Robinson Family Matters: “Mom, is that YOU?”
We’ve previously reported on some, um, “concerns” about Greensboro-based Balanced Nutrition, the government contracting business being run by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife Yolanda Hill.
Our latest report found that Ms. Hill-Robinson affirmed via signed IRS documents that there were NO family relations among Balanced Nutrition’s board and key employees — a group which includes Yolanda Hill Robinson. Our research found that Yolanda Hill and Mark Robinson’s
son and son-in-law were listed on IRS forms in multiple years as board members / key employees of Balanced Nutrition. In 2018 and 2019, Tuwanda Brunson was IDed on Balanced Nutrition’s IRS filings as “board chairman.”
In 2019, 2020, and 2021, Cassaundra Spinks was IDed on the firm’s IRS filings as a “key employee.”
Judging from the graphic to the right, Spinks appears to be Yolanda Hill’s mother. Our research indicates that Tuwanda Brunson is the daughter of Cassaundra Spinks and shares a residence with Spinks. Therefore, it can be inferred that Brunson is Yolanda Hill’s sister.
How do you seriously and credibly claim over five years that your sister and mother do not count as “family relations”?
So, between 2017 and 2021, at least five people IDed on Balanced Nutrition’s IRS filings as board members or key employees were related by birth or marriage: Yolanda Hill, her mother, her sister, her son, and her son-in-law. THAT fact right there makes the written affirmations to the IRS, between 2017 and 2021, of there being NO family relations on the board or among key employees FALSE.
Here’s another interesting tidbit. On each year’s IRS form 990, the filer must attest to whether a conflict-of-interest policy is (1) in place, (2) regularly reviewed, and (3) adhered to and enforced. Ms. Hill Robinson said YES to all of those in her IRS paperwork between 2017 and 2021.
That’s clearly a problem. Five of the six people IDed as board members or key employees are related by blood or marriage. That SCREAMS conflict of interest.
Critters keep crawling from under the Robinson rock.
When Mark was running for LG, I thought he was a rockstar. His time in office has been a bit disappointing. Thank you Brant, for your eye opening articles. Sounds like the Robinson’s have some splainig to do.
The most interesting thing about all the articles about Robinson is that it seems he has not come here and addressed any of the articles here at least that I have seen. One would think that since this is a important site for Republicans in NC he would have seen his name mentioned here and addressed it here and directly and fast but silence seems to be pretty telling
We finally have a candidate that can win the general election and “some”continuously pick them apart. Any investigations on Mark Walker? Nah…..Robinson’s campaign didn’t have to pay for one of those like his opponent did. Know why? He’s focused on Josh Stein, as he should be. We’ve seen what career politicians do. Now let’s see what “one of us” can do.
In what universe can he win a general election?! The one where trump wins independents and women ?!
Top two issues:
Medical Freedom and Fair Elections.
Mark Robinson failed to act on both.
He could have spoken out about the vax mandates and closed businesses, warned people about the vaccine.
As the President of the Senate, he could have signed a subpoena for all 2020 election records for one county, and still could for the 2022 election records of one county for a complete audit.
He speaks. He does not act.
Here’s another one where Robinson was asleep at the switch – the Green New Deal. The Lieutenant Governor is the chairman of a statutory commission on energy and yet was AWOL when Berger and “Bunga Bunga” Moore rammed the awful far left HB 951 through the legislature. I understand a ground of energy experts tried to enlighten him on the issue, but could not get anywhere with him.
Of course, Shumaker, who would be a power behind the throne of a Troxler regime, was actively on the bad side of the Green New Deal. It is better to have someone who was AWOL over someone whose strings are pulled by someone who was actively on the evil side.
Dale Folwell has the best record on recognizing issues and taking appropriate action, based on the GOP platform, on them.
Didn’t know much about Troxler but I always wondered why the election cabal gave him so many votes in 2020, as if he was Daniel Ortega.
https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/03/2020&county_id=0&office=COS&contest=0
I am not entirely familiar with all of the workings of the Governors race yet but – that’s an interesting business for a guy who rails against government programs / agencies