Retired Ku Klux Klan exalted cyclops ejected from a Greensboro City Council meeting.Narrative here.
Showing posts with label EH Hennis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EH Hennis. Show all posts
Former exalted cyclops raises cane at council
During the speakers from the floor segment of tonight's Greensboro City Council meeting, former Ku Klux Klan exalted cyclops EH Hennis launched a tirade against Councilwoman Mary Rakestraw that sounded familiar to anyone who's been hanging around public meetings in Guilford County over the past five years.
"I had despicable, lying hussie Mary Rakestraw...."
Mayor Bill Knight would have none of it. He interrupted the elderly and frail-looking Hennis, saying, "Sir, we won't allow that." Then Knight ordered the city's video cameras cut off, and called for security to remove the former Klansman from the chambers.
Assistant City Manager Michael Speedling was immediately at Hennis' side.
"Who the hell are you?" Hennis asked. As another person appeared to help escort him out, Hennis raised his cane and glared at Mayor Knight.
"You'll be hearing more from me, you heartless bastards," he shouted as the security detail nimbly escorted him from the room. "You'll be paying for my trip to the courthouse."
Look for photos tomorrow.
"I had despicable, lying hussie Mary Rakestraw...."
Mayor Bill Knight would have none of it. He interrupted the elderly and frail-looking Hennis, saying, "Sir, we won't allow that." Then Knight ordered the city's video cameras cut off, and called for security to remove the former Klansman from the chambers.
Assistant City Manager Michael Speedling was immediately at Hennis' side.
"Who the hell are you?" Hennis asked. As another person appeared to help escort him out, Hennis raised his cane and glared at Mayor Knight.
"You'll be hearing more from me, you heartless bastards," he shouted as the security detail nimbly escorted him from the room. "You'll be paying for my trip to the courthouse."
Look for photos tomorrow.
Joseph Rahenkamp, Republican candidate for Guilford County Commission at-large
Joseph Rahenkamp nominally answered questions at a candidates forum at the Greensboro Historical Museum on May 1. Rahenkamp was the only candidate for an at-large Guilford County Commission seat in the Republican primary to attend, although Wendell Sawyer answered the same questions in writing. Along with Rahenkamp and Sawyer, former Ku Klux Klan exalted cyclops EH Hennis, Guilford County Planning Board Chairman Larry Proctor and Rudy Binder are also on the ballot.
The two candidates who win the most votes in the Republican primary will advance to the general election in November, where they will face Democratic incumbents Paul Gibson and John Parks.
Asked whether he favored the property tax or the sales tax as a means to raise revenue, Rahenkamp responded that more prize money should be paid out by the North Carolina lottery to increase ticket sales.
Rahenkamp: “I don’t approve of either one. You’re going to have to start working and getting smarter and make what money you got work out. If you go back and check, every year, there’s greater and greater monies coming in and raising the tax base. We’re going to have to start making it work out. People right now, a lot of them are losing their homes, losing their cars and losing their trucks…. You’re going to have to hold the line and get smarter. [This] is and it is not going to answer your question. Come back to raising this money with this school bond. You need to take this lottery, where they’re taking 50 percent right now for the schools, drop it back and put 10 percent in it, and by doing that… you’re going to have more people buying tickets, and it’s going to generate your revenue. It’s going to be more than it is right now.”
Note: About 35 percent of the proceeds from the North Carolina lottery go to the Education Lottery Fund at the Office of State Budget and Management, while at least 50 percent is paid out in prizes.
Rahenkamp did not respond to a question about whether he supports a proposed jail bond, except to say that he opposes raising taxes. He also did not respond to a second question about whether the county was adequately pursuing alternatives to incarceration such as funding drug treatment programs.
Rahenkamp: “I’m not for raising taxes for anything…. It comes right back to what I just said. People are hurting. They’re losing their homes. They don’t know how they’re going to make it. And I do not believe when someone is drowning you take and push ’em down…. We’re going to have to get smarter. That’s where it comes back with the school board we were just talking. Education… you’ve got to get smarter in all of your categories. You’d be surprised what you can do with stuff when you have to do it.”
