“This has never happened before,” Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston said on Friday, Sept. 6.
He was speaking about the first-ever massive collective effort by Black political action committees in North Carolina to work together in a very aggressive grassroots campaign to elect a slate of candidates that those black PACs across the state have endorsed collectively.
Two top priorities of the group are to see that Kamala Harris is elected president and Josh Stein becomes the next governor of the state of North Carolina.
Alston said that the PACs didn’t use skin color as a criterion but instead, they endorsed candidates based on the character of the person running and their ability to govern effectively for the good of the citizens.
He said character alone disqualifies Trump and Robinson and that the candidates selected by the black PACs have demonstrated effective leadership.
Earlier in the week, a press release from the Black PACs announced: “In an unprecedented action, several of the largest and most influential African-American political action committees (PACs) in North Carolina will jointly announce support for candidates in the upcoming 2024 elections, including the races for President of the United States, Governor of North Carolina, and other statewide offices.”
The announcement and news conference was held in Raleigh on Wednesday morning, Sept. 4 in front of the Legislative building.
Alston led the rally at which the coalition endorsed all of the Democrats running for Council of State positions, for the NC Supreme Court and for Court of Appeals races as well. The group of PACs also endorsed Kamala Harris for president.
Stein and many of the other statewide candidates spoke at the news conference Wednesday.
Alston said that, earlier this year at a meeting of the state’s black PAC leaders, he presented the idea of everyone joining forces to endorse and elect the best candidates for statewide offices. Other PAC leaders agreed and the statewide union was formed.
The participating organizations include the Raleigh Wake Citizens Association, the George C. Simkins Jr. Memorial PAC of Guilford County, the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People and the Bladen Improvement Association.
Robinson is evidence that the African-American PACs didn’t go on skin color. A Republican, he’s North Carolina’s first Black lieutenant governor and is also the first Black party nominee for governor of the state for a major party.
According to a news report from WUNC, when Steve Bowden of the Simkins PAC was asked whether the PACs considered endorsing Robinson given the historic nature of his candidacy, Bowden said, “We hope that the united front of this PAC shows our Black community where the leadership that they’ve depended on for so many years is on that question. We have obviously endorsed Josh Stein for governor.”
While focused on state battles, the Black PACs would love nothing more than for their effort to be the one that keeps Trump out of the White House. Earlier in the year, there seemed to be no way that Joe Biden could win North Carolina. However, now the race for president in the state is as close as it gets, and North Carolina could very well determine the national election. The PACs are hoping that a well-coordinated determined movement to sway the black vote across the state will produce enough voters to swing the state to a positive outcome for Harris.
According to the PACs, the endorsements are based on the candidates’ “proven track records and their commitment to policies that will uplift all North Carolinians.”
The participating PACs plan to very actively work toward getting the candidates elected through grassroots efforts including voter registration drives, door-to-door campaigning, voter training sessions and by providing transportation to the polls for the voters who need it.
They will sing a different tune when they realize they facilitated a Marxist takeover.
Says the fool who clearly doesn’t know what Marixist means other than it is scary word he heard on FoxNews. LOL
Chrissy, you are such a condescending, patronizing snob.
And you don’t even have the intellect to merit your smugness.
Back at ya little guy
Get stuffed.
And I bet I’m bigger than you, you tosser.
Tell me, Chris, how do you know what larry keck knows and doesn’t know? Speaking of “knowing,” what do you know about Marxism? By your comment, it appears you view Marxism in a positive light.
Ask Larry what specifically about Kamala’s policies align with Marxism. Bet he can’t.
Since you all likely get your information on Kamala’s policies or position on issues from heavily slanted conservative news sources, below is a to her stance on actual policy and issues:
https://kamalaharris.com/issues/
Actually you are incorrect, but keep snarking. Somebody may believe you.
