Against Danny Blanton and probably Ronnie Grigg too!! Robert A has been Improving his website and social media presence, plans on holding candidate forums, etc. to fight the upcoming corruption from the Robert Queen Rogue Republican faction!! Announcement, Eye Witness Report, commentary & analysis by Robert A
Editor’s Note: Thanks to all of you folks that have noticed my lack of articles coming out recently, missing a couple of Commissioner’s meetings and are concerned about my health. Rest assured that Robert A is fine and dandy. He has just been working on plans to make upgrades to his Citizens For Good Government website, maybe team up and launch some new social media websites, add some video materials, hold some new public centered political candidate forums and other such necessary political stuff. Robert A has concluded that political corruption is rampant at all levels of state, Federal and local government right here in Cleveland County. And the 2024 Elections are critical to Making America Great Again as well as Taking Back Cleveland County from the likes of Robert Queen on the School Board, Kevin Gordon and his incumbents on the Commissioner’s Board. As well as all the “Waterboys,” “Cohorts” and “Minions” from across the spectrum. The spectrum being the web of corruption splayed across the rim of governmental agency entanglement and mismanagement spread all across Cleveland County.
Editor’s Note: This article may be a touch long, but, by the end, YOU will be fully informed
Robert Queen
In the absence of daily articles, Robert A had almost gotten to the point of indecision on where to start back with a new set of articles. That changed when Robert A received a copy of an email from Robert Queen whose subject was (School) “Board Member Comments”. Queen’s email was a false and phony complaint against fellow School Board Member Danny Blanton that was totally false, malicious and misleading that Robert Queen had drafted as an official document under his signature as the Chairman of the Cleveland County Board of Education, using the CCS Central Offices address of 400 W. Marion Street, Shelby, NC, copied all the other School Board Members, CCS Supt. Stephen Fisher and the School Boards two Roadwhore (expensive and travelling) lawyers. The date of the email was Tuesday July 25, 2023 and was sent at 1:26 AM. In the wee hours of the morning after the July 24, 2023 CCS School Board Meeting in which Queen was questioned by School Board member Danny Blanton. Note that Robert Queen’s false statements were in regard to part of the substance of Robert A’s statements made under Public Participation at the June 12, 2023 School Board meeting and was also in regard to other issues that Robert A was an eye witness to.
An exact copy of Robert Queen’s false, accusative and defamatory email against Danny Blanton is presented below:
From: <rpqueen@clevelandcountyschools.org>
Date: Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 1:26 AM
Subject: Board Member Comments
To: Danny Blanton <dlblanton@clevelandcountyschools.org> Cc: Joel Shores <jrshores@clevelandcountyschools.org>, <rehumphries@clevelandcountyschools.org>, <refitch@clevelandcountyschools.org>, <gstaylor@clevelandcountyschools.org>, <wspurling@clevelandcountyschools.org>, Aaron Bridges <abridges@clevelandcountyschools.org>, Ronnie Grigg <regrigg@clevelandcountyschools.org>, Stephen Fisher <srfisher@clevelandcountyschools.org>, Leigha Sink <lsink@sinkmediations.com>, Jonathan Sink <jonathanleesink@gmail.com>Mr. Blanton,
(Para 1) During your board member comments at the July 24th meeting, you made several claims.
(Para 2) First, you said that the board did not properly amend the agenda at the June 12th board meeting to move the closed session to an earlier point in the meeting. This claim is completely false At the June 12th meeting, I recessed the meeting due to the unruly speaker. After the recess, we finished with the remaining public participants. A motion was made and seconded to amend the agenda to move closed session to the next agenda item. The vote passed 6-3. A motion was then made to actually go into closed session. You are welcome to review the video yourself. I just did.
(Para 3) Second, you mentioned that the meeting minutes were wrong regarding your vote on something in Operations. Please provide specific information regarding which meeting minutes you claim are incorrect and which vote you claim was not recorded properly so I can research those claims. If the Operations report states that a vote was unanimous, it’s because the three members that were actually there voted in favor of the item. It does not mean that you voted for the item.
(Para 4) Finally, during the Operations discussion, you claimed you didn’t know anything about the additional $200k allotment toward the Shelby High field house from the SCIF Grant. If you will go back to the June 12th video at the 2:45:00 mark, you will hear the discussion of the Shelby field house monies and the additional funds that were allotted. I gave you the same explanation then as I did tonight. It’s time to get your facts straight.
Thanks,
Robert Queen
Chair – Cleveland Co BOE
400 W. Marion Street
Shelby, NC 28150
Cell: 704-477-0105
Folks, let’s examine Robert Queen’s falsehoods, deceptions and flat out lies, one paragraph at a time.
