Edgecombe County Executive Committee Of Edgecombe Democratic Party Meeting Thursday July 27, 2023

                      County Executive Committee of Edgecombe Democratic Party

                                                          Meeting & Agenda

                      Moved from Tuesday, July 13th to Thursday, July 27, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

                      Location:   Tarboro Administration Building 201 Andrew Streets

                                        (in the Carmon Auditorium and Zoom)

                      Facilitator:  Alfreda Perkins, Edgecombe County Chair

                      6:00 pm:     Welcome and  Call to Order

                                         Pledge of Allegiance

                                         Establish Quorum

                                         Approval of Agenda

                       6:15           Officers and Affiliate Reports

                                         Chair, Alfreda Perkins

                                         First Vice Chair

                                         Second Vice Chair, Abbie Lane

                                         Third Vice Chair, Ryan Jones

                                         Secretary, Jackie Branch (no report due)

                                         Treasurer, Stephanie Hunter

                                         Edgecombe County African American Caucus, Deborah Jordan

                                         Edgecombe Democratic Women, Doris Stith

                Please feel free to print a copy to bring with you to the meeting .

Edgecombe County Democratic Party Elected Officials Please Send The Following Information

I was elected the 1st Vice Chair of the Edgecombe County Democratic Party Executive Committee on Monday May 8, 2023 and I am compiling the contact list of all of the officers that will be able to vote on the County Executive Committee.

Please send me the following information on Facebook Inbox, text to 252-314-5484 or email to cdancyii@gmail.com  .

Mailing Address

Phone Number – prefer cell phone for text purpose

Email Address

Some of the information may be on the Board of Elections Websites and/or the Website of the Board that you serve on. However it would be easier and less time consuming if you would help me out.

Thanking you in advance.

The District Convention will be held on Saturday May 20, 2023 10:00 AM Edgecombe Community College Tarboro Campus in the McIntyre Auditorium. This is the old building facing the highway.

Thank You Marcus Willoughby For Stepping Up To The Plate And Bringing Edgecombe County Democrats Together

Marcus Willoughby thank you for stepping up to the plate and bringing Edgecombe County Democrats together. You inherited a mess because there has not been a meeting among the Edgecombe County Dems in over a year. However a few of us have been trying to keep hope alive.

Marcus I can say you have been actively engaged in trying to fulfil your duties as the 3rd Vice Chair because I have seen you at several Democratic events videoing them and also with the conversations we have had during the time you have been in office. I along with some others that have been communicating with you know you were ready to step up some time ago. I said but you can’t until the Chair steps down. Sad the Chair stepped down in the last hour.

Marcus thank you for the meeting on Thursday when you had a virtual and option to come to the funeral home beautiful conference room. I chose to come where you were.

Marcus you have done a great job reaching out to Edgecombe County Dems with the lists you had that were questionable but we had about 10 – 12 Precincts organized on Thursday and/or were going to be shortly after. Awesome because you began with only 5 organized Precincts when you stepped up to the plate.

I believe all the Edgecombe County Dems that participated on Thursday were excited about the progress and ready to have our County Convention on May 8 so we can get ready for the 1st Congressional District Convention that is held in Edgecombe County. I believe the Edgecombe County Dems are ready to go to work to make the Edgecombe County Democratic Party great again.

Thank you again Marcus and all the Precincts/Delegates that met on Thursday and those who were in the process of organizing.

Curmilus Butch Dancy II
Chair Precinct 11-1
County Executive Committee Member
State Executive Committee Member

Attention Edgecombe County Democrats Natalie Watson Bess Chair & Jean Nash 2nd Vice Chair Has Resigned Their Posts

Today during a phone call with the NC 1st Congressional District Chair Attorney D. Phelps Cole about the Edgecombe County Democratic Party County Convention I learned that Natalie Watson Bess Chair and Jean Nash 2nd Vice Chair resigned their posts. But they along with the 3rd Vice Chair had made it known to me they were not going to seek re-election during the convention.

Edgecombe County Democrats you better get involved in what is going on.

The Edgecombe County Democratic Party County Convention supposed to have been last weekend and now it is suppose to be this weekend. But the problem is there has been a lack of communication when it comes to contacting Precinct Chairs, Delegates, Elected Officials and interested Democrats.

 

I Am Damn Good At What I Do And I Knew That Bronson Williams WNCR TV Was Playing Games About Supporting Me For Edgecombe County Democratic Party Chair

Bronson Williams turned in a precinct package today to the Natalie Watson Bess saying his precinct met on March 9, 2023 but damn just turned it in 1 month and 2 days later when it is supposed to be turned in around 5 days after the precinct met.

I received a couple of messages this morning during my break that they were talking about me on WNCR TV. They didn’t tell me what they were saying.

I found out during my lunch break that they said on the show they were going to nominate me for the Democratic Party Chair at the Edgecombe County Democratic Party Convention. But why they didn’t talk to me 1st? Because that was a set up so that Rev. Roosevelt Higgs could call in and try to discredit me. I told my sources that. He didn’t do it today but trust me he will do it tomorrow and they will let him call in with his lies. This is why I cut ties with these guys around 2 years ago when I told them they need to stop allowing Higgs and others to call in and to try to discredit Black leadership and they know they be lying. But that is because they are all liars.

