NC Gov Nominee Ran Shady Child Care Center

The Raleigh News & Observer reports:

As Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson runs for governor, questions are being raised about his past bankruptcies and his failures to pay taxes. But there’s another problematic part of Robinson’s history that hasn’t received attention – how he and his wife were cited for numerous violations at the child care center they operated from 2000 to 2007, including a charge that the center presented falsified certification documents to state inspectors.

State inspectors made several unannounced visits to the center and cited it for dozens of violations. Some were minor and corrected. The violations included sanitary, safety and nutrition issues, but the most significant ones involved falsified documents. According to state records, the Robinsons presented documents attesting to their training certifications and the completion of criminal background checks that the state had no record of issuing.

Read the full article. Yesterday Robinson earned national headlines for declaring that “some folks need killing.”

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— Justin Parmenter (@JustinParmenter) July 5, 2024