Paragraph 2 stated: First, you said that the board did not properly amend the agenda at the June 12th board meeting to move the closed session to an earlier point in the meeting. This claim is completely false At the June 12th meeting, I recessed the meeting due to the unruly speaker. After the recess, we finished with the remaining public participants. A motion was made and seconded to amend the agenda to move closed session to the next agenda item. The vote passed 6-3. A motion was then made to actually go into closed session. You are welcome to review the video yourself. I just did.
Queens false statements are underlined and discussed below:
1.I recessed the meeting due to the unruly speaker.
This so-called “Unruly Speaker” was NOT unruly at all. This so-called unruly speaker (according to Robert Queen) was none other than the “Lady Liberty” that Robert A described in his June 13th, 2023 article titled: Lady Liberty, “Connie,” Successfully Defeats False Arrest at June 12, 2023 CCS School Board Meeting!!! Foolish Robert Queen and Shelby Interim Police Chief Defeated by Female Military Veteran who stands up for America, Liberty and Justice for all!!
For your convenience, the full account of this unruly speaker, Robert A’s article can be found at the link below. This completely accurate account shows that it is Robert Queen who is the unruly person, as well as a well-documented and well witnessed liar!!
https://citizensforgoodgovernment.org/online/lady-liberty-connie-successfully-defeats-false-arrest-at-june-12-2023-ccs-school-board-meeting-foolish-robert-queen-and-shelby-interim-police-chief-defeated-by-female/
Folks, also note that Robert A also followed up on this Lady Liberty article a few days later to do a Part 2, Lady Liberty Update article. The link is shown below. The true reason that Robert Queen calls Lady Liberty an “unruly speaker” (which is defamatory and false and invites Lady Liberty to file a Defamation Lawsuit against the entire School Board) is because he, Robert Queen, is a well-documented liar who is obviously trying to hide his defeated ego by lying in an attempt to retroactively revise his defeat at the hands of Lady Liberty, Danny Blanton and Robert A. As you will surely see by the time you get to the end of this sorry story concocted by Robert Queens defamatory July 25, 2023 email. Also, Robert Queen called the recess upon the “whispered” recommendation of School Board member Ron Humphries, who apparently realized that Queen had lost control of his well-known short temper. This whispered suggestion by Humphries can be easily heard on the CCS Video of this June 12, 2023 meeting.
https://citizensforgoodgovernment.org/online/lady-liberty-part-2-update-school-board-illegally-votes-to-extend-superintendents-contract-to-june-30-2027-plus-10000-per-year-raise-another-eye-witness-rep/
Also note that there were two other good examples of the incompetence and arrogance of the Robert Queen led school board, on top of the corruption regarding the Robert Queen led School Board. One was the speaker, Nannette Leonhart, who spoke right after Queen’s ten-minute cool-down recess defining; transparency. lies, go along to get along, truth, independent thinking, eye witness reporting, untruth, falsehoods, deception, deceit, cover-up, bullying, harassment, etc. All describing the Robert Queen led School Board as well as the July 25, 2023 email generated by School Board Chairman Robert Queens past midnight fit of rage caused by Danny Blanton questioning Robert Queen’s continuously changing and totally unfollowable financial accounting regarding the Shelby High School’s Fieldhouse renovations. Not even considering the Title IX violations that Queen never mentions.
Even more to the point of Queen’s email regarding Queen accusing Danny Blanton not keeping his facts straight was the next speaker, Robert A, who questioned the Million Dollar HVAC project at the Shelby High School Vocational Building being described by only ten words in the Project Report submitted to the entire school board and the Invoice for large amounts regarding another electrical invoice related to the Malcom Brown Auditorium at Shelby High School only stating that “The Controls are obsolete,” which is only four words. Take out “The” and “Are” from the description and you only have two words. “Controls” and “obsolete.” Remember these points for further evaluation of Queen’s false allegations against Danny Blanton in Queen’s defamatory email. Also, remember this is how Robert Queen, Ron Humphries, Joel Shores, Rodney Fitch, Greg Taylor and Walter Spurling spend taxpayer’s dollars. In Large amounts with little description and NO accountability. And Robert A told them so!!! Even though the minutes for that June 12th, 2023 School Board meeting do not record one word of what ANY of those Public Participation speakers had to say. Another way Robert Queen and his Waterboys will use for their 2024 re-election campaign lies and deceptions.
The last speaker of the public participation segment was concerned about the closing of the Graham and Marion Elementary Schools and the subsequent and serious overcrowding of the Jefferson Elementary School. The speaker noted that Robert Queen had promised a public meeting with concerned parents and citizens regarding these school closings but that this promised public meeting had never been scheduled nor had it had it ever happened despite that promise by Robert Queen, Chairman of the CCS School Board. Robert Queen did not question the comment nor did he offer any explanation of why he had reneged on his promise to hold this public meeting. Perhaps the high and mighty Robert Queen ought to try to keep his facts and lies straight. And separate out his big lies from the facts of the matter.
