Folks, we have another person who wants to speak out with the truth about the corruption in Cleveland County. I have pen-named “her” Bernice, which means “Victory Bringer” in Greek. Many may figure out who this person is by what she” says. But on this website, she is Bernice.

Bernice writes:

Robert Queen, Cleveland County School Board Chairman…

I have stood in front of you and the rest of your school board members and I HAD TO STOP TALKING at the March meeting, WITHIN MY 3 MIN SPEECH, TO HEAR YOU SAY TO ROBERT WILLIAMS AND RONNIE GRIGG “I’LL THROW YOU OUT!” …

FOLKS, THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME HE HAS SAID THIS TO ROBERT WILLIAMS.

ROBERT QUEEN, I KNOW YOU SHOW FAVORITISM TOWARDS YOUR ‘CLICK’ PEOPLE, BUT YOUR PUBLIC DISPLAY, ON VIDEO, SHOUTING TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO VOTED TO PUT YOU IN YOUR SEAT AND YOUR TOTAL AND COMPLETE DISRESPECT TOWARDS THEM AND OTHERS ONLY SHOWS YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL..

NO DOUBT YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOR…YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT “HOW YOUR BEHAVIOR” LOOKS AND SOUNDS, BUT THE TAXPAYING CITIZENS AND PARENTS CARE… AND WE DON’T LIKE WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND HEARING.

Bernice

Editor’s Note: I attended the March 25, 2022 School Board “Work Session” that was anything but a Work Session. But that is another story. At this unrecorded Work Session, Danny Blanton suggested that the School Board put the Auditorium Construction at Burns and Crest High Schools out for bid again as material prices, gas prices and labor availability appear to be better now than when the Auditorium Construction was originally put out for bid. (But had to be declined because the bid prices were higher than the funds available.)

Robert “Luke” butted in on Blanton with a condescending, hateful and mean tone saying the prices of steel, concrete and other materials are just as high now as they were then. Something that was impossible for Luke Queen to know without rebidding the project. I have no proof of anything, but my immediate thought about NOT rebidding the project from peak high prices would certainly be a good way to protect your kickbacks.

Editor’s Note: These are our children. Let’s keep them this way as long as we can!!!

Folks, Let’s welcome Ariel to our “A Good Citizen” List. Ariel is not this person’s real name, but a Pen Name that I gave “her,” (The name Ariel is a female name. The meaning in Hebrew is Lion of God. From this person’s writings, the name Ariel fits like a glove. Also, me giving Pen Names provides a little extra security to that person’s personal safety and identity as well as. Let’s give Ariel a warm welcome by our readership. I am sure Ariel will have much more to say in the future.

Also, others who despise corruption in our governmental agencies. Feel free to write up your feelings and ideas and send them to me at raw@shelby.net via the internet. We will give YOU a Pen Name too. Your identity will be kept totally secret. WE know full well how Cleveland County likes to retaliate against people who think for themselves.

BTW, I thought the picture shown above was perfect to go with this article.

Ariel’s message is shown below. Anybody want to add their comments to what Ariel has to say???

Hi Robert,

I have attached an article I ran across where an Oregon Middle School CRT Teacher is under CRIMINAL investigation for sending a nude selfie to a student.

If I’m not mistaken, there were at least two of these same instances in the last month here in Cleveland County Schools. However, I dare to say they were handled very differently in both States.

The Teacher in Oregon was escorted out of the school building by the Police, which tells me a crime was committed. Showing nude photos to a child is actually child pornography and is indeed a criminal act. The teacher is suspended from the school pending the outcome of the investigation.

Also, the Principal of the school sent out an email within a couple of days of the incident, alerting parents what had happened and that an investigation is underway.

Now, compare that to the incidences in Cleveland County recently. It is my understanding that no police were ever called to the schools regarding these crimes against children. No parents were notified that anything had even happened. The Teachers in question were sent home while one returned days later and another one went on to teach in another county. WHAT is wrong with this picture Cleveland County Schools? It seems to me that you want to hide every incident and obfuscate details around every situation that comes up.

