Sunday, September 21, 2014

THE CASH STUFF FOR 9-25-14

BOX – RALEIGH POLICE INVESTIGATE WRAY


            Published reports say former Raleigh Asst. City Manager Lawrence Wray is being investigated by Raleigh police for allegedly depositing $25,000 in loans belonging to the Raleigh Business and Technology Center in his personal bank account at Mechanics and Farmers Bank. Wray served as chairman of the RBTC Board. Detectives served warrants on M&F Bank to examine Wray’s account records. Wray has said that he doesn’t recall depositing the money in his bank account, but said if he did, it was because former RBTC director Bob Robinson asked him too. Robinson has denied it. The RBTC was closed after a city audit found evidence of fraud in its record. The facility served as a small business incubator for Southeast Raleigh. Thus far, no one has been charged.

NNPA STORIES -
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http://nnpa.org/cbc-joins-black-churches-for-freedom-sunday-campaign-by-freddie-allen-2/

http://nnpa.org/study-few-feel-media-coverage-of-african-american-latino-communities-is-accurate/

CASH IN THE APPLE FOR 9-25-14
By Cash Michaels

            BIG “PARDONS” SCREENING FRIDAY IN D.C. : I’m in Washington, D.C. right now for a big event. Here’s the press release –

            The much acclaimed feature-length film, Pardons of Innocence: The Wilmington Ten, will have its national debut during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference this Friday, Sept. 26 at the Renaissance Hotel on Ninth Street NW in downtown Washington, D.C.
Produced by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and CashWorks HD Productions, the 119-minute documentary recounts the turbulent history surrounding the troubled desegregation of New Hanover County Public School System in North Carolina during the late 1960s through 1971, and the violent incidents, reminiscent of what we saw in Ferguson, Mo. this summer, that led up to the false prosecution of eight black male students, a white female community organizer, and fiery civil rights activist, Rev. Benjamin Chavis, for protesting racial injustice.
The case of the Wilmington Ten made national and international headlines, resulting in the federal government, and specifically the Congressional Black Caucus, speaking out for justice.
Produced, written and directed by Wilmington Journal staff writer Cash Michaels, the film also traces how the Black Press, led initially by Wilmington Journal publisher Thomas C. Jervay, Sr., and subsequently over 40 years later by his daughter, publisher-editor Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, through the NNPA, ultimately pushed for, and achieved the official and dramatic exoneration of the Wilmington Ten in 2012 by North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue.
Featured exclusive interviews in the film include Governor Beverly Perdue, who tells how powerful people across the state of North Carolina tried to stop her from granting pardons of innocence to the Wilmington Ten; Joseph McNeil, Wilmington, NC native and member of the legendary Greensboro Four, who tells why black students had to stand up for freedom and against racism during the 1960’s and 70’s; Dr. Benjamin Chavis, NNPA interim president and leader of the Wilmington Ten, who relives the events that led up to that racially violent week in Wilmington in February 1971; Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, recalling how he and other clergy from the United Church of Christ came to Raleigh in 1977 and met with then Gov. James Hunt to implore him to pardon the Wilmington Ten, only to be rejected.
The film, to be screened as part of the NNPA’s 2014 Leadership Conference in Washington this week, will be shown Friday, Sept. 26th, 4 pm. at the Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW, across from the Washington Convention Center.
The film will be followed immediately by a panel discussion on issues impacting the African-American community, tentatively featuring members of the Congressional Black Caucus.  Admission is free and open to the public.