If you want to learn where Joshua Stein stands on issues go to https://www.joshstein.org/endorsements. Joshua Stein, who favors abortion on demand, is endorsed by Planned Parenthood. Joshua Stein is endorsed by the NC Association of Educators. Joshua Stein believes that throwing more tax money at schools will fix our failing schools. Sincere teachers know that money will not fix the schools’ problems. Kathy Manning who voted consistently with Democrats on such legislation as the Inflation Reduction Act which is causing inflation; former Justice Sam Irvin IV who voted against voter ID law that had been sanctioned by North Carolinians with a Constitutional Amendment; Sheriff Danny Rogers whose department by all accounts is failing. Endorsed by Bev Purdue, former NC Governor who “found” a loophole that allowed the state to steal lottery money; Nancy Vaughn who voted to give severance pay (taxpayer money) to fired former Greensboro City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba. This is just a preview of the list found on the website. All feed at the trough of government in one way or another. Vote for Donald Trump and Mark Robinson because your tax money depends on it.
You mean the grossly underpaid teachers who lack proper supplies to run their classrooms in buildings falling about do to lack of investment in maintenance for decades? Those teachers?
I guess conservatives can vote for the guy who actually paid for an abortion when a baby wasn’t convenient for him and his now wife and is nothing more than a fool of a shock jock candidate failing in the polls as he lacks any real plan for protecting this great State.
But you be you.
Yes, how dare Robinson change his way of thinking over the past decades. You (a self-alleged former republican who has changed his entire line of thinking) try to act like no one is allowed to change their views and beliefs throughout their life. Get over yourself dude. People change. Hypocrite.
And school budgets are not the problem. It is what is done with those budgets. Too many high paid administrators suck up all the money but provide no services.
Hey Chris looks like you don’t have many friends on here, why don’t you think about hanging out on the tailgate of my truck with some of my moonshine swilling redneck buddies. Maybe you will be enlightened to the way the world really is.
Somebody has to keep the conservative ignorance in check. The Rhino is the best source of news for Guilford County so happy to be here to break up the circle jerk.
The problem with large tax-sucking school administrations started in the 1960s, picked up steam in the 1970s and has gotten worse since. Any politician who champions schools by throwing more money at the problem rather than fixing the real problem should never be able to continue the loony idea. This includes Joshua Stein, Deena Hayes, and Skip Alston, whose education experience is so deficient, it begs the question, “what does Alston know about quality education.”
So conservatives’ idea of fixing is to divert what little funding is made available to private schools that can pick and choose their students?
TermLimits,
Why is nobody asking about the 8 figure bank account the County school system is sitting on? Also do you remember how the system cried when they didn’t get the additional millions they wanted?
How about a school board meeting where folks selected by the public ask questions from the public and ask them over and over until they actually ANSWER them instead of throwing out talking point answers.
How about a curriculum that concentrates on the 3 Rs, geography/social studies, shop, home ec, physical fitness, and government instead of sex ed, LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ, how conservatives are evil baby-killing monsters, and America is an evil place.
How about going through the schools and ask each employee “how do you DIRECTLY impact the EDUCATION of the students. If they don’t, send them packing and give those that do a pay bump.
Just sayin’
Absolutely correct! If you don’t believe it, check the platforms and histories of both Robinson and Trump. And don’t believe a word of those outlandish commercials against Robinson. Desperate lies coming from the left who is losing the battle to Americans with common sense
Some things in life you are NOT allowed to take back. Abortion is one of those things. He was quick to use when HE needed one but now that he is old and out of the baby making game, happy to take that right away from everyone else.
That’s a very narrow minded point of view. There are many people on this earth who live wild and immoral lives as young adults. Then at some point they find faith and change their lives entirely. There are many true stories of such lives and no one cares that you called “No take backs”, hypocrite.
As to your point about the education budget being a “little funding”. I think the 2024 NC education budget is $18 BILLION. As with all things that can be bought, competition is good for the consumer. Seems like if big government wants taxpayers to go to public school, they should put out a better product.
That would lower the incentive to opt out of public school now wouldn’t it? That in turn would force private schools to lower their fees or to put out an even better product for the price. Seems like a good idea all around. But Dems don’t want competition. They want fixed prices and government monopolies.
Oh, Chris. Men are never out of the baby making business. Do you need a course in biology? I believe that you are Skip Alston’s plant for the purpose of spewing nonsense. But, you are good for a laugh.
The Left keeps peddling lies, don’t they?
“Grossly underpaid teachers”. The average teacher’s salary in NC is now well over $50K – for working nine months a year. They get Cadillac benefits and get to retire after 30 years. I’ve been running my small business for longer than that, and worked years before too.
