First, the Rail-Trail appears crazy at every level. Like I previously stated, nobody will use the Rail-
Trail on a regular basis to come to town, walking or riding a bicycle, to buy groceries at the one day a week Farmer’s Market-which is now called something else, go shopping, watch a movie, eat out. Too much bad weather, nighttime, crime along the way and all of that.
But the Rail Trail is being expanded beyond the Railroad right of way. Expanded into a trail, but also a small continuous, but thin, “park” like existence that creates a swath of “nicety” thru much of the slums of Shelby. Land can be forced to be sold to the city for this part of the hoax and scam.
But, what would such a swath actually produce. A nice place for the black slum dwellers to enjoy themselves. Where the gangs, “chopper boys” take over at night and target practice with their AK-47s, AR-15s and “hot” pistols. Oh Nooo!! This Rail-Trail park like area would provide a backstop for the real hoax and scam.
This Rail-Trail “Park” paid for by taxpayer money actually creates a zone of property that will be maintained by the City of Shelby and look nice all the time. A nice place rich folks could build their nice, fancy and expensive homes on and be sure their property backside won’t ever be used for a trailer park, a junk-yard or low rent housing. Therefore, the property adjoining the Rail-Trail-on both sides-becomes more valuable.
As this property becomes more valuable, the slum lords evict any poor tenants that live in the area, bulldoze the slum houses and sell off expensive plots for developers to build high dollar developments on. The kind of developments where the soccer moms can send their kids out to play on. Ride their bicycles and such. Now that the slum dwellers and chopper-boys have been moved out.
Then, as the Rail-Trail adjoining property is developed, Property adjoining that is developed. Anchored on their backside by the nice developments that directly adjoin the Rail-Trail park. Of course, there will be access areas where these new folks can also send their kids to and ride their own bikes every now and then.
So, here is the secret. This Rail-Trail will eventually move out the sub-poverty level blacks and move in the rich, overwhelmingly white rich folks. Black voters will be moved out of Shelby. Black children will be moved out of Shelby Schools. And the Real Estate and development folks smile. All the way to the bank. All thanks to investments paid for by all the taxpayers in Cleveland County.
But that is NOT all.
As the “racial cleansing” moves through the West side of downtown Shelby, heading South, there is Willie Green’s property right along the planned Rail-Trail Thread Trail junction. Holly Oak Park too. Mr. Green bought this property several years ago with the idea of building a sports complex, just like the City of Shelby said they wanted in their Ten-Year Master Plan. A sports complex that was at first embraced by Shelby elected leadership, but then shunned when Mr. Green’s property location became known.
“Oh No,” said the City of Shelby officials. “We can’t have a black man located there. In that strategic location. He cuts us off from Holly Oak Park” was likely their thinking. Holly Oak Park, a historically black park, had been neglected for many years has been “spruced up” using both Shelby and County taxpayer dollars. Phase II of the scam. Clean up Holly Oak Park with taxpayer money, move out the black communities and develop the undeveloped parts of the park and move in rich white people. Another cash cow boon to the Real Estate and Development people in Shelby. A never-ending cash cow boon to Real Estate and Development folks who will leach off of this all the way to the South Carolina line. Likely to the Interstate 85 intersection in Grover where al these rich white folks can have an easier access to their high paying jobs while still living large in their taxpayer supported mansions that are much cheaper than equivalent living in Charlotte or Spartanburg.
So, folks, the truth has come out about this Rail-Trail that everybody that doesn’t know thinks is “silly.” It is not “silly” at all. It is a cold and calculated deception, hoax and scam of the people of Cleveland County. The taxpayers who will provide the “seed money” for Real Estate and Development dynasties. The same taxpayers who are themselves “silly” to even think about voting for a Sales Tax increase without knowing and being told exactly what this “seed money” tax increase will actually be used for. Now you know folks. If you vote for this Sales tax increase, YOU have been had.
Now folks, don’t believe a word I say in this article. Just follow the tracks (railroad tracks) and see for yourself.