Rahenkamp suggested he favors a lenient approach to illegal immigration, but did not answer a question about whether he thought it was a good idea for the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office to participate in federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g), which authorizes local law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law.
Rahenkamp: “Well, you’ve got a big problem there. You’ve got an awful lot of people in this country that are in here illegally, okay? What you’ve got to do is take the bull by the horns. They are in here. Let them start paying their way like everybody else. You’re not going to get away from it. You turn right around, you put them across the border, they’re gonna come right back in here, maybe come back in another way. Maybe they might not come to Guilford County; maybe they might come to LA County. Let ’em start paying their way like the rest of us.”
The two candidates who win the most votes in the Republican primary will advance to the general election in November, where they will face Democratic incumbents Paul Gibson and John Parks.
Asked whether he favored the property tax or the sales tax as a means to raise revenue, Rahenkamp responded that more prize money should be paid out by the North Carolina lottery to increase ticket sales.
Rahenkamp: “I don’t approve of either one. You’re going to have to start working and getting smarter and make what money you got work out. If you go back and check, every year, there’s greater and greater monies coming in and raising the tax base. We’re going to have to start making it work out. People right now, a lot of them are losing their homes, losing their cars and losing their trucks…. You’re going to have to hold the line and get smarter. [This] is and it is not going to answer your question. Come back to raising this money with this school bond. You need to take this lottery, where they’re taking 50 percent right now for the schools, drop it back and put 10 percent in it, and by doing that… you’re going to have more people buying tickets, and it’s going to generate your revenue. It’s going to be more than it is right now.”
Note: About 35 percent of the proceeds from the North Carolina lottery go to the Education Lottery Fund at the Office of State Budget and Management, while at least 50 percent is paid out in prizes.
Rahenkamp did not respond to a question about whether he supports a proposed jail bond, except to say that he opposes raising taxes. He also did not respond to a second question about whether the county was adequately pursuing alternatives to incarceration such as funding drug treatment programs.
Rahenkamp: “I’m not for raising taxes for anything…. It comes right back to what I just said. People are hurting. They’re losing their homes. They don’t know how they’re going to make it. And I do not believe when someone is drowning you take and push ’em down…. We’re going to have to get smarter. That’s where it comes back with the school board we were just talking. Education… you’ve got to get smarter in all of your categories. You’d be surprised what you can do with stuff when you have to do it.”
Rahenkamp suggested he favors a lenient approach to illegal immigration, but did not answer a question about whether he thought it was a good idea for the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office to participate in federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g), which authorizes local law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law.
Rahenkamp: “Well, you’ve got a big problem there. You’ve got an awful lot of people in this country that are in here illegally, okay? What you’ve got to do is take the bull by the horns. They are in here. Let them start paying their way like everybody else. You’re not going to get away from it. You turn right around, you put them across the border, they’re gonna come right back in here, maybe come back in another way. Maybe they might not come to Guilford County; maybe they might come to LA County. Let ’em start paying their way like the rest of us.”
Preview: NC Senate 28, Guilford County Commission and Guilford County School Board candidates
I got the opportunity to ask questions of incumbent NC Sen. Katie Dorsett and challenger Bruce Davis, a Guilford County commissioner, at a debate sponsored by Concerned Citizens of Northeast Greensboro at the Greensboro Historical Museum last night.
At-large candidates for Guilford County School Board and Republican candidates for at-large Guilford County Commission seats (the Democratic primary isn't competitive) were also invited. Among the at-large school board candidates, Sandra Alexander, Alan Hawkes and Michael McKinney were present; EC Huey and David Crawford were not. Inexplicably, only one county commission candidate, Joseph Rahenkamp, showed up. Rudy Binder, EH Hennis, Larry Proctor and Wendell Sawyer were missing in action.
I'll be posting excerpts of the candidate's responses, along with School Board Chaiman Alan Duncan's call for support for the school bond referenda, over the weekend. Our print edition comes out after the election, so time is of the essence.