The retired educators that are customers of mine are not hurting at all for cash. In fact they’re always trading up their cars (and they don’t buy Chevys or Fords).
In return for all this largesse they turn out the worst educated students in the Western World and use their political clout in the Democratic Party (of course) to eliminate any serious competition. They have the market cornered and they know they’re onto a cushy number.
That’s all bad enough, but they use their monopoly power to indoctrinate the children with their Leftist weltanschauung, and nary a week goes by without a news report of some “educator” creep who has sexually preyed on an innocent child.
The Government Schools are an open sewer of incompetence, indifference, indoctrination, bullying, violence,
and sexual predation.
They need to be abolished.
They actually work 10 months a year.
Average starting salary is under $37k for a job that requires a college degree?! The average you quote includes teachers that have been teaching for decades. It is one of the lowest paying jobs that requires a college degree. Kinda pathetic. Many of those that push up the average have graduate degrees. Compare that to non-teaching incomes:
In NC the average starting wage for someone with a college degree is $67k. $90K+ if you have graduate degree.
The real challenge in teaching is poor parental support. It is amazing the number of parents who bring their kids to school late daily because it isn’t convenient to get their kid up and to school for an education. Or parents who refuse to believe their kid is struggling academically or behaviorally. Or just flat ignore their child’s performance issues in schools.
Public schools have to take all comers. Private schools get to cherry pick.
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Wow !
What a farrago of fantasies, falsehoods, and fabrications.
If you, dear reader, are new to these columns, please know that “Chris” is famous for making assertions that he conjures from his imagination. He has been proven wrong too many times to count.
He’s even been known to substantiate his claims with data that actually prove the opposite of his claim.
This pitiful and insecure little man assuages his insecurities by desperately trying to “win” arguments here.
Sad.
Teachers have asked for supplies for their classrooms forever. These requested supplies NEVER included schoolbooks, buildings to teach in, teachers’ salaries, or money for electricity. Have you ever seen a supply list? If not, visit Walmart, Target and other such stores since the list is usually posted for parents’ convenience. As far as building maintenance is concerned, this is something of a red herring. Perfect buildings are not the cause of failing schools.
As far as any personal, difficult decision that Mark Robinson and the woman in question had to make, I do not believe the decision was made at nine (9) months knowing the outcome would be death of a viable baby. Joshua Stein supports abortion on demand. Any politician who supports abortion on demand has no moral or emotional nature. Many of these same politicians are probably members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Vote for Mark Robinson for the sake of the unborn.
No one supports abortion at 9 months for a healthy baby. Stop believing Trumps lies. (and your own)
You forget the issues in northern states that would allow the birth of a baby, but not treat it and let the child die.
Most everyone 15 years or older knows about contraceptives and how to use them. Their problem here is they don’t ever think it will happen to them. . . .pregnant, diseases, etc.
Many teenagers get thru school by educators who don’t want them held back and they don’t want the angry parents for not passing them to the next grade, if they didn’t learn or not. These “students” end up not knowing how to complete an employment application, but continue to live in their parents basement, sleeping all day, snorting some coke, fentanyl, etc., and deciding on which tattoo they want next. . . of course, the parents will pay for it just to get them out of the house.
And oh my gosh! You can’t expel students since their parents would march on the school board meetings after they’ve alerted the news media to come watch, etc.
When people have had enough, there’s usually an awakening by those who live outside the norms of society to the extent they will “grow up” or have meek parents who let them sleep in the basement while watching video games.
Might want to check your sources in that, Chris.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/11/abortion-laws-bans-state-map
Six states have no set restriction and quite a few go right up to the 24 week mark, close to or into the third trimester.
Chris, words matter. Do you know the meaning of the words, On Demand?’ On demand means exactly that, no restrictions. There was a time when most women would have been horrified with abortion-on-demand, not anymore. Proabortion is anathema to society, which is exemplified by: https://www.acog.org/contact/media-center/abortion-language-guide. When a procedure must be identified by published euphemisms, then the conclusion is that the procedure is injurious to society. Otherwise, there would be no need for euphemisms. Kamala Harris is the queen of abortions. A vote for KH is a vote to attempt to codify abortions into federal law. A woman who has had no children of her own, who has never experienced the miracle of pregnancy and birth, or the love felt by the mother on first seeing that little miracle. Kamala Harris is not pro-woman but is pro- power. She cares about herself only.