We should all be upset that more information is publicly released about a crime involving a child in a leftist, west coast state than right here in Shelby, North Carolina. The only information the good citizens in Cleveland County received about these cases was complete SILENCE!!

What say you Cleveland County School Board?  What say you Cleveland County Sheriff’s Dept? And you Shelby Police Department?

In all the years I attended school, there was never a teacher that felt the need to discuss his/her love life, sexual orientation or sex acts with me. Not ONE!!  It should disturb every Parent, Grandparent and Citizen in this County that our children are now being exposed to teachers that deliberately share this kind of information with our children. They should be TEACHING the children how to Read and Write, how to do Math, delve into Science and dig into History. They should NOT be trying to sexualize our children at young ages.

It is time for all good and moral people in this County to stand up for what is right!

Sincerely,

Ariel

https://thepostmillennial.com/oregon-crt-teacher-under-criminal-investigation-after-allegedly-sending-inappropriate-image-to-student

Folks, I received an advance email notice of the April 11, 2022 School Board Meeting Saturday Morning (April 9, 2022 at 10:32 AM. It was around 2 or 3 PM before I retrieved it from my inbox and scanned through it. In particular, I was attracted to the Minutes of the March 14, 2022 School Board Meeting.

As you will remember, I have previously written an article about this particular March 14, 2022 meeting. Especially about the extra, extra, extra-long Closed Session which lasted 2 Hours and 23 minutes. I sat and walked around and around that Central Services Auditorium for every minute of that 2 hours and 23 minutes, ALL BY MYSELF. Knowing that every minute meant “stuff” on a big-time scale was going on in the School Board Conference Room and I wanted to see how it turned out.

If you remember from my previous article, when the School Board came back from the marathon closed session and back into open session it was announced that Superintendent Fisher got a 2.5% raise and a McKinney v. Cleveland County board of Education Lawsuit update was given, then the meeting was adjourned. All that took one minute and 20 seconds. But I could tell Luke Queen was rattled and everybody else was shaken.

If you remember, I reported Danny Blanton cut a trail for the exit and it was a little bit later, after perusing the others milling around and speaking low, I left a few minutes later, only to hear, as I was walking out the Building Front door, LOUD voices down on the street. I recognized Danny Blanton’s voice down on Marion Street loudly telling someone that “if HE (Luke Queen was my guess) ever again raises his fists to me, He’ll have to use them!”

Now, let’s fast forward to Saturday afternoon April 9, 2022 and I’m looking at the Agenda for the April 11, 2022 School Board meeting that arrived just a few hours before. I see the Minutes of the March 14, 2022 School Board meeting hyperlinked into that Agenda. Of course, I immediately clicked on that hyperlink. Looking for anything that might catch my attention. Literally in seconds, I am pulling up the School Board Broadcast (in two parts), checking my notes of that meeting and matching everything together. I immediately see that the pieces of the puzzle DO NOT FIT.

So, I immediately drafted up the following Public Records Request and send straight to the School board, Superintendent and Attorneys. You can see below the public documents and information that I asked for. Also Note that I have challenged the School Board, all of them, and others, to add an item to the April 11, 2022 (this coming Monday) meeting to tell the public what happened regarding Robert Queen’s alleged assault on Danny Blanton. (Remember folks, threatening gestures can also be legal assaults under North Carolina law.) Let’s just see if this challenged “confessional” happens or not. I suspect it won’t. Note that if I were Danny Blanton, I would make the motion to add this “confessional” to the agenda and see if someone will second it. And, if there is a second, what the vote will be?

And, last but certainly not least, there is a hidden trap in this Public Records request. Something that the School Board may refuse to provide, but I can get the information otherwise. And that piece of the puzzle may bring serious criminal prosecution into the mix.

Stay tuned for that folks. I will not discuss this last paragraph now. Not until ALL my guns are loaded. And close at hand at all times.

The PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST: (Already submitted)

From: Robert A. Williams:

Dear Cleveland County School Board, Secretary Stephen Fisher and Attorneys Leigha and Jonathan Sink,
 
The draft minutes for the March 14, 2022 School board Meeting state, in part, as follows:
 
Information: 13.02 Closed Session-
Personnel/Superintendent Evaluation
Board members engaged in confidential personnel discussions and conducted the annual superintendent’s evaluation. Attorney Leigha Sink updated the Board on the McKinney case and the Parris case.
 
 Mr. Blanton indicated he wanted to discuss a letter sent to him by Chairman Queen regarding his conduct as a board member. Attorney Sink explained that discussion must be limited to the statutes cited for closed session.
 
Under Action:13.03 Returned to Open Session:
In Open Chairman Robert Queen said that during the closed session, the Board discussed several personnel issues including the superintendent’s evaluation. Based on the evaluation, the Board approved a 2.5% salary increase for the superintendent. The Board also received updates on the McKinney vs. CCBOE and Parris vs. CCBOE lawsuits.
 
 
Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as well as North Carolina Public Records Laws:
 
1. As the Superintendent’s Evaluation has been completed and the right for a confidential evaluation has been completed and voted on by the School board, Please provide the Board Members  (1) discussion during this evaluation as well as the (2) vote count for the evaluation and (3) how was the increase in the superintendent’s pay determined.
 
2. Please provide a copy of the letter that Chairman Queen allegedly sent to School Board Member Danny Blanton regarding Blanton’s alleged conduct as a board member.
 
3. Please provide the Case Number for the Parris Case lawsuit. Note that this case was NOT presented in the Motion to go into Closed Session as required by State Law. Further, it was not actually verbally stated in Chairman Queen’s statement in the Return to Open Session, despite the Minutes as noted above stating that Chairman Queen did make that statement.
 
 
Please provide the above information and documents in time (4:30 PM) for the April 11, 2022 School Board Meeting Public Participation Signup, especially item 2, Queen’s letter.
 
 
4. Also note that School Board Chairman Robert Queen’s conduct in the Closed Session time interval between 7:25 PM and 9:48 PM March 14, 2022 also allegedly included Chairman Robert Queen making threats, verbally and by gesture, which is NOT subject to Closed Session protection. Therefore. please provide the Closed Session accounting for Chairman Queen’s statements and actions that are NOT protected by Closed Session statutes.
 
Please also provide this Paragraph 4 documentation prior to the April 11, 2022 School Board meeting. If Chairman Queen’s conduct is NOT documented in the Minutes of the March 14, 2022 and provided above, Please add a section in the April 11, 2022 School Board Meeting Agenda for each PERSON attending that March 14, 2022 Closed Session to give their own personal accounting of Chairman Queen’s abusive and threatening conduct against Board Member Danny Blanton PRIOR to the vote by the School Board on April 11, 2022  to approve or disapprove the Minutes for the March 14, 2022 School Board Meeting.

 
Thank you for your immediate response.
 
Robert A. Williams, Editor
www.citizensforgoodgovernment.org
 

PS: Please excuse any typos

Mr. Williams,
That (first) good citizen was speaking the truth! If not for you we wouldn’t know just how evil Cleveland County is.
Please keep up the good work and keep spreading truth. Maybe someday people will start to wake up and see just how evil the people in this county can be.
I pray as well that you stay safe and I’m very happy that I had the opportunity to meet you.

Bee Agood Citizen

Editor’s Note: Thank you ALL for your support, encouragement and prayers. It is an election year and I do intend to keep up the good work. Now and into the future.

Shining the light on corruption and exposing that corruption to the good citizens of Cleveland County is the only effective way to make Cleveland County into the place that we would want it to be. And, I have to believe, there are more of US than of THEM.

Folks: when you get a message like this, you shut up and pass the message along as is. Wake up Cleveland County!! Note, I changed the name so the person who sent this message won’t have a target on their back too!

Thank you, Robert.

You’re right, these are very corrupt, evil people we’re dealing with in public office. Not to mention it can become dangerous trying to expose them. You have a large platform that reaches a lot of people. The biggest problem we have is getting people to care. Care enough to show up at school board meetings, commissioner meetings, etc. Most people won’t care until it touches THEIR family in some way.