So if you’re in Washington, D.C. on Friday, please drop by the Renaissance Hotel on Ninth Street, right across from the Washington Convention Center around 4 p.m.. we’d love to have you. And if you want to see the trailer for the film, then please go to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhfAQy5kx-o
 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE “COSBY SHOW” – On Sept. 20th, 1984, the NBC television network struck gold with a new show featuring a black middle-class family in New York, starring Bill Cosby. Many forget that NBC was languishing in a sorry third place to CBS and ABC at the time, and needed a hit badly, so the fact that ABC had actually rejected this show wasn’t exactly a promising sign that it would help matters.
History tells us, however, that ‘The Cosby Show” literally saved NBC, becoming one of the most successful situation comedies ever.
Indeed, Cosby’s program allowed America to see a nuclear black family, with both the mother and father as working professionals, and five children who all had distinct personalities, but were all basically good kids. “The Cosby Show” also showed America what real diversity is, featuring people and cultures, beyond Cosby’s TV family, that television never really paid attention to before without stereotypes.
But most importantly, the show exposed America to black history, and the importance of historically black colleges and universities, so much so that not only not only did Cos wear a sweatshirt from a different HBCU every chance he got (I know that Shaw University in Raleigh was on one show for sure), but he also produced a spinoff called “A Different World” about a fictional HBCU that inspired a generation of young people to attend thereafter.
Now some folks criticized “The Cosby Show” as being too “nice” with characters acting “perfect.” Some, even today, criticize the show for a whole host on nonsense that they considered to be “important,” so much so, in fact, that it’s hard to really know whether they actually liked the show or not.
Well here’s a bulletin for all of those folks – “The Cosby Show” was just that, Bill Cosby’s show, his world, his point of view. If it served as a soap box on his views of the importance of family, culture and education, then so be it. If he wanted yours, Cos would have called you (hope you’re still not waiting by the phone).
“The Cosby Show” was different from ‘Good Times,” “What’s Happening,” “The Jeffersons,” and every other black sitcom because he wanted it be different, and wanted to give voice to a different slice of black America. And in the process of that, he brought the entire country together every Thursday night at 8 p.m..
Last week I wrote about how some people mistakenly believe Bill Cosby to be a political conservative because of his harsh comments a few years ago criticizing the behavior of some of the poor in the black community. Cosby felt that the attitudes that resulted in crime, sexual activity and substance abuse were killing the spirit of sacrifices from people like Dr. King and others during the civil rights movement.
Many right-wingers took Cosby’s criticisms and further bashed the black community with them, resulting in many Cosby critics blasting him for joining their cause. Actually, Cosby could have cared less what conservatives did or said. He wanted his community to straighten up and do better, and wasn’t going to sugarcoat it.
And given the tremendous contributions, both financially and otherwise, that Cosby has given to education and social activism over the years, he felt he earned the right to speak.
“The Cosby Show” is one of those iconic moments in black AND American history that can never be forgotten, and nor should it be. In life, if you live enough of it, you’ll learn that people will get pretty upset when you refuse to be what they want you to be.
That’s why I have great love and respect for Bill Cosby. He’s his own man, flaws and all, and as a result, is one of the most unique human beings on the face of the planet.
Congratulations, Cos, on the thirtieth anniversary of “The Cosby Show.”
Make sure you tune in every Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. for my talk radio show, ''Make It Happen'' on Power 750 WAUG-AM, or online at www.waug-network.com. And read more about my thoughts and opinions exclusively at my blog, ‘The Cash Roc” (http://thecashroc.blogspot.com/2011/01/cash-roc-begins.html).
Cash in the Apple - honored as the Best Column Writing of 2006 by the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Columnist Cash Michaels was also honored by the NNPA for Best Feature Story Journalist of 2009, and was the recipient of the Raleigh-Apex NAACP’s President’s Award for Media Excellence in Sept. 2011.
Until next week, keep a smile on your face, GOD in your heart, and The Carolinian in your life. Bye, bye.
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STATE NEWS BRIEFS 9-25-14

NCNAACP PRESIDENT HONORED WITH MLK, JR. AWARD
            [GOLDSBORO] The good work of Rev. Dr. William Barber is now being recognized internationally. Last week, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an international peace group, recognized Rev. Barber work leading the HK on J and Moral Monday movements for social change, with the Martin Luther king, Jr. Award. “The coalition has protested against North Carolina’s government for infractions to voting rights, reduction of social programs, changes in tax legislation, repeal of the Racial Justice Act, and restrictions on abortion rights,” the group said.

