The Troublemaker

Bias Based Profiling Committe

2012-02-01T11:53:00.004-05:00

This video is obviously not true and was made for my entertainment purposes only. Screw everybody else!

Who you gonna call?

2012-01-31T22:51:00.001-05:00

Geronimo has left the reservation

2012-01-31T00:14:00.001-05:00

Here first SUCKAS!!!!!

2012-01-30T14:35:00.002-05:00

The Fox and Sanders lawsuit

How to deal with police

2012-01-30T13:29:00.000-05:00

Fox, Sanders file suit against Mitch and City in State Court

2012-01-30T13:05:00.002-05:00

On January 23, 2012 former city manager Mitch Johnson, Tater Hastings, Sloan and the City of Greensboro were sued by Tom Fox and Scott Sanders in state court. This is the second lawsuit filed by the same attorney. The first failed in federal court. Sources close to this story reported to me that this lawsuit was cleaned up and worked hard on for a year. I will have details soon. However, I

Public Enemy Number 1

2012-01-30T08:21:00.001-05:00

-----Original Message----- From: ben holder To: ken.miller ; michael.speedling Sent: Sun, Jan 29, 2012 11:07 pm Greetings! On Jan. 10, 2006, a document called a memorandum of understanding was created by the City of Greensboro and signed by James Hinson and Mitchell Johnson. The understanding was Hinson would come back to work and his personnel file would be purged. According

Whoooooo!

2012-01-30T00:22:00.000-05:00

Dioni, that wasn't very wise.

2012-01-29T19:59:00.000-05:00

Look at the fleas on Fluffy! I know I aint no big time news reporter like the ones that got at the N&R but I really think Dioni failed to be transparent today. Dioni works for the N&R and she had a story in the paper today. "Greensboro police seek greater transparency in actions" was the title of Dioni's story and I am not sure how she missed mentioning that Captain James Hinson, who is the

I am sorry!!! Call me back, please?

2012-01-29T14:53:00.002-05:00

I got a phone call from someone and I was not sure if they were a friend or an enemy. I have been told that you were a friend and I should listen to you. I am asking you to call me back and I deeply apologize for not communicating with you. I am out of practice and I must admit I was a little jittery. Troublemaking is risky business. Please, call me back. One more chance?

More Chief Miller

2012-01-29T14:01:00.005-05:00

Chief Miller has some splainin' to do. There is a wonderful collection of videos available online that captures battles between Chief Miller and former GPD Captain, Charles Cherry. One particular video is very interesting and warrants a closer look. In the video, Miller becomes rattled when Rev. Cardes Brown asks him questions about Cherry. Miller claims that Cherry was handled fairly and by

Chief Miller claims he has 30 years of knowledge with Greensboro Police!

2012-01-29T11:09:00.002-05:00

How can Miller claim to know everything about every single employee dispute the GPD has had over the past 30 years? Is it a good idea to have a man that spouts nonsense as truth in charge of the police department? 30 years is a very, very long time. What kind of man uses crazy statements as truth? Miller will be questioned about his bullying tactics as well as his self proclaimed expertise of

What does Ken Miller really know about the allegations regarding James Hinson?

2012-01-28T21:26:00.006-05:00

On Jan. 10, 2006, a document called a memorandum of understanding was created by the City of Greensboro and signed by James Hinson and Mitchell Johnson. The understanding was Hinson would come back to work and his personnel file would be purged. According to the document, Hinson's record would be purged because "the investigation of these events has determined to be fraudulent and

GPD Chief makes false claims in email to Troublemaker

2012-01-28T09:34:00.015-05:00

I have been blogging for less than 24 hours and I can already tell you that Ken Miller should not be the chief of police. He appears to be a bully and has very little regard for the peoples feelings. He doesn't care about all the past turmoil this city has been through with the police department. He only cares about himself. We don't have a good chief. We have a bad politician playing police

The Leader of Chief Miller's Anti Racial Profiling Committee in Action!

