{"id":8074,"date":"2025-02-13T21:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T02:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/?p=8074"},"modified":"2025-02-13T21:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T02:41:58","slug":"shelby-star-reports-a-protest-will-be-held-sunday-feb-23-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/2025\/02\/13\/shelby-star-reports-a-protest-will-be-held-sunday-feb-23-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelby Star\u00a0Reports a \u201cProtest\u201d will be held Sunday, Feb 23, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8074?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8074?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><p>Folks, The <strong><u><b>Shelby Star<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0(Online Issue of Feb, 9, 2025) reports that the <strong><em><u><b><i>Shelby Women for Progress<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0are planning to hold a <strong><em><u><b><i>PEACEFULL PROTEST<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on <strong><u><b>Sunday, February 23, 2025 from 1 to 4 PM.<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the <strong><b>Star<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Report, <strong><b>\u201cPeople can meet at Lily Bean Coffee, at 108 E. Warren St., Shelby, and, according to a poster about the event, the plan is to walk the sidewalks around the Earl Scruggs Center.\u201d<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>Sitzes article also states:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>The Key Points of this Protest are:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Local residents in Shelby are organizing a peaceful protest against President Trump&#8217;s policies.<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>The protest aims to address issues like immigration, climate change, healthcare, and trans (-gender) rights.<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The remainder of the Star\u2019s article went on and on about recent wild and crazy, outrageous, \u201cLooney-Toon-ish\u201d and nit-wit Washington, DC level Democrat Party\u2019s radical \u00a0talking points, false narratives and down-right lies-about how President Donald J. Trump\u2019s totally successful first three weeks in Office had already undone the last four years of the Biden-Harris failed Presidency and radical agendas. And the National Democrats have called for protests all across the USA. And the <strong><u><b>Shelby Women for Progress<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0have swallowed the bait, hook, line and sinker!<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>First, let\u2019s take a good look at just who these <\/b><\/strong><strong><u><b>Shelby Women for Progress<\/b><\/u><\/strong><strong><b>\u00a0really are. <\/b><\/strong>So, <strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Googles \u201c<strong><em><u><b><i>Shelby Women for Progress<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u201d and finds they only exist as a <strong><em><u><b><i>PRIVATE GROUP\u2019S<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0Facebook Account<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em><u><b><i>THAT CLAIMS 697 MEMBERS<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>. Up until this Shelby Star article <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0had never heard of the <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Shelby Women for Progress.<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is what Facebook had listed under the heading of:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><b>About this Group on Facebook:\u201d<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cA safe space for progressive women of Shelby to share ideas and organize!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Living in Shelby presents a lot of interesting political challenges-not only as a woman but as a woman who isn\u2019t conservative. I hope this group can be a place where we can support and motivate each other.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Only members can see who&#8217;s in the group and what they post.<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Group created on September 18, 2020.<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Group history shows when this group was created, as well as changes to its name. You can use Group history to see whether a group&#8217;s purpose has changed over time.<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>Also, the <strong><b>Shelby Star<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0article included a picture showing a young woman holding a \u201cFlyer\u201d announcing the <strong><b>Shelby Women for Progress<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0planned Peaceful Protest, with details that <strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0could not determine from the grainy picture. The legend under the Star article picture identified the woman as <strong><em><u><b><i>Bree Comer.<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>A<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>\u00a0North Carolina Voter Search<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0for \u201cBree Comer\u201d living in Cleveland County turned up \u201cNO RESULTS.\u201d However, considering that \u201cBree\u201d was likely a \u201cnick-name\u201d for <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Breanna<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0and re-running the NC Voter Search for \u201cBreanna Comer\u201d turned up with a positive hit.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Breanna Nichole Comer<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0was listed as: <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White, Female, Unaffiliated<\/p>\n<p>Registered to vote May 28, 2024<\/p>\n<p>No prior record of voting anywhere in NC.<\/p>\n<p>Additional similar public information inquiries listed <strong><em><u><b><i>Breanna Nichole Comer<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as being a 2021 graduate of Burns High School where she ran track and field.<\/p>\n<p>However, <strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A\u2019s<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0expanded inquiry regarding <strong><em><u><b><i>Shelby Women for Progress<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on Facebook indicated and produced an <strong><b>\u201copinion\u201d that these women are prone to use \u201cfalse names\u201d and other such tactics in their quest to remain safe, secure and secret because \u201c<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>Living in Shelby presents a lot of interesting political challenges-not only as a woman but <\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>as a woman who isn\u2019t conservative<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><b>. I hope this group can be a place where we can support and motivate each other.