Another is trying to break through the mental barrier that people have where they just “can’t believe local people or our government would deliberately harm us”!  That barrier has to be broken through somehow. I think when the average person in Cleveland County reads your articles, they think “This cannot possibly be true” or “These people cannot be THAT bad”.

If they only knew… it’s actually WORSE than you say! Satan has always been about destroying God’s most precious creation… Humanity.

What makes people think he’s changed his tactics now? I have learned that most people in elected office become compromised at some point. And the longer they are in those positions the more compromised they become. A lot are blackmailed over something and they can’t see a way out of it.  And many are willing to sell their Soul to Satan in exchange for Power, Money and Sex. I’m grateful that Cleveland County has someone like you who calls a spade a spade.

However, that puts a target on your back. And we are not wrestling against flesh and blood. This is ultimately a Spiritual Battle we are fighting… Wickedness and Evil in high places.

I appreciate all that you do trying to wake this county up.

I will also keep you in my prayers for support, encouragement and safety.

A Good Citizen

Editor’s Note: Upon reading my April 4, 2022 article titled “Public’s Opinion on: Has the Shelby Star been bought off??” Mr. Willie Green gave me a telephone call with some very good news regarding his Sports Complex status and other information that I have put together for this article.

Mr. Willie Green is best known as a former NFL top level Football Player with two Superbowl Rings with the Denver Broncos. Mr. Green finished up his many NFL seasons career with the Carolina Panthers, married a local girl, (School Board Member) Dena Green, settled in Cleveland County, raised a family and became a successful businessman. A successful “Black” Business man. Unfortunately, the first and maybe the only “High Level” Black businessman in Cleveland County, North Carolina. A County steeped in “Plantation Politics” that only recently got itself removed (maybe prematurely) from the U.S. Department of Justice “Watch List” as one of the 40 Counties in North Carolina found to be serious offenders of U.S. Voting Rights laws.

But, folks, let’s start at the beginning of Mr. Green’s interest in sports.

Mr. Willie A. Green Sr. was born and raised in a medium sized city in Georgia. Although he was raised in the “projects” he was fortunate enough to have two parents who both worked and instilled a “hard work ethic” in little Willie. Also, Mrs. Green, Willie’s mother, was a well-respected employee in the city’s Recreation Department, which introduced a young Willie Green to organized team sports.

While other kids were out and about doing drugs and other such foolishness, Willie Green’s introduction into team sports also introduced him to a regime of discipline that not only kept him out of trouble, but honed his skills as an athlete and a member of a team instead of a gang.

To make a long story short, in such a disciplined environment Mr. Willie Green thrived. He excelled in sports, played high school football, received a College scholarship and played College football and on to the Professional teams at the highest level.

As we all know, professional football player’s careers don’t last until you are 66, retire and go on Social Security. Mr. Willie Green retired from professional football in his mid-thirties and started a second career. In business. Mr. Green’s discipline also had applied to his financial affairs. Mr. Green retired from the NFL with a pretty hefty bank account. And built upon that in his various business ventures.

The Sports Complex idea:

Mr. Green’s interest in athletics also proved of interest to his children. Both boys and girls. Which, of course, Mr. Green encouraged. As the children grew and started playing team sports, Mr. Green found “Travel-Ball” was growing exponentially. Travel-Ball can be of any sort of games. Baseball, softball, soccer, basketball, etc. where the various teams travel to other cities and towns and compete against one another on weekend excursions. Depending on the season and the various games that are played, travel-ball tournaments can occur as much as 48 weekends per year. To Mr. Willie Green, always looking for business opportunities, catering to the Travel-Ball business appeared a totally logical way to form a business, provide opportunities for his own children, provide opportunities for other children and have fun in the process. The fact that Travel-Ball travel means the parents and family members of the Travel-Ball kids, the ones who provide the financial backing ($$$) for their children’s athletic development, will always be coming along too. Which offers way more opportunity for a successful business venture than something like the American Legion World Series Baseball. Something that comes along once a year. Like a flash in a pan, the ALWS comes and then it is gone for at least another year.