Wrong!
Abortion until birth is legal in nine states and DC.
Chris. . .one of the problems is there’s no oversight of teachers, their teaching outcomes, etc., and they live in a world where they’ll get an annual ‘step” increase, no matter what. And there’s 30 steps if I recall, yet they want that annual ATB (across the board) increase in addition to going to the next step.
Teachers should evaluated on their teaching and knowledge of students to go to the next grade, not moving them along just to get rid of them. they also don’t want parents storming their classrooms ranting about their poor babies not being held back because they flunked the courses they were taught. . .too much gang banging, 11 year olds out at 3 am, etc.
Joe, why are annual across-the-board increases given to teachers? Because they are government workers. ALL government workers, local, federal, and state, receive across-the-board increases. The ATB system has been in place forever. That’s one reason people gravitate to government jobs: no accountability and rich benefits.
Absolutely correct! If you don’t believe it, check the platforms and histories of both Robinson and Trump. And don’t believe a word of those outlandish commercials against Robinson. Desperate lies coming from the left who is losing the battle to Americans with common sense
Black people overwhelmingly align with the Left in the UK as well as the US.
Absolutely correct! If you don’t believe it, check the platforms and histories of both Robinson and Trump. And don’t believe a word of those outlandish commercials against Robinson. Desperate lies coming from the left who is losing the battle to Americans with common sense
Based on character, Skip should be disqualified from elected office himself! I think he may be the original creator of the race card! Regardless of color, if you don’t support our military and law enforcement, you are a part of our impending doom as a society and country. Harris and Stein DO NOT support either! Based on character, Robinson and D J T absolutely supports both. Black cops, along with other races, are being murdered just because they wear a badge. This is absolutely unacceptable, and will only get worse if Skip gets what he wants.
The last thing we need is four more years of Democrat control over our lives. The policies so espoused by KH and her crew would be a disaster for the country.
I think Trumps across the board tariffs with wreck our economy with a return to high inflation, disrupted trade relations and internally diminished standing. It is common sense that YOU and I end up paying for the Tariffs. Only a fool believes companies will accept lower profits because they have to pay tariffs.
Allowing a man who bankrupted more than one casino to run our economy is just foolish.
…or it will bring business and industry back to America to avoid the tariffs. Not complicated. Of course, you would rather save a dollar to support the slave labor your comrades in China utilize to provide us with cheap and inferior products.
I think what fascinates me the most about this is the fact that the folks that scream the loudest about “democracy” and folks “attempting to control elections” are the very culprit of said actions. The so called “Democrats” that are using PACs to manipulate the election. They claim they want the people to decide, but that is obviously not true, these hypocrites only want to see their agenda through to turn us into the USSA as soon a possible with little regard for the detriment it will bring to our nation. One could make a strong case that their very actions are malfeasance as these people are elected to serve us, not themselves or their own agendas. It’s about time we all show up at the polls to put them in their rightful place. For some of our regular libtard audience I’ll explain: As far away from public service as possible. Send them all home. I’m not just referring to the demonrats, it’s the rinos as well. Send them all home with their heads down & their tails between their legs and make sure they don’t pop back up making big dollars on books, films and speaking engagements that are no more than glorified propaganda. Shut them down so hard that their names will be branded as such an embarrassment to our nation that no one will respect them. I know I repeat this a lot, but THE WORLD IS WATCHING. Our once great superpower is fading fast and already being infiltrated and manipulated through industry & digital means. Hell, our current government is so lax that we have our own enemies providing important contract services to our government where they have direct access to our data and we pay them to take it.
There’s more than one sleeping giant that we have be be mindful of. Semper vigilantes should be more than a phrase, it should be our way of life! We are not the world’s police. We owe Ukraine and Israel nothing. Im not saying cut them off entirely, but rwzlect their culture & stay out of their politics. Everyone doesn’t have to do things our way, nor should we have to do things theirs. Shore up the national homefront before you have to defend your homestead. At the rate we are going, we may have to do just that in our lifetime. Vote like your great-grandchildren’s lives depends on it, because it does.
