I have not watched what you used to be “News You Can Use” that turned out for me “News You Can’t Use.” When I tried to talk to them about the format I ended up being a topic of discussion for an entire week and some. That part!
Today February 21, 2022 I had to look at the show after not looking at it since back around October 2021 and I was receiving so many responses about the show.
First of all Lindell Kay and myself have had some disagreements and will probably continue to. However we have a good relationship that we can agree to disagree. When I read his article in the paper, I texted him and said but I heard the building didn’t collapse. He said what happened. I said no comment. That was the end of that.
Lindell is right on point because I agree he has exposed social media pages like Rocky Mount Concerned Citizens for who they really are. He said when he does a story on Rocky Mount Councilman Andre Knight these pages especially Rocky Mount Concerned Citizens is all about him but when he does a story on the Mayor, they don’t talk about that part. Oh but them pages ain’t racist though.
I agree with Lindell Kay if they are so concerned why they have not been concerned about what is good for all of Rocky Mount and talking about White folk. He said he was a part of the group when it first started to see what they were saying but he has long left the group. He said all he sees is them attacking folk. I say Black folk.
Lindell Kay says it is a lot of racist content on Rocky Mount Concerned Citizens.
Lindell Kay exposed the Rocky Mount Telegram about them making an agreement about not putting crime on the front the page before he arrived. He talked about Jeff Herrin former deceased editor being beholden to the powers to be.
See what Lindell Kay had to say about Rochelle Small-Toney removing the City ads from the Rocky Mount Telegram.
Lindell Kay learned that those white folk who were complimenting him on what he was writing about, they didn’t care about him, they only cared about him writing about certain people and we all know that was Black people.
Lindell Kay talked about how no mention on Rocky Mount Concerned Citizens about Tarrick Pittman’s rent issues and the Mayor appointed him to the Housing Authority.
Damn Tarrick being a great person to serve on the Housing Authority? Really! How in the hell do you support a person who does not want to pay rent on buildings to house his business and then blame it on the building being the problem because he says it is not in renting condition. Well why in the hell didn’t Tarrick move out instead of staying there until he gets an eviction notice? That part!
Lindell talked about the different stories he has written about as it related to White folk such as David Combs Rocky Mount former Mayor crooked deals with his real estate business, Robbie Davis Nash Chair County Commissioner business with the shabby roof on a school I believe Southern Nash and others.
I would love to see some more conversation about putting crime on the front page of the paper versus on page 3.
Lindell Kay said he is still trying to learn the culture of Rocky Mount but it is funny as hell how Crystal Wimes-Anderson who has only been here from Florida a little over a year and running against Rev. Richard Joyner Incumbent in Ward 4 act like she has figured something out. Oh because she has joined Rocky Mount Concerned Citizens and pushing their agenda.
Lindell Kay said Andre is a character and he was questioned what did he mean. I googled Character and this is one of the examples listed, “The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.”
I disagree with Nehemiah that Lindell Kay was a voice for the people because I have talked to the majority of the reporters from the Rocky Mount Telegram that covered the Rocky Mount Edgecombe County side. I knew Jeff Herrin the editor personally, editors before him, the current editor Gene Metrick and others. I used to write so many letters to the editor weekly that some folk thought I worked there.
I remember a Black reporter that was here before Lindell Kay that was writing about Rocky Mount Edgecombe County side and he was not allowed in some meetings in private settings. I remember when he was not allowed to come in a meeting. When this guy was leaving to go to another job, I met with him and he introduced me to blogging and I have been rolling since. However a White female out of Winston Salem that followed my internet writings had told me about blogging as well.
About Councilman Andre Knight incident fall no it would not have stopped the conversation about it if the city had put out he had had an incident. It would not have mattered because some folk don’t give a damn about some folk even when they are having a hard time on a personal note. I bet if Andre had been White this conversation would not be.
Bronson said that some folk don’t care about a person’s track record/background if the person is saying what they want to hear. I be damn if I have that mindset. Sometimes some folk like Samuel Battle say some things that makes sense but that ain’t the case the majority of the time. Anyone that follows and promote him is just as damn ignant as he is. I don’t support known criminals and folk with records who want to make decisions for folk when I know they got ongoing issues.
Lindell Kay summed it up about Racism. What do White folk lose? He said there was no Elvis without Black music.
Damn that was good to Bronson when Lindell Kay said he was like me have 0 Friends. Somebody missed that! He was talking about my saying “I have no permanent friends no permanent enemies only permanent interest!”
Thank you Lindell Kay for educating folk about Confederate Monuments that they were for intimidating Black Folk.
When Lindell Kay segment ended, it ended for me because I know the ignant callers would begin.
I heard that Rev. Roosevelt Higgs called in talking about the Black DA and the Black Sheriff being held accountable. Damn he still mad because he and his family members has some issues with Sheriff Clee Atkinson. He probably got an issue with the DA because the incident with his son happened on the Nash County side of Rocky Mount where Higgs has been living for about the past 5 – 6 years. I sure hope he do not try to vote in Edgecombe County because he need to change his Voters Registration. Ain’t it funny how Higgs has been living in Rocky Mount Nash County but voting in Edgecombe County claiming he lives in Speed but Andre Knight sued the County because of Higgs and some racists challenged Knight’s residency saying he lived on Nash County side and not Edgecombe. But Knight has been on the council for nearly 20 years. Higgs was removed as the Edgecombe County Democratic Party Chair around 2 years ago for not following the Democratic Party Plan of Organization.
I heard Alice Davis called in talking about she didn’t think that it should be an issue with Tarrick Pittman being served with eviction notices and being appointed by Mayor Sandy Roberson who is running for Congress. Tarrick was evicted by the city because he owes them around $15000 now owes Speight’s Trophy around $7000. He claims the buildings have issues and obviously he felt he didn’t have to pay. But my question is why didn’t he move out if the buildings were not in condition to work in? That part!
What Lindell Kay did today is to show what Media is all about. You write about folk and issues and do what you can to sell papers and to gain notoriety on the job. You get to win awards. You get to expose folk but because White folk keep Black issues at the forefront, Black folk do not do the same when it comes to White issues. Lindell talked about how Rocky Mount Concerned Citizens Whites talk about Andre 24-7 but show me a page that Black Folk are talking about the Mayor and other Whites?
Today was the best show that I have ever seen on WNCR TV since I had my show at night from 9 – 11 back in the early 2000’s. I had real guest to come in or to call from across the nation and the same when I had my show on WCPS Radio in the early 2000’s. My show was “You Can Make A Difference!”
I will leave you with that part, “You Can Make A Difference!” Get involved! Hold all folk accountable, family, friends and others who are making decisions on behalf of all folk politically. To do otherwise you are part of the problem.
Rocky Mount need some real media outlets and social media pages that are going to talk about it all and not just sit back and talk about White folk coming for Black Leadership. Well hell you are on Rocky Mount Concerned Citizens page and others allowing them to say mess about Black Leadership when you don’t question them.
But when White folk do something like Mayor Sandy Roberson and his most recent appointment of Tarrick Pittman when folk know he has issues but Black folk ain’t saying anything.
As long as Black Folk continue to be silent on issues that matter, we will continue to have our Black Leadership under attack with Racist White Folk and Ignant Safe Negro Black Folk trying to discredit and destroy them.
I refuse to be silent.
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