioner Eddie Holbrook has both hands in the Cleveland County cookie jar up to his elbows. If voters want to be fools and re-elect Holbrook, all I can say is I told you so and I am sure you will eventually get what you deserve. Why should I run any personal risks for the fools like that when the answer is so very easy. Vote for somebody else for Commissioner besides Eddie Holbrook and those other Commissioners that support Holbrook in his foolishness. More on that later.
And, there is Holbrook’s age factor. Eddie Holbrook is 82+ and seeking another four year term in office. Statistically Eddie Holbrook’s health and mental capacity will likely NOT hold up sufficient for another four years in office. Cleveland County saw what happened to Sheriff Raymond Hamrick when he had his motorcycle accident right before re-election. Sheriff Hamrick was virtually missing in action for years at a time before the next election and the Sheriff’s Offfice was in a prolonged state of chaos until then Deputy Alan Norman was elected Sheriff (after Hamrick fired him for running against him.)
Also, Commissioner Ronnie Hawkins running for Commissioner from his deathbed two years ago. Sworn in by telephone, only to pass away eight days into his term. The sore loser Commissioner Jason Falls resigning in office only to be appointed interim County Manager and then Director of the failed LeGrand Center. Both vacancies filled by appointments by the insane Republican Executive Committee who made Ronnie Whetstine and Doug Bridges promise to “carry on” with how things were being run by the Democrat Chairman Eddie Holbrook. Just think about what would happen if the Democrat Executive Committee got to “appoint” anybody to replace a vacancy caused by the incapacity of Eddie Holbrook. It would be another Yankee-Doodle Democrat-Socialist just like the likes of Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortiz. Or Hilary Clinton on steroids.
Wow, what a mess Cleveland County is in.
Thank you Republican Willie A. Green for running for the Cleveland County Commissioner’s office as a Write-In candidate. Totally independent of the Republican Party and Democrat Party Primary vetting where you have to promise to do unethical things. You are answerable only to the best interest of Cleveland County and accountable only to what is right.