Head Judge Rules Uppity Nigger has gotta leave Cleveland County!!! No Justice for YOU here, nigger BOY!!
Two Time NFL Superbowl Champion and former standout with the Carolina Panthers not welcome in Shelby!!
The plot “sickens” in Willie Green Case against Shelby Mayor Stan Anthony!!
TRUTH not included in court order from Sept 21, 2020 Court Proceedings!!
Report evaluation and arguendo by Robert A. Williams
Background:
By now most everybody in Cleveland County knows that Mr. Willie Green bought some property on East Dixon Boulevard at the intersection with Main Street. With that purchase Mr. Green became the only black man who owned commercial property on that main thoroughfare-Highway 74- through the city limits of Shelby, North Carolina.
Several years ago, Mr. Green got the idea of building high-end condominiums from the newly approved Shelby 10-year Shelby Master Plan, which specifically cited an urgent need for such housing in the City of Shelby. So, Mr. Willie Green set about to do his due diligence to use his property for that needed purpose. Mr. Willie Green even bought additional land to add an additional ingress and egress to the housing areas of his property.
Along the way, Mr. Green had extensive communications with the City of Shelby’s Planning and Zoning Board to make sure everything was done in a top-notch manner. Plans and drawings were developed accordingly. Along with a Zoning/special use permit application (that cost $500) that spelled out exactly what Mr. Green wanted to do with the property.
The City of Shelby’s Planning and Zoning Board, Chaired by Walt Scharer. closely examined Mr. Green’s Application and voted unanimously to accept and approve Mr. Green’s Application. At the Shelby City Council meeting the Shelby Planning and Zoning Board Chairman Walt Scharer presented their findings and recommended the Shelby City Council approve Mr. Green’s Application.
However, at that City of Shelby City Council meeting a large and hostile group of citizens opposed Mr. Green being able to build the High-end condominiums on his property. The large and hostile group of citizens selected Shelby Resident Stacy Heavner to be their spokesman although Stacy Heavner did NOT live in the vicinity of Mr. Green’s proposed project.
Mr. Stacy Heavner, with no credential in zoning, traffic, runoff, or construction told the Shelby City Council that Mr. Green’s project had major problems. All Mr. Stacy Heavner’s statements have turned out to be false. And Mr. Green has filed a lawsuit against Stacy Heavner. During the “discovery” process in that lawsuit, Stacy Heavner has stated under oath that Shelby City Councilmen Dicky Amaya and David Causby had put him up to making those false statements regarding Mr. Green’s Zoning Change Request at the Shelby City Council hearing.
Also, during that subject Shelby City Council meeting hearing, Mr. Willie Green-who had signed the Zoning change request and paid the $500 fee-asked to speak so as to answer truthfully to the false allegations that were being made. Shelby Mayor Stan Anthony, who had the authority to allow Mr. Green to speak and to answer questions, refused to allow Mr. Green to speak.
Shelby City Council Member Dicky Amaya made the unusual motion “to deny” Mr. Green’s application and no reason were given. Only City Council member Charles Webber voted against the motion to deny Mr. Green’s zoning change application. This represented the only instance of a Zoning Request being denied in the past two years. And One of two over the past 5 years. It is sad to note that both those applications that were denied were made by “Black” men. Mr. Willie Green and Mr. Scotty Webber. During this time, Shelby City Council member Eric Hendrick had made a similar Zoning Change Request to the Shelby City Council for sone family owned property on Kings Road Extension that was objected to by four neighboring property owners. The Shelby City Council approved Councilman Hendrick’s request without pause.
Editor’s Note: At this Shelby City Council Meeting zoning change request hearing there was ZERO discussion by anybody of any requirement that Mr. Willie Green should have gotten a “Contingency” when he purchased the property in question or that there was any requirement for Mr. Green to have done so. A review of the City of Shelby Zoning Change policies and requirements, there is NO requirement for such a ”contingency.” A check of the records also showed that no such “contingency” ws discussed or required during the approval process for Council Member Eric Hendricks similar Zoning Change Request that taw approved by the Shelby City Council.
The Defamation:
After the results of the Shelby City Council’s reckless decision to demy Mr. Green’s Zoning Change Request, members of the public (including myself) became convinced that the City of Shelby City Council had illegally denied Mr. Green’s Zoning Change Request because of multiple examples of systemic corruption in local governmental operations that includes:
(1) Racial Discrimination. Mr. Green is black and all the white Shelby City Council members voted to deny Mr. Green’s Zoning Change Request. The only “black” City Council member at that time was Charles Webber, who voted against denying Mr. Green’s Zoning Change Request.
(2) Elimination of Competition: Shelby City Councilman David White is in the business of building and renovating old buildings into high-end housing. Mr. Green’s proposed high-end condominiums represented: direct competition with Councilman David White’s business interests.
(3) Retaliation: Mr. Green had previously offered another business “partnership” with the City of Shelby that the City of Shelby had publicly advertised in their new 10-Year Masterplan. Although Mr. Green had tailored his business proposal to the City of Shelby exactly as they had advertised, the City of Shelby refused to consider Mr. Green’s proposal in such a way that resulted in Mr. Green filing a lawsuit against the City of Shelby and eventually suing Shelby City Manager Rick Howell in his individual capacity. This particular lawsuit is still winding its way through the North Carolina Court system.
(4) Personal animus: A spitefulness that often develops when a bureaucrat becomes falsely convinced or fixated that he or she has an unauthorized authority over those that they are supposed to serve. And become vengeful when that person complains about being mistreated. (Shelby City Manager Rick Howell has a wide-ranging reputation for just this sort of personality dysfunction.)
(5) A “herd-mentality” for the group to conspire to cover-up unethical and illegal acts of the one: Or the few. Often misidentified as “loyalty.” A misguided and/or a misplaced loyalty that each member of the “herd” is obliged to “watch the back” of another member’s wrongful behavior-at all costs to the herd-and taxpayers in this case.
(6) An unsavory “tradition” of wrongdoing: The tendency to continue to do things just like they have always been done, no matter that the old way is corrupt, unethical or illegal in accordance with present day policies and laws.
Such a public “uproar” over the unfairness of the treatment of Mr. Willie Green as described above caused the Shelby Star to issue several articles for the purpose of “settling down” the public–a “service” they often provide for the Cleveland County “establishment.” For instance, Cleveland County Schools has paid the Shelby Star Hundreds of Thousands of dollars for such services as “Positive Coverage” the was billed to CCS as “Consulting Fees.”
Two articles praised (perhaps falsely) Councilman David White for his outstanding (for profit) role, and self-proclaimed “passion,” for restoring old Shelby buildings into high-end housing. One article also showed pictures of a restoration in process, which I believe contained several instances of potential building code violations or at least cutting corners that would not be expected in high-end housing that would be covered up by final construction processes. The building being restored was adjacent to the old Rogers Theater, whose new owner, like Mr. Green but because of different (LGBT) reasons, has been beset with roadblocks in doing business in the City of Shelby. In the Rogers Theater case alleged building code violations doomed the restoration project and the Rogers Theater is now (according to sources) In a potential danger of structural collapse. Councilman David White, to my knowledge, has not been bothered by building code inspections on any of his restoration or other construction projects.