At-large candidates for Guilford County School Board and Republican candidates for at-large Guilford County Commission seats (the Democratic primary isn't competitive) were also invited. Among the at-large school board candidates, Sandra Alexander, Alan Hawkes and Michael McKinney were present; EC Huey and David Crawford were not. Inexplicably, only one county commission candidate, Joseph Rahenkamp, showed up. Rudy Binder, EH Hennis, Larry Proctor and Wendell Sawyer were missing in action.
I'll be posting excerpts of the candidate's responses, along with School Board Chaiman Alan Duncan's call for support for the school bond referenda, over the weekend. Our print edition comes out after the election, so time is of the essence.
An ex-Klansman on the offensive
Former Ku Klux Klan exalted cyclops EH Hennis, normally a regular speaker from the floor at Guilford County Commission meetings, took his show to the Greensboro City Council on Tuesday. The object of his ire was at-large Councilwoman Mary Rakestraw, a former county commissioner.
Hennis: “I’m the mayor of Groometown and consultant to the Groometown mafia. We suffered a total loss over at the commissioners. Motor-mouth Rakestraw and Phyllis Gibbs, they were known as the ‘Barbie Twins.’ Part of our loss is your gain. When we got Mary the parks took so much beauty at the parades that no one could replace them at social gatherings. They probably shifted more ribbon-cuttings and groundbreaking ceremonies to Howard Coble. I attempted to be a candidate for county commissioners to replace Rakestraw’s twin Gibbs. Mary came up with a way to get me jailed on a one-hundred-and-twenty-five dollar bond and out of the race. Mary Gibbs, with the assistance of lying Rufus Scarborough, the mastermind of the compulsive BJ [inaudible], they lied to the magistrate and grand jury that I was extremely dangerous and had explosives on my property. It had been over thirty years since I had explosives on my property, back when I had two wells drilled. Mary thought she was smart enough to pull off the dirty trick on me, not knowing that a friend made a beeline for my home to inform me. The Constitution states that the accused will face their accusers. Many of them testified, but came marching through the courtroom like a couple hussies acting like lesbians. By not accepting a plea bargain and it could be a misdemeanor the second offer I got was to pay eighty-five and accept the misdemeanor. I chose to fight to have no record. I received ten months suspended probation with three years probation and it cost me many thousands of dollars plus lots of inconvenience. I think it’s time for payback so I’ll make sure she’s known to the public by [inaudible] introducing her [inaudible] also hanging in effigy on Groometown Road with an explanation. Thank you.”
Hennis: “I’m the mayor of Groometown and consultant to the Groometown mafia. We suffered a total loss over at the commissioners. Motor-mouth Rakestraw and Phyllis Gibbs, they were known as the ‘Barbie Twins.’ Part of our loss is your gain. When we got Mary the parks took so much beauty at the parades that no one could replace them at social gatherings. They probably shifted more ribbon-cuttings and groundbreaking ceremonies to Howard Coble. I attempted to be a candidate for county commissioners to replace Rakestraw’s twin Gibbs. Mary came up with a way to get me jailed on a one-hundred-and-twenty-five dollar bond and out of the race. Mary Gibbs, with the assistance of lying Rufus Scarborough, the mastermind of the compulsive BJ [inaudible], they lied to the magistrate and grand jury that I was extremely dangerous and had explosives on my property. It had been over thirty years since I had explosives on my property, back when I had two wells drilled. Mary thought she was smart enough to pull off the dirty trick on me, not knowing that a friend made a beeline for my home to inform me. The Constitution states that the accused will face their accusers. Many of them testified, but came marching through the courtroom like a couple hussies acting like lesbians. By not accepting a plea bargain and it could be a misdemeanor the second offer I got was to pay eighty-five and accept the misdemeanor. I chose to fight to have no record. I received ten months suspended probation with three years probation and it cost me many thousands of dollars plus lots of inconvenience. I think it’s time for payback so I’ll make sure she’s known to the public by [inaudible] introducing her [inaudible] also hanging in effigy on Groometown Road with an explanation. Thank you.”
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