2012-01-27T17:35:00.002-05:00

Fox 8: "This is something that is not going to be tolerated in way shape, or form in the Greensboro Police Department," said Capt. James Hinson.I found that pretty interesting becuase I had seen the video below.James Hinson is acting like David Wray and Charles Cherry is acting like James Hinson. It is really interesting to watch how Hinson really doesn't care one bit about Charles Cherry. I am

Chief Miller's Anti-Profiling Committee

2012-01-27T14:55:00.003-05:00

Did you happen to see this sorry news story on WGHP? The amazing Ken Miller has set out to fight racial profiling in Greensboro and he formed a committee to do it. Some people were shocked that James Hinson was named the leader of this committee. After all, he is the king of screaming racial discrimination when it will benefit him. I imagine Kenny Boy could have found a better leader.

Let's Play with Ken!

2012-01-27T13:39:00.001-05:00

-----Original Message-----From: ben holder To: ken.miller Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 1:15 pmSubject: off duty work for CaptainsGreetings!I hope this email finds you healthy and happy! I have a public records request. I bet you can answer it for me in a relatively quick manner without violating public information laws. I will spell it out so it's easy to follow along. My inquiry will be located

The End is Near!!!!!!!

2012-01-27T11:41:00.001-05:00

Miller Time!!!!

2012-01-27T11:29:00.005-05:00

From: ben holder [mailto:benhwinstonsalem@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:25 AM To: Hinson, James; Speedling, Michael; Turner Roth, Denise Subject: half way houses Greetings! What is the deal with Captain Hinson's half-way houses? How many hours is a Captain required to work for the city? Later, Ben Holder From: Speedling, Michael To: 'ben holder' ; Hinson, James ; Turner Roth

The Return!

2011-11-05T11:41:00.002-04:00

Is this thing on?

2011-05-15T23:15:00.001-04:00

Yall miss me?

Action Glenwood

2009-12-29T20:30:00.001-05:00

In February of 2008, the Greater Glenwood Neighborhood Association and The City of Greensboro's Housing and Community Development Department produced the Glenwood Neighborhood Plan. The plan is a well written, seventy-four page long document that describes Glenwood's unique history. It also contains ideas about what could be done to improve the future of one of Greensboro's oldest

Wray Fray Continues

2009-12-01T19:57:00.001-05:00

The script is flipped

2009-11-30T09:48:00.002-05:00

Should the city seek a refund from RMA? Why did the city pay Nicole Pettiford? Will the city go after the officers that promoted lies for their own personal gain? What does all of this mean for the 39 officers that were discriminated against? How is Ron Rogers doing these days? I wonder if the city manager has looked into the GPD sex scandal? Maybe now we can learn what Captain Brian James

Bledsoe is correct to point out differences in treatment of city emails.

2009-11-17T18:56:00.002-05:00

I reported the mistake made by a police employee that sent out an Obama joke from a city computer. Bledsoe reported that it goes on a lot, but not everyone is punished. Bledsoe was correct in pointing out the differences and I appreciate all of the reporting and investigating he has done during the past. I am going to crank this blog up to full blast soon. I know you guys have been starving.

The Shaniya Davis Case: 911 audio released here first

2009-11-17T10:51:00.007-05:00

5 year old Shaniya Davis was reported missing on 11/10/09 by her mother. On 11/14/09 police charged her mother with human trafficking and felony child abuse. Antoinette Davis, the mother, gained informal custody of her daughter on October 9, 2009. Shaniya had been staying with her father and her aunt and only visited her mother on weekends. It has been reported by the child's father that

City of Greensboro needs to clear up email mistake.

