Shelby Officials Called for Depositions!!! Willie Green v. Stacy Heavner—Defamation!! Dicky Amaya and David Causby to testify!!! Mayor Stan Anthony and Walt Scharer are next!! Shelby already spent $150,000+ in lawyer bills!!! Report provided by Robert A. Williams

Editor’s Note: Mr. Willie Green provided this information to me as well as to the Shelby Star on December 7, 2020. I gave the Star a week to provide this information to the public. To my knowledge, the Shelby Star has not written one word.

Folks, So much for the Shelby Star. All you get from the Shelby Star-who no longer is in Shelby-is a pack of lies and deceptions. If you want to know what is going on, you had better just come here in the first place.

The following is the Contents of Mr. Willie Green’s letter and comments to the local news media updating his progress in a lawsuit against Mr. Stacy Heavner. Mr. Heavner is the person who spoke out against Mr. Green’s rezoning request of Property at the intersection of E. Dixon Boulevard and Main Street at an official Shelby City Council Meeting. In official and sworn court documents Stacy Heavner has admitted that former City Councilman Dicky Amaya and Councilman David Causby put him (Heavner) up to coming to the meeting, speaking up and providing false information and allegations that caused Mr. Green’s rezoning request to be denied.

The following email and information that Mr. Willie Green provided to me, the Shelby Star and others are included below-exactly as written.

From Mr., Willie Green
December 7, 2020

The biggest “threat” to the City of Shelby’s economic growth:“Not having effective leadership in place to encourage and “capture” growth opportunities… and Lack of diversity” … City of Shelby 2017 City of Shelby Economic Development Strategic Plan, Sponsored by ELECTRICITIES OF N.C., INC.

Robert,

Please see the attached notice for Depositions for Councilman David Causby and former Councilman Dicky Amaya in my lawsuit against Stacy Heavner. We are waiting to hear back from Mayor Anthony & Planning Director Walt Scharer on our demand for their availability for Deposition & Mediation Settlement Conference before Mayor Anthony’s and I February 8, 2021 court date.

We have made several attempts to resolve all litigation with city officials. Sadly, the city’s attorneys out of Gastonia and Raleigh – who has accumulated over $150,000 in legal fees paid by the city – have refused to engage in any discussions where it would allow me to do the things that the city’s own 2017 Economic Development Strategic Plan and 2008 Parks & Rec 10-year Master Plan both called for. Those out of town lawyers are the people the Mayor and the City Council is allowing to dictate the decision that our elected officials are supposed to be making, due to the fact that we don’t have the “effective leadership in place to encourage and “capture” growth opportunities.”

Finally, I do find it ironic that the City Council passed Resolution No. 30-2020 Condemning Racism at June 15, 2020 meeting, while continuing its’ discrimination practices against minorities doing business in Shelby. In August of this year, the city denied another African American business owner zoning application, even though the City Planning Board and Planning Department recommended the city approve the application. But the city council voted to approve four other zoning applications, although those four approved applications were deemed inconsistent with the City’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

I will keep you and the public updated. As taxpayers, we have a right to know if our public officials are using our tax dollars and their political office to betray the public trust.

Willie A. Green, Sr.
Please excuse any misspelled words.

Editor’s Note: Folks, I underlined several passages that every taxpayer in the city of Shelby should be concerned with. As everyone should remember, the 2020 Election is winding down and the 2021 Election year-including the City of Shelby officials are just starting up. You taxpayers and voters should remember that the $150,000 Shelby Taxpayers have paid in legal bills in this matter could have been settled early-on for only $10,000 in Small Claims Court. In the end, this could cost the City of Shelby in the $Million$. I would agree with Mr. Green as well as the City of Shelby’s own documents that say the city is very weak in “effective leadership.” Stupid and corrupt leadership may be a better description.

Also note that Dicky Amaya and David Causby were asked to do their sworn depositions either on December 16, 17 or 18th. That is THIS WEEK!!!

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