December 2023
Wake County Board of Commissioners Public Comment 12/4/2023
My name is Reinaldo Olavarria, I am a resident of Wake County, and reside at 614 Gaslight Trail, Wendell, NC 27591.
About November, 2 years ago, I made some public comments addressed to the board. What happened afterwards was a night mare while I thought my 1st Amendment Right was protected.
What happened is I started to be “stopped” upon entry to the Wake County Court House and the Wake County Office Building. Apparently, for commenting about the the discrimination against the disabled and Hispanics, I earned myself, unjustly so, the label of a trouble maker. I never disrupted a board meeting or engaged in any disruptive activity. I just asked for the discrimination to stop. I asked for an interpreter for the deaf, and board documents to be in Spanish during their presentation, ETC..
Months after beginning to attend board meetings, in the capacity of Elder of the Universal House of Prayer of North Carolina, I received a request for help from a Wake County Employee. I helped that person, but, in doing so, again, solidified a subversive label from the Wake County Board of Commissioners, SUPPORTED BY ELLIS AND LORENA.
In the advocacy realm, I filed an EEOC complaint to further the claim that Hispanics and the disabled are being discriminated against through the departments the board funds, and the quasi oversight through the county manager appointed by the board. In doing so, I found I had been black listed for years. By the way, documents are found on Reyoadvocacy.org and wakecountyfails.com to show the blacklisting.
2 years later, Hispanics and the Disabled are still being discriminated against. Not once did I see simultaneous Spanish language broadcast and interpreter presence especially for the acclaimed “State of Wake County” broadcast on you tube. I estimate, maybe $300.00 for an interpreter, and $200.00 to translate documents, but, it seems like that is too much for the board and the county.
I found fabricated evidence by government officials as outlined in Wake County’s response to the EEOC complaint, the evidence of blacklisting. I claim Wake County is concealing evidence, and does not have evidence to justify being harassed when I made public comments in person at the court house.
Freedom of speech, the right to say something against discrimination, that 1st Amendment Right, like in Gitlow v. New York (1925), is protected, and blacklisting is illegal in this state. Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241 – is the Conspiracy Against Rights, as evidenced by being harassed when I came into the court house and used the Wake County Office Buildings (WITH A DELI). The court house is a public building with a deli opened to the public, which I cannot enjoy without being harassed and intimidated by the Security Service and the Deputies from the Wake County Sheriffs Office. I cannot even piss in peace, one officer almost broke down the door to the men’s room when I needed to just pee, oops, and poop. It called the (18, U.S.C., Section 242 - Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law) deprivation of rights under the color of law. The federal law covers commissioners, as in “This definition includes, in addition to law enforcement officials, individuals such as Mayors, Council persons, Judges, Nursing
Home Proprietors, Security Guards, etc., persons who are bound by laws, statutes ordinances, or customs.”. Title 18, U.S.C., Section 245 - Federally Protected Activities, protects my right to eat a sandwich in the court house, and attend the public meetings without intimidation and harassment.
All this because you just, with all the millions in budget dollars, do not want to have an interpreter for the disabled, and materials readily available for Hispanics, etc.. The choice was to black list me and intimidate me. Wow. I ask again that you consider the disabled and Hispanics in all your activities. Thank you. WE, HISPANICS AND THE DISABLED, ARE RESIDENTS TOO.