Letter of Protest Rocky Mount NAACP Branch Elections For Saturday, November 20, 2010

I have not heard from anyone about my concern so I assume the election is still scheduled for Saturday, November 20, 2010.

Curmilus Dancy II
P.O. Box 1391
Pinetops, NC 27864

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Rocky Mount Branch NAACP
P.O. Box 6961
Rocky Mount, NC 27802

In re: In response to Memo received Res: November Elections

I received a Memo to branch members from Paula Dickens, Secretary and cc:’ed to branch executive board dated October , 2010 no day. The envelope is postmarked October 21, 2010.

There are 3 dates mentioned. The following is a briefing of each point and I can fax a copy of the original memo if necessary.

1. On Thursday, September 28, 2010 at 7:00 PM there will be an election of the Nominating Committee . . .

2. On Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 7:00 PM there will be a report of the Nominating Committee, receipt of Nominations by Petition and election of the Election Supervisory Committee . . .

3. On Saturday, November 20, 2010, the election of officers and at-large members of the Executive Committee . . .

What pisses me off about all of this is the Memo ended with, “We look forward to your participating in these activities” What a lie.

I forwarded the following message on the following date to those mentioned below and I have not heard anything from anyone.

From: The DCN Online Blog/Internet TV Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) @ www.thepoliticalagitator.com

Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 11:56 AM

To: Secretary Rocky Mount NAACP

Cc: Names removed (Sent to State/National Emails)

Subject: Correction date and request information NAACP Election

Thursday October 29, 2010

Rocky Mount Branch NAACP
P.O. Box 6961
Rocky Mount NC 27802

Greetings Mr. President, Executive Committee and Nominating Committee:

I understand that you all went on with the meeting tonight Thursday, October 29, 2010 as planned and completed the nomination process. I am told that Mattie Hinton is calling the shots as it relates to the nomination process however I have not received anything about who is handling what. I understand that Paula was not present but the assistant secretary was which Ms. Dickens Paula’s mom. I am wondering why my letter was not read at the meeting.

After reviewing the Elections Manual I am requesting the following:

1. NAACP Candidates Consent Form

2. Nomination Petition For Nomination

I am requesting to receive this information from the branch in the mail and that all NAACP members of this branch be mailed copies also.

Thanking you in advance.

Curmilus Dancy II

Life Fully Paid Member

Member Rocky Mount NC Branch

As I read over the 2010 Manual On Branch Elections Procedures I am challenging the Rocky Mount Branch Election because they have not followed the procedures.

1. I have not received a Candidates Nomination Form.

2. Did not receive NOTICE TO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP (Required)

3. THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP – Requesting minutes

4. ELECTING THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE – Requesting name of committee members.

5. The Nominating Committee should make it known to the General Membership that it is available to interview members interested in being considered for office or membership on the Executive Committee. – Was not notified.

6. The Nominating Committee shall nominate only those persons who have given written consent to be nominated. Before the Branch accepts the Nominating Committee report, the Secretary shall verify that each nominee has given written consent. Requesting to see written consent and how did the secretary verify each nominee.

7. The Nominating Committee shall submit a report in writing at the October meeting of the General Membership. – Requesting report.

8. NOMINATIONS BY PEITITON – From what I understand there were people nominated during the October meeting who did not have Nomination Petition so therefore these folks are null and void. Requesting minutes that reflect what happened during this time.

I am requesting that the Rocky Mount NAACP Branch Elections be cancelled for November 20, 2010 in order that the branch follows the procedures for electing officers. I am requesting that Mattie Hinton whom I have been told was the Nominating Chair be removed because this type of behavior has been carried out during the past 2 elections.

I did not receive anything from the branch during the previous election as well and I believe that Mattie Hinton has been the nomination chairperson both times.

As we all know there has been some tension between the President Andre Knight and Mattie Hinton 1^st Vice President and her daughter Theresa Hinton Secretary over the past several years in which the last episode made its way to the National Office. It is clear that there is a scheme for Mattie Hinton to put in place who she would like to see hold offices and therefore I guess she feel she can be in control.

Now, who am I? I have been a member of this branch since 1993 and I have served as the 3^rd, 2^nd, 1^st Vice President and on the executive committee. I am a life fully paid member and I have been disrespected by this branch during the past 2 elections when it comes to election time. I have spoken to several members of the branch whom say they have not received anything from the branch as it relates to elections.

I trust that I will hear from the branch asap so that I will not have to go public with this matter.

Thanking you in advance.

The struggle continues,

Curmilus Dancy II
Life Fully Paid Member

Rocky Mount Branch

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From The Publisher – Power Struggle Within The NAACP Rocky Mount Branch Mattie Hinton Vice President vs Andre Knight President

I have been waiting on this to hit the media because I knew it was coming. I was not in the meeting on August 6 but I have heard much about what suppose to have taken place at the meeting from several people. I will not allow folks to mislead folks when I know things are not as they appear from what I know.

I knew that eventually there was going to be some type of confusion with Andre Knight President, Mattie Hinton vice president and her daughter Teresa Hinton treasurer. It didn’t just start on August 6, 2009 but has been ongoing because I have a conversation via email between Teresa and I about Andre and the NAACP around Christmas time in December 2007. Mattie and Teresa made sure Andre remained the president in 2008 and I wonder why? Because they wanted to use him to push their banquet.

