Mr. Green’s “Career Promise Program” to provide college scholarships to all eligible graduating Cleveland County High School Seniors, “black” and “white,” was also turned down because Mr. Green’s scholarships would allow students to pick their colleges-instead of Cleveland Community College being the only college available to students. Gaston County, upon hearing of such a project, initiated a Career Promise program for Gaston County’s graduating High School Seniors.
Despite al these good ideas and good business proposals offered by Mr. Willie Green; the City of Shelby and Cleveland County turned them down. Now the Cleveland County Commissioners have tasked the County Manager to discriminate and retaliate against Mr. Green by selectively (and likely illegal) enforcing a punitive “enforced tax collection effort against Mr. Willie Green. It goes like this:
Mr. Green’s property on the corner of Main Street and East Dixon Boulevard, along with 7,769 other properties went past the tax payment due date of January 6, 2021.
The county tax collector allegedly “served” a “Notice” to Mr. Green’s Company on February 8, 2021 that stated that Mr. Green had 30 days from the date of the letter to pay the $4,100 tax bill OR file an appeal of the assessment.
Mr. Green alleges he never received such a “Notice” at that time.
On February 19, 2021 (only eleven days into that 30 days) Mr. Green receives a notice from Sun Trust Bank that the Cleveland County’s Tax Collection Bill had been garnished out of Mr. Green’s 401(k) retirement account instead of other accounts Mr. Green had at that bank to pay the county’s tax collector’s bill. Since early withdrawal from a 401(k) incurs a 10% penalty as well as additional income taxes being paid, Mr. Green’s actual cost would greatly exceed the $4100 tax bill. Indicating a planned scheme by the Commissioners and County Manager to discriminate and retaliate against Mr. Green.
Mr. Green demanded that Sun Trust Bank send him the paperwork that the County Tax Collector used to “garnish” Mr. Greens 401(k) account and received his first glimpse of the letter the tax collector was supposed to have “served” on him. Such Paperwork contained no conclusive evidence that Mr. Green or anybody else had actually “signed” for the “served” notice.
Mr. Green sent a message to County Attorney Tim Moore requesting information about why he had been singled out for discriminatory and retaliatory enforced tax collection efforts and Attorney Tim Moore referred Mr. Green to a clerk in the tax collector’s office. The clerk, of course, was only doing what her supervisors, County Manager Brian Epley and the Commissioners Doug Bridges, Deb Hardin, Kevin Gordon, Johnny Hutchins and Ronnie Whetstine had instructed her to do. Against Mr. Willie Green and apparently nobody else among the other 7,769 property owners whose property taxes were delinquent. Some for 10 years.
Additional research indicates that 401(k) retirement accounts are exempted by Federal Law from forced tax collections as the County levied on Mr. Willie Green thru Sun Trust Bank. So, if NC Law allowed such garnishments and Federal Law prohibits it, Federal Law prevails. However, the burden of proof and any legal actions to right such a wrong would fall upon Mr. Willie Green. Just another way for the County, in league with the City of Shelby, to add harassment on top of discrimination and retaliation against Mr. Willie Green, and to suppress any black citizen from complaining about anything illegal and unethical the City of Shelby and the Cleveland County Commissioners wants to do against them.
It has always been this way against the black community. And white individuals too that “rocks the boat” for the self-proclaimed “elite” white leaders in Cleveland County. The “good ole boys” as I have called them.
Now, if you were confused about my statement about a commissioner’s “wife” being offended in the early parts of this article, this is what I meant. Several years ago, the Cleveland Commissioners, County Manager their wives and others all took a taxpayer paid junket to Washington, DC. The County Coroner’s (Robbie Morgan) wife posted a simple statement of complaint on Facebook to Commissioner Jason Falls’ wife’s Facebook page. Mrs. Falls told Mr. Falls. Then Mr. Falls and the rest of the pissed-off Commissioners eliminated the Office of Coroner of Cleveland County in retaliation. Much to the expense of county taxpayers.
But, hey! This is how Cleveland County and the City of Shelby operates. If you don’t like it-LEAVE IT!!! is their MO. And, if you expect the District Attorney or anybody down at the Courthouse, especially the Judges, to do anything about it, YOU will be sorely disappointed. YOU will find no justice. And YOU will soon find yourself being discriminated and retaliated against. YOU will be called a Muslim and Demonic! A Liar! An agitator. Uppity Nigger and such. YOU and ME have no Civil Rights and it is about time WE learned OUR lesson. Keep OUR mouths SHUT-No matter what!!!!
And another of YOUR lessons is to ALWAYS deny reading anything that Robert A. Williams writes and subscribe to the Shelby Star for their fake news straight from the mouths of the Commissioners and the phony school board.
Stay tuned!!! Folks, keep reading if you want to hear the truth of the matter!!