JS
Nothing you say here isn’t equally applicable to conservatives. Fear and hate based politics is destroying us from the inside out. Trump is one of the main culprits with is comfort in using lies and exaggerations top drive a deep divide between those that support him and those that don’t .
Once he is out of politics, we will be better for it. Don’t believe the lies and hate. Democrats aren’t evil, they just have a different vision for the future.
Of course they support people willing to censor free speech / misinformation instead of allowing people to use critical thinking skills, base things on identity instead of merit, expand the federal government instead of rein it in, get rid of checks and balances, and of course many politicians goals- line their own pockets with tax payer money
It’s funny if there were white PAC’s they would be considered racist, just saying. Would race can do whatever they want while attacking the other race.
Surprise! Surprise! These groups are just leading the black community to continue to pay high prices for everything they purchase. However, I believe that not all persons will fall for this foolishness and will vote for President Trump who will certainly be more beneficial to the economy.
Skippy just love to see his name in print!
I think that is actually the plan with Trump Tariffs. It basically will create a new sales ‘tax’ for middle class and low income to pay so he can cut taxes for the wealthy and big business again (ie himself) just like he did his first term.
How you can you not see this? He did it before and he is openly telling you he will do it again.
“Alston said that the PACs didn’t use skin color as a criterion but….” The sentence should have included the preface: “In a rare change in strategy…..”
ken, it is okay to favor a non-Black as long as the non-Black is obedient to Blacks. Once the non-Black starts to sway, there is no longer support for the non-Black and the non-Black becomes White. Joshua Stein is Black because his views are favored by Blacks. So, he gets Skippy’s endorsement. See how it works?
So interesting that these black groups, who, by definition, are comprised of black members, reject the first black candidate for governor.
Shows they have integrity and are advising votes based on issues and policy versus race.
Just like the lion they eat their young to show social dominance
Go to the early vote ballot and vote straight Republican to fight racism, protest the nation.
They want to get rid of Trump because he’s white mainly but also because they can’t buy him! They want to get rid of Mark Robinson because he doesn’t spout their narrative saying blacks are oppressed and owed everything. Also because he also can’t be bought. Skip away with your money Alston needs to be removed from office! He’s the biggest crook in Guilford County! He thinks he has the right to control everyone but he doesn’t. He hates Robinson because he’s not the type of black man that Crooked Skip is. Skip is a low life. Mark has integrity and morals. Skip doesn’t. And there is the reason he wants Mark gone. Only reason again for Trump is because he’s white and can’t be bought. Skip and his pac are extremely racist and it shows in everything they do. 100% facts!!
Democrats oppose Trump’s agenda. He could be purple, and they would continue to oppose him. Democrats like open borders. How do I know, they allowed millions to come into our country illegally? Don’t believe a word that they say, look at the facts. We have been flooded with illegal immigrants. Had the Border Czar (Kamala Harris) wanted to do something about it, she would have. That is a fact. Had she wanted to know firsthand what was happening at the border, she would have paid a visit, but she didn’t. Why not? Because she would have seen for herself that the border is a mess. If she did not visit the border, she could continue to lie, and she did. Trump is heads above Harris on the handling of the economy. For that reason alone, every voter should vote for Trump. Harris was the Inflation Reduction Act tiebreaker in Congress. The Act is no more than a means to control every aspect of Americans’ lives through climate change legislation. Look at what is happening in Europe. Like what you see? I hope not because Europe is coming to America, if Harris is elected. Europe is now limiting free speech. Like that? It is coming to America, if Harris is elected.
With all respect to the Rhino Times, I suspect “Chris” is a staff member whose posts are intended to elicit responses from the readership. This tactic is a very effective way to stir the pot. Kudos, and I mean that, to the Rhino and “Chris” for amping up the entertainment value.
Concomitantly, in the interest of accuracy it might be best not to refer to Chris/him/her/they as a real person.
Sadly, he’s a real person. There’s actually three Chris’s on here. Two libs and a conservative. But yeah, the Chris you’re referring to is dumb. He also jets as soon as you call him out. He’s disappeared from here without replying back to most meaningful posts. He likes to do the name calling though. He will hang out all day long for that .