Bronson Williams I am not seeking your support for anything so Run The Hell & Tell That!

Open Letter To Attorney Natalie Watson Bess In Response To The Edgecombe County Democratic Party Convention

First of all I along with some other die hard Democrats reached out to you early last year trying to offer my resources when Leshaun Jenkins stepped down as the County Chair. You stepped into the seat by default because you were a Vice Chair.

Madame Chair you were suppose to call a meeting within 30 days to hold a meeting to have and election to fill the unexpired term of Jenkins. For what ever reason you never called a meeting so obviously you wanted to stay in the seat.

Madame Chair you had no meetings while sitting the seat and we even had a crucial election during the Primary and General Election in 2022. I along with some other die hard Democrats reached out to you.

Madame Chair I along with some others reached out to you leading up to Precinct meetings scheduled for March 2023.

Madame Chair I along with some others reached out to you about the upcoming County Convention and you have told us time and time again you were going to give us information that we asked for and we received nothing concrete.

Over the last several months I have been reaching out to you and you said information coming. A couple of days ago you responded to my texts and Sara Peveler was included by you because she had commented on my page.

Just yesterday you responded to my initial text that I sent and you included Deborah Dew-Jordan. While you were responding to my texts that you kept responding to, you could have just sent information that we had been requesting especially when you said you were going to send out Sunday after you got out of church. You said that you were going to send information out time and time again. You said you were going to send it from Texas about 2 weeks ago. Then you said you were going to send it when you got back and as I stated the most recent you said you were going to send information this past Sunday.

Today you sent the following to  me and cc:’ed Marcus Willoughby.

Good morning Mr. Dancy. Please see attached. Once you talk to Attorney Phelps and set up your meeting with him and confirm that the Convention can be moved to the 22nd, let me know and I’ll change the date and send this out. Marcus has prepared outreach materials and will just need to change the date before he posts them.

Natalie W. Bess

I called Attorney D. Cole Phelps The First Congressional District Chair on last night he was not accepting calls. I told you this evening I was not going to call him again however I said in our earlier text conversations that I was requesting that the meeting be changed. I am just a Precinct Chair however I am on the NC State Democratic Party Executive Committee I don’t have the authority to override you and Marcus who is Vice Chair. I told you I wanted to have a meeting with you, Attorney Phelps and all the Precincts who had met along with any and all interested Democrats so we could have smooth County Convention.

I dare you try to make it all about me.

I am just prepared for whatever happens with the County Convention going is going to be a mess and I told you I didn’t want it to be a mess like it has been the past 2 Conventions.

Madame Chair I have not opened the Agenda and do not plan to until later because obviously you just sent it to me.

I’ll wait!

I am Curmilus Butch Dancy II Precinct Chair 11-1, a die hard Political Activist.

Attorney at Law

Edgecombe County Democratic Party Has Been Non Functioning For The Past Year, Time To Elect New County Officers

Leshaun Jenkins stepped down as the chair of the Edgecombe County Democratic Party around a year ago and no one seen it coming. Some still trying to figure out why he stepped down other than that he was becoming a Principal.

Jenkins left the chair position and therefore the vice chair automatically moves up.

Since the vice chair Natalie Watkins Bess moved up there has not been a meeting to fill the vacancy of Chair. Also there has been no meetings although we had a couple of elections. There has been no real communications for the past year.

The county precincts suppose to have met in March to elect precinct officers but I never received anything from the county party. A precinct chair forwarded me information that they had received so I had my precinct meeting and turned it in to the Na. I made it known that I was not receiving emails from the county party.

The county chairs across the state suppose to set up a county convention for the weekend of April 14 and/or April 22. I have heard Edgecombe County Convention suppose to be April 14 but I have not received a package as a county precinct chair.

It is time that Edgecombe County Democrats come together and elect 6 County Officers so that we can move Edgecombe County forward.

I will be waiting patiently to see what happens over the next 2 weeks.

Democratic Party Precinct 1-4 Meeting

Precinct 1-4

At 6:00 pm on Thursday, March 9, in the bandroom at Martin Middle Academy Tarboro NC.

If no quorum, follow up with a Zoom or FaceTime or Facebook call on Thursday night, on Friday March 10th, or Saturday March 11th, until quorum is met.

Edgecombe County Democrats Precinct 5-1 Meeting Wednesday March 8, 2023

PLEASE REPLY IF YOU WILL BE ON CALL MEETING.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW OTHERS TO CONTACT

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CALLING ALL DEMOCRATS IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY PRECINCT 5- 1

(Leggett, Lower Fishing Creek Township)

There will be annual meeting of Democratic Party members residing in Precinct 5-1 by conference call on

Wednesday, March 8 at 6pm.

The conference call number and access code will be :

1-605-313-5535, access code :  4280892#

Please pass the word to other Democrats in the precinct.

If any questions, call me at 252-955-1495

Thanks,

Jim Wrenn, 5-1 Chair