COMEBACK TRAIL? STATE JOBLESS RATE JUMPS TO 6.8 PERCENT
            [RALEIGH] A few weeks Gov. Pat McCrory was touting North Carolina’s falling unemployment figures over the past year as proof that the state’s economic picture was improving, and people were finding jobs. But in August, North Carolina’s unemployment figures jumped from 6.5 to 6.8 percent, according to the state Dept. of Commerce. State economists caution, however, that though the jobless rate has gone back up two months in a row, over 12,000 jobs were added to the state’s economy, a trend they say they expect to continue going into the fall. Still, other observers say the economic recovery is slow, and number of jobs is well behind where it should be.

TEA PARTY CANDIDATE SUGGESTS WAR WITH MEXICO, SAYS BLACK PARENTS DON’T CARE
            [GREENSBORO] The Sixth District race for Congress is heating up as the views of Republican Tea Party candidate, Mark Walker, become more and more known.  A video from June 26th has Walker, campaigning during the Republican runoff, suggesting that the way to secure the border between the United States and Mexico is to, “…go laser or blitz somebody with a couple of fighter jets for a little while to make our point.” When asked if he had,”…any qualms about starting up a little war with Mexico,” Walker replied, “We, we did it before, if we need to, do it again. I don’t have a qualm about it.” Walker has since said the remark was “made in jest.”
            It has also been recently uncovered that Walker, in a Facebook post from April 2013, wrote about how he believed federal entitlement programs created black and Hispanic communities, “…educated to believe that the federal government is designed to provide for every aspect, need or want, of their lives." Walker continued, “"...most of these Americans have no concept of the pride and joy when we, as parents, invest in our children." Republican U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis campaigned with Walker last weekend.
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TRIANGLE NEWS BRIEFS 9-25-14

INTERIM WAKE D.A. DROPS CHARGES AGAINST HUNDREDS OF
MORAL MONDAY PROTESTERS
            As expected, interim Wake District Attorney Ned Mangum dropped charges against hundreds of Moral Monday protesters last week, citing the likely of them being found not guilty in court. At least a dozen have been exonerated, thanks to a recent US Supreme Court decision that upheld their constitutional right to peacefully protest at the NC General Assembly building.  At least 50 cases will go forward, however, against those protesters who illegally occupied offices or refused to leave at the close of business.

RALEIGH CITY COUNCIL ALLOWS CROWDERS WIFE TO FINISH TERM
            In the wake of Raleigh City Councilman Thomas Crowder announcing that he has terminal cancer and may have to step down, his wife, Kay, has been selected by the council to finish out his term in that event. The District D councilman is currently serving his sixth consecutive term in office.

RALEIGH-APEX NAACP CANDIDATES FORUM SATURDAY
            The Raleigh-Apex NAACP Branch #5436 will sponsor a Candidates' Forum at 4:00pm on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Pine Acres Community Center - 402 McLean Street - Fuquay-Varina, NC.  Call Dr. Portia Rochelle at 919-662-5006 for more information.

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ARE YOU PROPERLY
REGISTERED TO VOTE?
By Cash Michaels
Editor

