{"id":7664,"date":"2024-02-02T23:15:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T04:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/?p=7664"},"modified":"2024-02-02T23:15:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T04:15:43","slug":"more-cash-continues-to-get-funneled-to-the-waco-fire-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/2024\/02\/02\/more-cash-continues-to-get-funneled-to-the-waco-fire-department\/","title":{"rendered":"More Cash continues to get \u201cfunneled\u201d to the Waco Fire Department!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Folks, there appears to be nothing fair about the state funding going to Cleveland County Fire Departments. The Waco VFD gets $3 Million$ while the other 14 CC Fire Departments get much, much less. Or nothing!!<\/p>\n

Please note that Robert A\u2019s<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0last article spoke only to the totally unfair funding distribution of the 2023 final budget where Waco Fire received $2.5 Million$. Many times, over what everybody else received. And some received nothing at all as previously stated.<\/p>\n

THIS article refers to an article published by the Shelby Star on January 8, 2024 titled Waco Fire Department adds new fire truck, sets sights on new station<\/u>. Folks, the\u00a0link<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to this article as well as the Photo Op picture<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0is provided below. Mostly to PROVE<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is NOT making up all this crazy Kevin Gordon stuff!!<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the Picture.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The picture shows a group standing in front of a firetruck at the Waco Fire Department. Folks, notice those three men in the center holding a blown-up Photo Op check. Those three men holding the check are State Rep Kelly Hastings, State Senator Ted Alexander and SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TIM MOORE<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>!!!<\/p>\n

The missing person<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0from that picture is County Commissioner Chairman Kevin Gordon<\/b><\/u><\/strong>, who was also a previous Chief at the Waco Fire Department and still holds most of his own political fundraising events there. It is unknown whether or not the Waco Fire Department facilities are allowed to be used by any other political candidate, except for those like Hastings, Alexander and Moore who bring big checks made out to the unaccountable Waco Fire Department. Also note that the present Waco Fire Chief Chief is Kevin Gordons\u2019s younger Brother.<\/p>\n

It is very likely that many of the personnel from other Cleveland County Fire Departments might consider that the obvious political and financial links between Kevin Gordon, The Waco Fire Department, State officials Hastings, Alexander and Moore, especially around election times, are anything but fair, equitable, ethical or honest.<\/p>\n

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AS for Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>, his often-used term, \u201cI smell a rat<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u201d <\/i><\/em>immediately comes to mind here!!\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>Most reasonable Cleveland County Citizens and voters who have read Robert A\u2019s<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0original article and then read this particular article from the Shelby Star <\/b><\/strong>are likely to smell that very same smell.<\/p>\n

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So, let\u2019s look at this massive over-funding<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0of the Waco Fire Department from ALL<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0angles:<\/p>\n

First, Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has plenty of first-hand knowledge about the Town of Waco. Robert A\u2019s<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0High School sweetheart lived in downtown Waco. When you google Waco, NC <\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>for more official statistics about Waco, you learn that in 2020 Waco had a grand total of 310 residents, 134 households and the population was dropping. There seemed to be absolutely NOTHING<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0to justify the Waco Community Fire Department receiving such huge sums of North Carolina and Cleveland County taxpayer\u2019s dollars. Especially when the other 14 Fire Departments received much less in comparison.<\/p>\n

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Next, The January 8, 2024 Shelby Star Article previously mentioned contained many things that constituted RED-FLAGS <\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>(or smells of dead rats) to Robert A\u2019s <\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>understanding of how County Government is legally supposed to operate.<\/p>\n