I was not at the meeting so I do not know what happened with the table incident other than what I have been told. I do know all parties involved. I was told that president Andre Knight, Mattie, Teresa and the assistant secretary Dorothy Dickens were present. I was told that Teresa was not in the room at the time of the table incident so therefore Knight, Mattie and Dickens only knows what happened. I will not try to figure out what happened and will take in consideration what the three of them have to say. I have heard Knight’s side however I know there are more than one side to a story.

I wonder why Mattie don’t want to talk to the media since I am hearing so much about the campaign that she is pushing to get Knight ousted. I will get back to the ousted part later.

As it relates to the table thing how can Teresa be a witness when she was not in the room? How can anyone other than Knight, Mattie and Dickens be witnesses?

It appears that Mattie is so angry that she do not care about this is an election year for the Rocky Mount City Council. I wonder why she has not resigned from the OIC Board of Directors since she has an issue with Reuben Blackwell OIC Executive Director? Funny how I have not seen that mentioned anywhere that she is a board member at OIC.

Verbal abuse? What is considered verbal abuse? It is of my opinion that when someone accuses someone of verbal abuse they are saying that the other person threatened them. So what were the words used? Were the words actually threatened words or just words that may not been appropriate?

Attack? So is Mattie saying that Knight actually physically attacked Teresa? Why is it Teresa is not complaining about bruises and why was the police not called? Why didn’t Teresa be seen at the OIC Medical Center?

So Mattie is saying that she and Dickens and now some other folks in another meeting could not stop Knight from attacking Teresa? Attacking her how? Physical abuse or verbal abuse? If he was holding her down then I can understand maybe they couldn’t stop him but if it was verbal abuse, damn couldn’t she walk out of the meeting and leave the premises?

But why is Mattie claiming Knight attacked Teresa? Since she was not in the room during the table incident, what did Teresa do when she came back in the room? Did you attack Knight be it verbal or physical? Obviously something is missing here.

Mattie says Blackwell convinced her to go to the OIC Medical Center to be seen. Well damn I thought it was Mattie’s chest she was complaining about and not her head so she couldn’t think for herself? She is on the board of directors at OIC. Oh well.

Mattie says Blackwell begged “us” not to go to the emergency room so it would not be in the paper. This is Mattie and Teresa.

It makes sense to me that if there is internal problems within an organization one would not want to bring the media into it early on without trying to work things out first.

I must agree with Blackwell that this is about politics and Mattie seized the opportunity to put Blackwell in the spotlight when she is a board member at OIC. She is putting the NAACP in the spotlight while serving as vice president/executive board member. This is not the norm for persons serving in these capacities to go public passing information and talking to others about internal affairs. I could understand it better if she was just a member of these two organizations but she is an officer in both.

I find it so strange that Mattie is accusing Knight of physical and verbal abuse but did not go to the police. Why?

Now I will share some input on what I know about Knight, Mattie and Teresa as it relates to the NAACP. It did not start recently but has been ongoing.

First of all I am a Life Fully Paid Member of the NAACP and a member of the Rocky Mount Branch since 1992. I will challenge anyone when it comes to this branch because I have been a faithful member since that time. I have not been attending the meetings simply because I get sick of sitting in meetings with Mattie, Teresa and Rev. Elbert Lee with their own agendas. Since I am not an officer I do not have to be at the executive committee meetings so I have not attended the meetings regularly since Mattie took over the branch after the last election. Andre Knight is the president however Mattie runs the show. I mean “the show.”

Teresa had an issue with Knight and the NAACP that she and I discussed in several emails in December 2007. She took the conversation to a whole new level because obviously she didn’t like my response. Knight told me that she told him that she called the police to her house about the emails saying I was harassing her. It is clear that she had a problem with how I responded. Teresa was unaware that I knew this until I attended a special called NAACP meeting about two weeks ago. Teresa was sitting close by me and after I stated in the meeting that someone in the room had called the police on me about an email, she began to call my name and I said I am listening to what is going on in the meeting. As I was walking out of the room she continued to call me and I ignored her. Why? Because I had nothing to say to her.

Mind you in December of 2008 Teresa had the audacity to send me a Christmas card (not birthday) since my birthday is on Christmas Day. I wrote return to sender and dropped it off at the post office because I refused to accept anything from her after learning about she had called the police about the email conversation we had.

Mattie and Teresa are responsible for several folks not attending the NAACP meetings because they were sick of them. During the last election Mattie sent out letters to those whom she wanted to be officers and on the executive committee. I never received any information about the election. I could have made a big deal about this however since I had no interest in the 1^st vice president seat nor a seat on the executive committee I just let it go. However as a member I know I can say what I want to say at the general body meetings where everything suppose to come before it is acted upon.

I am going to close here however I can say much more. Perhaps now is not the time.

In response to: NAACP official alleges scuffle with Knight

So The  Telegram will not allow folks to leave comments after this article. They should have stopped it earlier with all the racist comments that were posted.

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