Shelby Mayor Stan Anthony Accused of Criminal Acts!! Requested to Resign Immediately!! Anthony Wears his Company Logo on City of Shelby Advertisement!! Report, evaluation and arguendo by Robert A. Williams

Advertising is big business in America. A 30-second advertisement in this past 2020 NFL Superbowl cost $5.6 million. If you break down the halftime programs, the time-outs and such into 30-second advertisements, well over $400 million is spent on Superbowl advertisements. Or commercials as some call them. And then the athletes get big bucks for wearing Nike shoes and other products. Again, advertising cost big buck$ and comes in all kinds of varieties.

So, when Willie Green, a two-time Superbowl Ring winner sees Shelby Mayor Stan Anthony wearing a Boomerang (Stan Anthony’s business) logo on an Official City of Shelby website advertisement, Mr. Green immediately knew that Mayor Stan Anthony was self-dealing. Mayor Stan Anthony, when “pitching” for the City of Shelby should have been wearing a City of Shelby logo instead of the logo of his private company. In reality, Mayor Anthony was telling potential business executives to come to Shelby and do business with him instead of coming to Shelby to do business with the City of Shelby as a community.

Mr. Willie Green has filed an official complaint against Mayor Stan Anthony and the basis of Mr. Green’s complaint is, in fact, 100% correct. Although some would say that other Mayors and County officials have done the4 same thing, or worse; that is no excuse for criminal acts going unpunished.

The following is Mr. Green’s Complaint and demand that Mayor Stan Anthony resign immediately. Mr. Green’s message was sent to the new Shelby City Attorney Andrea Leslie-Fite, with copies of all the Shelby City Council, Law Enforcement, the FBI and others who would have the duty to investigate and prosecute crimes such as this.

From: Mr. Willie Green
To: City Attorney Andrea Leslie-Fite,
The purpose of this email is to demand the resignation of Mayor Stan Anthony for his blatant disregard and violation of the North Carolina Criminal Self-Dealing Statute (G.S. 14-234).
In the attached picture and on the City of Shelby’s Facebook webpage, Mayor Anthony – while doing the people’s business – is receiving valuable free advertising for his business Boomerang Design by wearing his company’s (Boomerang Design) logo instead of wearing attire provided by the City of Shelby.
If you recall, my wife (Dena Green) who serves on the School Board was told by the school’s attorney that she or her spouse could not receive a direct financial benefit as a school board member and her options were to immediately step down (not simply recuse herself) before the school board could even consider my proposal to purchase the old N. Shelby School or I would have to pull my offer if she decided not to step-down.
When the issue of a conflict came up with City Councilwoman Violet Dukes, the excuse the City Attorney gave was, that Councilwoman Dukes did not receive a direct financial benefit from funding given to the Arts Council by the City of Shelby, where she is employed and therefore there was no conflict of interest. Mayor Anthony owns Boomerang Design, Mayor Anthony is advertising his company on the City’s website and Mayor Anthony is receiving a direct financial benefit. Thus – as in the options my wife was presented – Mayor Anthony chose to receive a direct financial benefit when he decided to advertise his company in the City’s promotion to open back up the city for business. This is not the first time that Mayor Anthony has been involved in criminal self-dealing, it is like he knows he can do it and get away with it.
We cannot continue to allow our public officials to continue to get away with their corrupt and discriminatory ways, they must start playing by the rules and obeying the law as we as citizens are required to do. All of this corrupt behavior and discriminatory practices that are taken place by our public officials will become a national spotlight if proactive measures of self-policing are not implemented.
Again, Mayor Anthony should resign NOW.
Willie A. Green, Sr.

To this email exchange, Rev. Dante Murphy provided this good advice and question to Mayor Stan Anthony:

Mayor Anthony,

Please clarify if your company did any of the architectural work that you are referring to in the video. I assume you did since you are advertising your business. As I remember, it was when Mr. Green refused to use your business that the partnership between the city and Mr. Green failed. Is it illegal to be doing this?

Rev. Dante Murphy

Note that Shelby City Attorney Andrea Leslie-Fite has replied to Mr. Green’s message with an assurance that she would respond. We will provide additional information as soon as we receive it. Also note that the Shelby Star has been copied on all of this information, just like I have. It should be a “hoot” to see how the Shelby Star will “spin” this story.