Yet ANOTHER Robinson family business …
In April, we were informed that the much-scrutinized Balanced Nutrition — a nonprofit contractor for the NC Department of Health & Human Services (NC DHHS) which has employed Mark Robinson, his wife Yolanda Hill, and various other members of the Robinson and Hill clans — was shutting down at the end of April.
Hill told her Balanced Nutrition clients that she was shutting down in order to spend more time helping her hubby campaign for governor. On the same day, she also communicated concerns to NC DHHS leaders that her decision to shut down had to do with her belief she was being targeted via a political vendetta.
That was followed by quite a bit of written and verbal sparring between DHHS officials, Hill and her lawyer over the scheduling of required fiscal reviews for Balanced Nutrition.
[Our earlier reporting detailed trouble (2000-2007) Mark & Yolanda had with DHHS over a daycare center the couple had been operating in Greensboro. ]
In May, we learned that Yolanda had created yet another corporate entity with the secretary of state’s office called “JK Slime.” Neither Hill nor any member of the Robinson family nor any official with the Robinson campaign has offered any details about the establishment or purpose of “JK Slime.”
Shifting back to Balanced Nutrition, we learned – in the company’s final days – Mark & Yolanda’s daughter Kimberly Cephas had joined the firm. Filings with the Department of Health & Human Services identified Cephas as both the company’s “Purchasing Manager” and “Operations Manager.”
In April, another corporation — J&K Provisions — was established with the secretary of state’s office. Cephas is identified on the paperwork as the registered agent for J&K Provisions. The paperwork for J&K Provisions identifies the company’s purpose as “charitable.” (This company was founded two days after Yolanda emailed her Balanced Nutrition clients about the shutdown decision.)
Why does Fat Mark always look like he’s just drunk a quart of vinegar?
Let’s stick with the facts and not smear a candidate or his family for spite. Let’s be civil. Mark Robinson will likely be the next governor of NC.
Regardless of party affiliation, Robinson as a candidate for office is perhaps the biggest joke in election history, a complete embarrassment.
Therefore, we want Josh Stein to continue Coop’s last 8Y of reign and terror?
Mind you our GA WON”T and HASN’T done anything to protect the conservative line and in many cases are as liberal as any dem.
I attended a dinner couple of wks back. Esteemed ‘conservative’ stalwarts Murphy and Kidwell in attendance and gave rousing, conservative spiels. You would have thought Reagan reincarnated. Many in attendance just shook their heads in disgust KNOWING how they had voted and supported ‘the cause, the conservative agenda’.
I don’t begin to say Robinson was my 1st choice but be danged if I’m support MORE yrs of ROY COOPER. Pls, pls don’t forget our fellow small business owners whose businesses were destroyed, broken and bankrupted BY Cooper. ALL other southern states OPENED their businesses back up, but COOPER wanted to help senile, demented Biden (and a post/appointment I suspect) and kept our state closed. He played politics…So did Mandy and she continues playing politics at the CDC now.
Yet people believe everything and anything he says. Folwell would be 10 times better than Robinson, who has shown me nothing.
AMEN!!
Good to see STEIN being called out for the hypocritical, deceptive rape kit ads that his dept CLEANED up. Yes, may have cleaned up, BUT they were cleaned up b/c COOPER allowed yrs of backlogs. KEEP facts, facts.
Cooper created the SBI saga and well-documented and known. NOT going to ring the gong and pat himself on back for cleaning up the master’s/bosses mess. Cooper did nothing as AG and spent all him time running for gov. Same catastrophic disaster in his Admin by the Transportation Dept; massive deficits, overspent funds, and roadways are nothing but 3rd world country potholes and cracks. And let’s NOT EVER forget Mandy, COVID, lockdowns with bars, barbers, hairdressers, private shops destroyed, bankrupted and shuttered.
Kudos to TDH for being honest and transparent about the misadventures of Mark Robinson and his business dealings. We blew it not nominating a true business and government leader such as Dale Folwell.