\u201d As stated on their Facebook inquiry <\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><b>\u00a0noted above.\u201d<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>By this time<strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>has concluded that this Facebook \u201c<strong><b>Group<\/b><\/strong>\u201d has apparently forgotten that President Donald J. Trump won his second Term in Office by a historically huge margin Nationwide and by an even more huge margin right here in Shelby and in the whole of Cleveland County. So, are these <strong><em><b><i>Shelby Women for Progress<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0just a bunch of gals turned Looney Tunes? Or What???<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>The answer to that question just doesn\u2019t matter<\/b><\/strong>. These \u201csecret-loving\u201d gals have the Constitutional right to <strong><u><b>peacefully protest<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0whatever they want. Right or Wrong.<\/p>\n<p>However, folks, even though <strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0disagrees with everything these <strong><em><u><b><i>Shelby Women for Progress<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0gals are \u201cPeacefully protesting\u201d about as noted in their Shelby Star article, <strong><em><u><b><i>there ARE BAD things going on in Cleveland County that DO need to be protested against.<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>And by everybody and every voter come election time. And at every opportunity.<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><b><i>The number one issue in Cleveland County (NC) today, above every other thing, is the failure of Cleveland County Schools to provide a sound basic education for our children. Too many of our children are being graduated by CCS without being proficient in <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>reading<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>, <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>math<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0and <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>science<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>. <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><strong><b>And, the <\/b><\/strong><strong><u><b>Proof<\/b><\/u><\/strong><strong><b>\u00a0is told in the recently filed Federal Lawsuit against CCS Superintendent Stephen Fisher and all NINE School Board members. Not told directly, but told indirectly!!! CCS incompetence all around!!!<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>This Federal Lawsuit, filed Feb. 5th, 2025, was brought against CCS by a Shelby High School student who started a \u201cGroup\u201d called the <\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Activism Club <\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><b>to discuss LGBT+ related \u201cstuff\u201d during what is called the \u201cFlex-Period\u201d. This \u201cFlex-Period\u201d being a block of time at SHS where SHS students can get together in various groups to do various things (basically whatever they want) that is not a part of SHS\u2019s educational curriculum and apparently without teachers present.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>Note that there are TWO issues here:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>The lawsuit itself and how CCS has been trying to keep this lawsuit issue a secret from the public. This will be the subject of a completely different and separate article(s) by <\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A.<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>Coming SOON!<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Why does SHS (and perhaps other CCS Schools), in the face of the well-known lack of student proficiencies in Reading, Math and Science, students are graduating without being able to read and write, do math, etc. on a proficient level, have any such things going on like \u201cFlex Periods\u201d in the first place. It is obvious that High Schools are the last barrier to ignorance that CCS is wasting during its school day. Obviously, <\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Flex-Periods<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><b>would be better utilized, from an education standpoint, by teaching remedial materials that these students will never again have the opportunity to learn about.<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><b>So, all you <\/b><\/strong><strong><u><b>Shelby Women for Progress<\/b><\/u><\/strong><strong><b>\u00a0(and everybody else), why have you NOT added the failures in Education at CCS, especially SHS, to your list of things to protest against at your Feb. 23, 2025 Peaceful Protest??? Why are YOU so interested in what goes on in Washington, DC and NOT in what goes on right under your nose in Shelby NC.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>Perhaps <\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><b>\u00a0and other Trump supporters, should come to your \u201cPeaceful Protest\u201d wearing his \u201cTrump Hat\u201d and carrying a \u201cTrump for President\u201d campaign sign? Protest the Protest, so to speak. Peacefully though. 100% Peaceful! But \u201cDressed for Arrest,\u201d just in case.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>Or, perhaps the <\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Shelby Women for Progress<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><b>\u00a0might want to start attending CCS School Board Meetings and CC Commissioner\u2019s Meetings too. WE can call the news media, TV Stations and all. Show them what a Peaceful Protest looks like. People coming together to peacefully protest against injustices, wherever we can find them. It\u2019s a long time to the next elections. But only a short time until our big CC Property Tax bills hit the street. And, <\/b><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><b>\u00a0says \u201cI told Ya so!!!\u201d<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folks, The Shelby Star\u00a0(Online Issue of Feb, 9, 2025) reports that the Shelby Women for Progress\u00a0are planning to hold a PEACEFULL PROTEST\u00a0on Sunday, February 23, 2025 from 1 to 4 PM. According to the Star\u00a0Report, \u201cPeople can meet at Lily Bean Coffee, at 108 E. 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