About the same time, Mr. Green sees the City of Shelby’s 10-Year Masterplan. The City of Shelby had commissioned high-dollar consultants to study and map out what the City of Shelby should do over the next ten years for the overall benefit, quality of life and economic development of Shelby. And then filed it away without any second thoughts.

In studying Shelby’s 10-Year Masterplan, Mr. Green found the opportunity that he had been looking for. The part about the City of Shelby entering into a Public-Private Partnership with a private entity to build and operate a Sports Complex. And figured that he was the best person to provide that Sports Complex.

Mr. Green went straight to work developing a plan, business model and a proposal for an ideal Sports Complex for Shelby. Tailoring this business plan to both capture exactly what Shelby was asking for. As well as for Mr. Green to provide the variety of facilities for the variety of Travel-Ball sports. Make his Sports Complex suitable for the needs of the City of Shelby during weekdays and host Travel-Ball games on the weekends. And, to capture the full potential of this opportunity, Mr. Green also planned to build a Motel on the same property as the Sports Complex.

Mr. Green found and purchased sufficient land for this sports complex as well as securing his own funding for the entire project. $8.5 Million in funding and all supplied by Mr. Willie Green, Sr. Not a single dime in up-front money from the City of Shelby.

The City of Shelby, at first, seemed happy to have such a Sports Complex in Shelby. Shelby Mayor Stan Anthony proposed to Mr. Green to provide the Architect Services for Mr. Green’s Sports Complex for $350,000. However, Mr. Green found that the building provider that he had selected included the architect services in the cost of the building plans. So, Mr. Green did not accept Mayor Anthony’s architect services. At that point is exactly when things got off track for the City of Shelby and Mr. Green’s Sports Complex.

Things also went off track about that same time between Mr. Green’s informal proposal to the Cleveland County Commissioners to also provide team sports and recreation facilities for the county’s young men and women outside of the Shelby City Limits.

Then “rumors” started to surface that were totally negative about Mr. Green. Like Mr. Green was broke, Mr. Green was a Muslim Terrorist. That Mr. Green only wanted to import a million “niggers” to the City of Shelby and other such garbage and nonsense. All the while, the youth population in Shelby, with nothing else to do, were committing crimes. Selling and doing drugs. Shooting and killing themselves and others. All the things a sports complex would help prevent. But that didn’t matter to the rumor mongers and City of Shelby and County officials. Many, including myself, believe that Mr. Green’s not paying Mayor Anthony’s architect fees started the negative rumor mongering. Mr. Green being a black man fanned the flames of cronyism and racism that have always been imbedded deep into Cleveland County’s business community. Then, the various lawsuits that continue to this very day and beyond.

All this put a stop to Mr. Green’s Sports Complex in Shelby.

But, NOT for Mr. Willie A. Green, who is NOT a quitter.

In our conversation this past Saturday, Mr. Green announced to me that he had closed on a large property and that he had already begun to convert/remodel it to a Sports Facility and Entertainment Center. A property that had been built originally as a very large platform for entertainment and movie purposes by a well know entertainment personality. A property that could and would be converted and remodeled into a Sports Complex and Entertainment Center that was exactly like what Mr. Green had envisioned in the first place. And that Mr. Green was directing the renovations as we spoke. And all funding was provided by Mr. Green’s own personal sources under his own signature. And the city officials were tickled pink with Mr. Willie Green’s plans and were 100% behind everything Mr. Green was bringing to the table in their own fair city.

That City is NOT Shelby, NC. Nor is it in Cleveland County.

It is Athens, Georgia. Where Mr. Willie Green, Sr. was born and raised. The existing Entertainment Facility was originally built by Mr. Kenny Rogers, a famous Country singer and Movie Actor. (The Gambler-“You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em. And know when to run!”) Now recently deceased.

But the property lives on and Mr. Green’s dream of a chain of Sports Complexes has began in earnest. Like the “Flight of the Phoenix,” the mythical bird that is “reborn” from its own ashes, Mr. Green has the almost flight-ready “Phoenix” within his own grasp now and the departure time is just as soon as the renovations are complete. And everybody down in Athens, Georgia is cheering Mr. Green on with his high level civic and business endeavors whose value is well recognized by the City of Athens.