2.First, you said that the board did not properly amend the agenda at the June 12th board meeting to move the closed session to an earlier point in the meeting. This claim is completely false.
Editor’s Note: Although this was the first statement in Queen’s email Paragraph 2, it actually happened after the 10-Minute Recess and after the end of the total Citizens Participation section. Another indication of Queen’s remaining rage and anger at being powerless in illegally removing Lady Liberty from the school board meeting and his showing out in his many fits of anger and vengeance toward anybody that does not agree or accept his lies, high crimes and misdemeanors.
The facts of the matter at the June 12, 2023 School Board meeting regarding this Closed Session rescheduling issue are these:
Adopting the agenda for the June 12, 2023 was the first official business of the June 12, 2023. Adopting the agenda showing a CLOSED SESSION at the very end of that meeting was unanimously approved by all nine school board members without question, discussion or comment.
Public Participation was the only agenda item that was between Adopting the originally submitted agenda that was approved 9-0 and Ron Humphries whispered comment to Robert Queen and then Humphries motion to move the End of the Meeting Closed Session up to the point of being held right after Public Participation. Danny Blanton asked “why” was this Closed Session item being moved and NOBODY offered any reasons. Queen called for a vote and Danny Blanton, Ronnie Grigg and Aaron Bridges voted NO. Ron Humphries, Robert Queen, Joel Shores, Greg Taylor, Rodney Fitch and Walter Scott Spurling voted to move the Closed Session without offering one word of rhyme or reason.
However, the reason was obvious to Robert A and all the others that were present at this June 12, 2023 school board meeting. Chairman Robert Queen had once again lost his temper badly when Lady Liberty made factually correct statements about him (Robert Queen) and other school board members during Public Participation and a 10 Minute Recess was called. When Robert A and others made factually correct statements during the end of Public Participation session, Robert Queen was on the verge of an explosion of anger, fits of rage and serious aberrant behavior of some sort. Ron Humphries, Joel Shores, Robert Queen, Rodney Fitch, Greg Taylor and Walter Scott Spurling all knew Robert Queen was about to explode. That was their way of getting Queen out of public sight until he could cool down. The Closed Session lasted for at least an hour and a half.
When the Closed Session was over and Robert Queen announces that Superintendent Stephen Fisher and all his supporting staff had had their contracts renewed until June 31, 2027 with big raises to boot. When Danny Blanton asked for the vote count on that recommendation, Queen illegally refused to provide that vote count. But little birdies have advised Robert A that this silly and illegal vote in Closed session was NOT unanimous!!
3.A motion was made and seconded to amend the agenda to move closed session to the next agenda item.
This item was also covered sufficiently in the above section account.
Paragraph 4 of Queens July 25, 2023 Defamatory and incorrect email stated: Finally, during the Operations discussion, you (Danny Blanton) claimed you didn’t know anything about the additional $200k allotment toward the Shelby High field house from the SCIF Grant. If you will go back to the June 12th video at the 2:45:00 mark, you will hear the discussion of the Shelby field house monies and the additional funds that were allotted. I gave you the same explanation then as I did tonight. It’s time to get your facts straight.
1, Robert A went back to the official and approved minutes of the June 12th, 2023 School Board Meeting and found that the additional $200k “reallocation” of funds was requested by Superintendent Stephen Fisher in the June 2, 2023 Operations Committee meeting that Danny Blanton was barred from attending. The Operations Committee Report failed to identify what this $200K funding was to be used for. The Operations Committee Report stated the $200K reallocation was unanimously approved by the Operations Committee (minus the absent Danny Blanton). However, the APPROVED June 12th, 2023 School Board Meeting Minutes, Action Item 8.05, did NOT SHOW that there was a vote by the full School Board to approve that $200K reallocation of funding that Supt Fisher had requested.
2. Approved minutes of School Board Meetings are the official and legal documentation of what transpired at that particular School Board Meeting. Therefore, the lack of a vote to approve a $200,000 reallocation of funds as shown in the Official Minutes of that June 12, 2024 School Board meeting legally means that any $200,000 reallocation of funds was NOT approved by the full School Board.
Robert Queen would be well served if he would only listen to what Danny Blanton had to say instead of always cutting him off and telling him that he needs to get his facts straight. As it is, if that $200,000 has been reallocated by Robert Queen without official full board approval, Robert Queen and his Waterboys have EMBERZZLED that $200,000 for their own purposes. Which is a felony crime!!!
Also, this is just another good example of Robert Queen and his bogus Committees doing sloppy work with poor to no documentation of their actions and the discussions that may or may not have taken place.
Editor’s Note: The conclusion of this whole episode is that Robert Queen, Joel Shores, Ron Humphries, Rodney Fitch and Greg Taylor all need to be replaced by the voters in Cleveland County in the 2024 Elections. If not sooner. Maybe even put into Jail for their illegal acts. Remember, there is still no official explanation of where this $200,000 went to and what it was used for.