            Voting rights advocates are strongly advising that based on the new voting restrictions that went into effect this year in North Carolina, if you think you are properly registered for the Nov. 4th midterm elections, you better check again.
            According to Democracy North Carolina (DNC), a nonpartisan, nonprofit social advocacy organization, over 450 voters in last May’s primary elections had their ballots thrown out because either they were not registered to vote correctly, or they cast their votes outside of their assigned precincts.
            Prior to the new Republican voting restrictions, if there was a problem with a voter’s registration, or if they weren’t register at all, they could simply same-day register when they went to vote during the early voting period. They would naturally have to show identification then, but that would be the only time.
            And, if for some reason, they voted outside of their assigned precinct, they would fill out a provisional ballot, and that would be held, and validated after all of the other ballots had been counted. If the voter was properly registered elsewhere, then that provisional ballot would be counted with the rest.
            But now, under the new voting restrictions, provisional ballots, except in rare cases, will now be rejected, Bob Hall, executive director of DNC says. That’s basically what happened last May, and Hall fears that it will happen again on November 4th unless voters double-check their status now.
            And for those who are not registered, they have until Friday, October 10th to get registered to be eligible to vote Nov. 4th.
            Our overall message is: You can still vote, but it’s important to be prepared because many honest voters are already being turned away at the polls and harmed by the new election laws,” Hall says. “We analyzed the provisional ballots cast in the 2014 primary by more than 400 voters whose votes would have counted in 2012, but who were rejected this year because of two changes in the rules: (1) these voters were unable to register during the Early Voting period because they couldn’t use the old “same-day registration” law; or (2) they were unable to cast a ballot on Election Day outside of their own polling place because they couldn’t use the old “out-of-precinct voting” law.”
            According to a DNC press release, “The voters who cast the 454 rejected provisional ballots come from every walk of life, and are of all parties, races, and age groups. But their composition is startling because it reveals that the new rules are indeed affecting African Americans and other people of color much more than white voters, and Democrats more than Republicans.”
            The DNC release continued, “While Black voters make up 22% of all registered voters, they were 39% of those who lost their votes because of the two rule changes – the elimination of same-day registration and elimination of out-of- precinct voting on Election Day.
            “Democrats, the release added, “… are 42% of the state’s registered voters, but 57% of those disenfranchised by the new rules.”
            As a result, a cross-section of voters, from a returning serviceman from Afghanistan, to college students, to even married couples who have recently moved, are among the 454 voters who weren’t counted across the state in last May’s primary.
            Hall, who agrees that the problems are certainly a part of a deliberate attempt to suppress the votes of blacks and others, advises voters to:

            Number 1: Make sure you are registered to vote at your current address. The October 10 deadline is a firm and final deadline – there’s no more Same-Day Registration. Go to NCVoter.org and check out your registration status. You can also look at your sample ballot at the same time.
Number 2: The best time to vote is during Early Voting because if you have problems, in many cases they can be fixed but if you wait until Election Day and discover a problem, it could be too late.
Number 3: If you wait until Election Day, then you must vote in your home precinct’s polling place, which may not be the one nearest to where you work or where you voted in the past.
Hall tells voters to “be prepared. Honest voters are already being harmed by the new rules. Don’t let it happen to you.”
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                         THE WHITE HOUSE
                  Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release                         September 19, 2014
NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK, 2014 -------
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
     For generations, the promise of an education has been a
beacon of hope for millions of Americans seeking a better life.
At a time when it was deemed illegal for African Americans to
learn to read or write, brave men and women took great risks to
learn these skills in secret.  And after the Civil War,
determined individuals made extraordinary sacrifices to
establish the institutions we know today as Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).  These schools waged a war
against illiteracy and ignorance and offered a newly free people
the opportunity to write their own chapter in the American
story.  This week, we honor their important legacy and renew our
commitment to their spirit:  that every person deserves a chance
to succeed.
     Over more than 150 years, HBCUs have provided students with
the tools to meet the challenges of a changing world.  These
institutions are hubs of opportunity that lift up Americans and
instill in their students a sense of who they are and what they
can become.  Their campuses are engines of economic growth and
community service and proven ladders of intergenerational
advancement.  Across our country, their graduates strengthen our
communities, lead our industries, and serve our Nation.  And
their successes inspire the next cohort of graduates and
leaders.
     HBCUs have forged pathways to help students overcome
barriers to equal opportunity, but more work remains to ensure
that a world-class education is within the reach of every person
willing to work for it.  That is why my Administration is
fighting to make college more affordable with larger grants and
low-interest loans.  We are investing hundreds of millions of
dollars in HBCUs, and because half of all students at these
schools are the first in their family to attend college, we are
supporting programs that help these first-generation scholars
succeed.  Our goal is to have the highest proportion of college
graduates in the world by 2020, and investing in these
institutions and their students will play a vital part in
meeting it.
     Today, because of the work of bold leaders -- and of
parents and grandparents who never dreamed of going to college
themselves but who saved and sacrificed so their children
could -- more young people have the chance to achieve their
greatest potential and full measure of happiness.  During
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, we
recognize the ways these schools have made our Nation more just
and we continue our work to make higher education accessible to
every child in America.
     NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do
hereby proclaim September 21 through September 27, 2014, as
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.
I call upon educators, public officials, professional
organizations, corporations, and all Americans to observe this
week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that
acknowledge the countless contributions these institutions and
their alumni have made to our country.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
two thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.
BARACK OBAMA