And, what is left for the City of Shelby? Nothing but potential jury awards they will have to pay? But one thing is for certain for Shelby. No sports Facilities and plenty of shootings, killings, drugs, overdoses, corrupt political leadership and never-ending violence. And, Like the 10 Year Masterplan itself stated, Shelby’s leadership is substandard and not capable of grasping advantageous opportunities.

And Mr. Willie Green is smiling all the way to the bank!! Way to go, Mr. Willie Green!!

A reader sent in this short response on my recent article asking this question: Has the Shelby Star been Bought-off??

The response is as follows:

Everyone KNOWS the Shelby Star is a rag, not worth the paper it’s written on. And yes, through the “Legals” using OUR Tax dollars – does, in fact, BUY the lies for the City. Boomerang Architectural company SHOULD be criminally investigated, along with the School District, College and others USING it to avoid Legal Bidding, effectively Bribing many to do their bidding. AND Violating the Property, Constitutional Rights, like in the case of Willie Green.

Almost as bad as a “President” who doesn’t know where he is and isn’t in charge of even his bowels. (pooped his pants, while with the Pope.

Those who refuse to learn from History, let others Repeat It! GO BRANDON! 🙂

Editor’s Note: A response from the Shelby Star, now located in Gastonia, is offered the opportunity to the Star to explain themselves. We will certainly publish their reply. Along with any Fact-Checking we believe to be necessary.

Also, we fact-checked the original response regarding Joe Biden pooping his pants during his meeting with the Pope in Rome, Italy. What we found is that many Italians claim this to be true and the US Fake News is mostly silent. Which is very often proof positive that the allegations are true.

We Googled “Did Joe Biden poop his pants in Rome?” There were many hits, so this question is surely going around and may very well be 100% true. Plus, the fact that:
Joe Biden is almost 80 years old.
At that age, bladder and bowel control are often compromised.
Fake News Media in the USA, like the Shelby Star, are well known for “silencing” negative, but true, reports about the Bidens.

Also, Part 2. Many folks agree that the Shelby Star is indeed a “rag” not worth the paper it is printed on. Myself included. That is surely the reason the subscriptions for the Shelby Star have dropped to almost nothing, forcing the Star to move to Gastonia. Printing and reporting especially. Many, including myself, believe that the Star does NOT report on what their reporters have investigated themselves. That they just take press releases from CCS, the Commissioners, etc. and make articles out of them without “Asking the right questions” that are necessary to get to the truth of the matter. I believe that is exactly what Mr. Willie Green has challenged the Shelby Star to do. Interview Shelby City Officials and “ask the right questions” to get to the truth. No response from the Shelby Star on that challenge. I suspect there will not be a response from the Shelby Star on that challenge. That is usually the Fake News response to such challenges. To make no response at all.

Oh well, Shelby Star. Print what you want. Nobody believes you anyway!!!

Dear Editor,

I am seeking to raise awareness of the injustice in Cleveland County School sports and request that you publish this article in your paper.

Is it For the Love of the Game?

As two-year-olds, they don’t understand why they can’t be on a baseball field when their older brother is playing. As they grow older, then comes their time to play the game. Their desire to play goes from T-ball to bigger and better fields. Putting in time for practice and playing the game becomes a priority. The thrill of the game and competition can be invigorating. Hopes and dreams have been achieved on baseball diamonds. Records of home runs are made, and no-hitter pitching is among some of the great stats of baseball players. Unfortunately, the best players also make errors. Starting out in baseball, kids are told to have fun in the game. Later on, it becomes more competitive, and it’s more about the win. Of course, everyone likes to win. Coaches push for the win. They desire for their team to win the Championship. Parents, family, and friends want to see their team win. The words from the song Centerfield come to mind “Put me in, Coach I’m ready to play.” Being in a dugout waiting to play is probably the most challenging position as a baseball player.

