Folks, the shenanigans by the Rogue School Board Chairman Robert “Luke” Queen, The Rogue Republicans Wes “Taliban Dan” Westmoreland, Dennis “Beetle Bailey, Kevin Whisnant, David Allen and various cohorts have taught me a lesson. Previously I have endeavored to find out what is going on in and around Cleveland County and write articles that offered solutions prior to bad acts being carried out by governmental officials and other elected officials. My results were few. The bad actors carried out their bad acts. No matter what anybody says. They just do their bad things and offer no excuses or explanations. Sooner or later us voters seem to forget about it and go on about our own ways.
NOW, I have changed my M, O, Since the Bad Actors have gotten by for so long and us citizens have not taken the matters into our own hands in an effective manner, I am taking my complaints to the top officials of the land to start with. Immediately, if not sooner. I am going to “step up my game.” Be more persistent and proactive too. I will inform the middleman (the local do-nothing Commissioners, BoTs, School Board, etc. and go over their heads with formal complaints to the Attorney General, The SBI, The State Bar and whoever had higher oversight. Starting NOW and not letting up wherever I can.
My first full-fledged actions are coming as a result of a “Court Watch” down at the Cleveland county Courthouse on July 14, 2021. The very day after the illegal July 13, 2021 Cleveland Community College Board of Trustees Meeting that I have written so extensively about in recent days. The Robert “Luke” Queen affair that has negatively touched on the Commissioners, the School Board, the CCC Board of Trustees, Senator Ted “Lap Dog” Alexander, Speaker of the House Tim “Maserati Tim” Moore, Rep. Kelly Hastings, Wes “Taliban Dan” Westmoreland, Dennis “Beetle” Bailey and a few others are still front and center in my exposure of corruption in Cleveland County. But I am now an equal opportunity exposer of corruption and will report in where I find it.
What I personally witnessed at the Courthouse on July 14th 2021 was a Court Hearing on a Motion to Dismiss a lawsuit against Stacey Heavner for Defamation brought by Mr. Willie Green. In this hearing Stacey Heavner never said a word to the Judge. Lawyer Daniel Talbert did all the lying to the Judge for Heavner. Apparently in keeping with the old saying that Lawyers have a “License to Lie” in Court. We are about to find out about that when a formal Complaint to the North Carolina State Bar gets drafted up and sent in. Probably the first of many. Please note that I have followed and witnessed most of these legal actions brought by Mr. Green, so I have first hand on what has previously been said and done.
Newly elected in 2020, Judge Jamie Hodges from Lincoln County was the Presiding judge in this particular matter. Judge Hodges has not heard any of previous matters involving Mr. Willie Green’s being discriminated against in his previous efforts to build a new Sports Complex on Earl Road or high-end townhomes at the intersection of Main Street and East Dixon Blvd in Shelby, NC. Previous actions by Mr. Green against the City of Shelby’s City Council, Mayor and City Manager have been unjustly dismissed because the City Council, et. al. are government officials and have immunity from prosecution. I say unjustly because the City of Shelby has successfully dodged liability because their high dollar lawyers (paid for by Shelby Taxpayers) have confused all the local judges with local “home-cooking” and tall tales. In other words, “Immunity” for governmental officials is legally lost when they have been proven to have become engaged in illegal acts or acts outside their authority. Justice has been kept at bay because the local and “insurance” lawyers have “convinced” judges to not allow Mr. Green to have his day in court and produce witnesses, testimony and evidence.
Stacey Heavner, however is NOT a governmental agent so he has NO immunity whatsoever. Heavner, for his part, has admitted that several Shelby City Council members recruited him to come to the Shelby City Council Meeting when Mr. Green’s Zoning adjustment hearing was to be heard and say things that were not true. Making Heavner’s testimony critical to uncovering the truth about the discrimination against Mr. Willie Green. The emphasis of all the City Council, Mayor and City Manager have centered on every one of THEM totally avoiding having to testify under oath and being charged with felony perjury if they are caught in a lie. And all Shelby City Government officials are afraid that Heavner will break down and tell the truth. Then, as the old saying goes, “their gooses will be cooked.”
Judge Hodges election campaign’s biggest point in his race for District Court Judge in 2020 was that he believed in the “Three C’s”: Common-Sense, Consistent and Conservative. I actually attended the Women Republicans of Cleveland County (WeRCC) meeting in 2020 (as an associate member) and heard Jamie Hodges speak. I also had the opportunity to tell the future Judge that if he stuck to the “Three C’s” as a Judge, you will be a Hero!!!
The July 14th Court Hearing of Stacey Heavner’s Motion to Dismiss Mr. Green’s defamation lawsuit under North Carolina General Statute 12(b)(6) was my first Court-Watching opportunity to see Judge Hodges in action.
The basis for Heavner’s Motion to Dismiss, NCGS 12(b)(6) states: “Failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted,” Basically asserting that Mr. Green’s lawsuit does not allege a crime or a “Tort” that actually exists in the laws of North Carolina as something that can be sued over.
But the Court Calendar posted at the Courtroom door stated this case, Case Number 20-CvD-228, was for Money owed, Defamation and Libel. Each and every one things that can be sued over. The Motion to Dismiss should have been denied spot. Simple as one, two and three. Ten seconds and the Motion is dismissed and Mr. green gets his day in Court.
But, NOooo! When lawyers get involved, nothing is simple. Especially “shyster” lawyers who try to twist and turn the law to suit their own purposes. Totally different from what the written laws of the matter actually say. And the lawyers are not afraid to lie to the judge in the process. Since I had already seen other hearings regarding this case and other cases, I immediately could spot a lie the instant the lie was told. And did. I heard a lot of lies from Attorney Daniel Talbert. Lies that he should have known were lies. Or deceptions and half-truths. Or all of the above. And all in violation of the North Carolina State Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers. That discussion will come a little later in this article.