     


ENDORSEMENTS BY THE WAKE COUNTY VOTERS  EDUCATION COALITION FOR NOV. 4TH ELECTIONS

(1) U.S. SENATE
(21) DISTRICT ATTORNEY/DIST.#10
(D) Kay Hagan
(D) N. Lorrin Freeman
(2) U.S. HOUSE/DIST. #2
(22) WAKE CO. COMMISS/DIST. #1
(D) Clay Aiken
(D) Sig Hutchinson
(3) U.S. HOUSE/DIST. #4
(23) WAKE CO.COMMISSIONER/DIST.#2
(D) David Price
(D) Matt Calabria
(4)U.S. HOUSE/DIST.#13
(24) WAKE CO. COMMISSIONER/DIST.#3
(D) Brenda Cleary
(D) Jessica Holmes
(5) N.C. STATE SENATE/DIST.#14
(25) WAKE CO. COMMISSIONER/DIST.#4
(D) Dan Blue
(D) John Burns
(6) N.C. STATE SENATE/DIST.#15
(26) WAKE CO. CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT
(D) Tom Bradshaw
(D) Sam Bridges
(7) N.C. STATE SENATE/DIST.#16
(27) WAKE CO. SHERIFF
(D) Josh Stein
(D) Willie Rowe
(8) N.C. STATE SENATE/DIST.#17
(28) N.C. SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
(D) Bryan Fulghum
(R) Ola M. Lewis
(9) N.C. STATE SENATE/DIST.#18
(29) N.C. SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
(D) Sarah Crawford
(D) Robin Hudson
(10) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#011
(30) N.C. SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
(D) Duane Hall
(D) Sam J. Ervin IV
(11) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#33
(31) N.C. COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
(D) Rosa Gill
(D) Cheri Beasley
(12) N.C. HOUSE/DIST#34
(32) N.C. COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
(D) Grier Martin
(D) Lucy Inman
(13) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#35
(33) N.C. COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
(D) Brian Mountcastle
(D) Donna Stroud
(14) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#36
(34) N.C. COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
(D) Lisa Baker
Abe Jones
(15) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#37
(35) N.C. COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
None
Mark Davis
(16) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#38
(36) N.C. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10A
(D) Yvonne Holley
Paul C. Ridgeway
(17) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#39
(37) N.C. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10C
(D) Darren Jackson
Paul G. Gessner
(18) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#40
(38) N.C. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10
(D) Margaret E. Broadwell
Kris D. Bailey
(19) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#41
(39) N.C. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10
(D) Gale Adcock
Michael J. Denning
(20) N.C. HOUSE/DIST.#49
(40) N.C. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10
(D) Kim Hanchette
Margaret P. Eagles
(41) N.C. DIST.COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10
(Fullwood seat) Craig Croom
(42) N.C. DIST.COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10
(Gregory seat)……..…... Keith Gregory
(43) N.C. DIST.COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10
(Mangum seat)……... Ned W. Mangum
(44) N.C. DIST.COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10
(Meyer seat)……………….. Louis Meyer
(45) N.C. DIST.COURT JUDGE/DIST.#10
(Rozier seat) …………….Vince Rozier, Jr.
(46) WAKE SOIL/WATER CONSERV.
DISTRICT SUPERVISOR (Choose 2)
Marshall Harvey
Jennifer (Jenna) Austin Wadsworth
(47) NC CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
re: WAIVING RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL
*NO*
(48) CITY OF RALEIGH PARKS AND
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BOND
*YES*






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