Sitting on the sidelines as a parent waiting for your player to be put in the game is a challenging position also. We try to teach our children that life is tough and life isn’t fair. But to watch it unfold in front of you can be a hard pill to swallow. Often in life, I always say don’t put your trust in people but put your trust in the Lord. People will disappoint you every time. People, however, even in positions of coaches and leaders, have the potential for positive influence or a negative one. Not only do our words make a difference in the lives of others our actions speak volumes also. As a coach and leader, I ask you, Do you want to be the one to crush and diminish a player’s love of the game?

Are we so caught up in the win that we can’t see the potential of every person on the team? To be a part of a team is a great privilege and experience. But if each person’s potential isn’t allowed to grow and soar. How will they ever get their wings in flight to take off the ground? Sometimes it is hard to believe in someone when other obstacles or outside influences get in the way. Coaches and leaders in school positions should not show favoritism to certain players. But lots of time, that takes place based on social status, friendship, and other influences. This is such an injustice to the other players who put in just as much time and effort in practice. They often desire to have equal playing time in the game. But in positions of coaches and leaders, we should give an opportunity to believe in each individual person or player. We have the greatest job in these positions to build others up and watch them reach a greater goal. Also, helping them to be all they can be as a baseball player or in other positions in life. Are we going to be the ones not to influence this player’s life positively? Given an opportunity is sometimes all they need to prove they can do great.

Are you, as a coach going to keep them in the dugout, or are you going to decide to let everyone play. The Bible states let him who is without sin cast the first stone. I am not without sin. I am not trying to cast a stone. I merely want to send a ripple in the water with my voice. To say give each person a chance. Please make a difference in our youth. If we don’t use our voice to speak out for others, who will? When injustice occurs, whether it is in Cleveland County School sports or something even of greater importance, we should be Rosa Parks of the world and make a difference. As a coach, ask your self Is it the Love of the Game, or is there a reason that it is for My Gain.

Folks, the last time I looked at a map, Cleveland County is a part of North Carolina and North Carolina is a part of the United States of America. North Carolina, like every other State, has a Constitution and EVERY State Constitution has to comply with the United States Constitution and all of its Amendments. It is called the “Rule of Law” and we are all in on it together!!! If one state passes legislation that includes ways for the “We the People” (My words for all of US!)) to get rid of crooks, liars, and doers of other bad acts from School Boards or other officials; then any other state or even EVERY state can pass similar legislation. So, why reinvent the wheel?

An independent-minded reader and a person that thinks for themselves discovered the news article that is shown below and forwarded it to me. Now I am forwarding it to YOU! And to Speaker of the House Tim Moore, House Representative Kelly Hastings and State Senator Ted Alexander, and others.

In this article below, people in Chester County, Pennsylvania were enraged when their local school board refused to listen to the “We the People,” the parents of school children. These parents studied the laws of Pennsylvania and found that the laws of Pennsylvania allowed the “We the People,” when aggrieved, to file a petition to the Courts to remove corrupted elected officials from office. The “We the People” folks circulated the petition, met all the requirements of the law, filed it in Court and the Judge ruled in the favor of the “We the People” folks, like YOU and me. And Ordered five of the School Board members removed from the School Board. The Judge will also make the final determination on who will replace the five ousted school board members. A move that will certainly prevent the appointment of a new set of like-minded corrupt school board members who would carry on as the removed school board members, as the Cleveland County Rogue Republicans would certainly try to do. *Remember the Robert “Luke” Queen by the Cleveland County Commissioners, only to have Senator Ted Alexander reappoint Luke to the CCC affair? When Luke was removed from the Cleveland Community College Board of Trustees.

So, Tim Moore, Kelly Hastings, and Ted Alexander, we want YOU all to enact laws like the folks in Pennsylvania enacted to get rid of elected and appointed officials who refuse to represent the people that elected them. Especially like those FIVE Cleveland County School Board Members; Robert “Luke” Queen, Rodney Fitch, Joel Shores, Ron Humphries, and Greg Taylor who told all those big whoppers lies to get themselves elected. And then immediately turned against the people that elected them. Tim, Kelly, and Ted, we want YOU to start this process immediately. Or we will begin to think about how to get rid of YOU.

Folks, this is the link to that article. If Pennsylvania can do it, so can we!!!