2009-11-09T10:04:00.003-05:00

I got this in an email from a city email account. Jean Clodfelter of the gpd sent this email out last night to a whole bunch of people. After she realized what she had sent, she recalled it and offered an apology. An e-mail was sent from my address this morning in error. I would like to sincerely apologize to everyone who received it. Please excuse my human mistake and forgive me. Hope you

Young and the Restless

2009-10-21T23:41:00.003-04:00

NC Human Trafficking Task Force Pitt County and Guilford County

2009-10-15T12:05:00.006-04:00

Guilford County Sheriff's Department reported that they will be officially partnering with Pitt County in two weeks.

The Warnersville Benches

2009-10-14T13:34:00.001-04:00

Who would have thought this would become an issue for the city council elections? I certainly never thought that this would get as much attention as it has. I need to clear some things up and get a few things off of my chest regarding my involvement with the benches. First of all, please read the below email composed my Mr. Wilson (City Staff) and I. Mr. Wilsons' text is italicized.I am

Copa Rocka

2009-10-14T12:03:00.009-04:00

This past weekend, Greensboro Police reported a robbery that took place at 3010 Sands Drive in Greensboro NC. The location is home to the Copa Rocka night club and it has a very interesting past. The original operators of Copa Rocka previously operated the La Frontera night club which was located at 2010 East Cone Blvd. La Frontera was an adult business operating in an area not zoned for

NC Human Trafficking

2009-10-14T10:28:00.002-04:00

I follow human trafficking cases in NC closely and have started public awareness campaigns in Winston-Salem and Greensboro. This week, the Greensboro Public library will begin creating human trafficking information packages for their branches. This is part of the public awareness campaign I started.The Charlotte Police Officer in the above video says human trafficking in Charlotte is unusual.

Thank you for supporting me!

2009-10-07T10:22:00.002-04:00

I got 146 votes. I am thankful for all of them. Nothing has changed here and I have no plans of going anywhere anytime soon. Many good things came from my attempt at running for city council. I will continue to be the Troublemaker.

Greensboro's Finest

2009-10-04T17:43:00.006-04:00

During the last city council meeting there was a closed session. During that closed session the council requested the personnel files of Chief Ron Rogers (left), Captain Cherry and Captain Phipps because the council has heard of the alleged sex scandal that is currently ripping through the department.The scandal was first reported on this blog (of course) in the comments section. Allegedly,

If I could comment at Ed's I would.

2009-10-02T20:04:00.007-04:00

Over at Ed Cone's there is a discussion about the Greenway benches. Brian Higgins asked me the following question in the comment section.Brian wrote: "Really Ben?...why can't the problem get solved? Especially when there has been no effort to get everyone at the table to try and solve the problem. So, if moving the benches doesn't solve the problem, remind me why we moved them. Brian is

Battle of the Bilbro Street benches

2009-10-01T18:27:00.002-04:00

The benches on the Greenway will be removed tomorrow and could be gone by lunch time. I will have more soon! TDBS just took one on the chin!

Attention SGT Graves! Please let us know your thoughts on the following post!

2009-10-01T18:17:00.003-04:00

I got this letter and I am assuming some council members got it as well. I am sure that some of this is true and have heard all of it previously. SGT. Graves?

Vote for me, my hot dogs are free!

2009-09-30T13:08:00.004-04:00

I am currently the hot dog King on East Market Street!TDBS had a sign at a certain East Market Street location but did not have permission. I guess she feels like she has a right to do whatever she pleases. I pulled her illegal and unwanted sign up and, well...watch the video below!

I sure do love campaignin'

2009-09-29T10:31:00.002-04:00

The Elect Ben Holder Truck is ready and I am going to go cook hot dogs in District 1. Today's spot is John's Curb Market on East Market Street! Vote for me cuz the Hot Dogs are free!

Yesterday's Press Conference/Ron Rogers/Mike Oates

2009-09-29T08:31:00.004-04:00

I called a press conference yesterday and two media outlets covered the event. News 14 sent a camera man and the News and Record sent a photographer. Amanda Lehmert from the News and Record also attended. The press conference included some small talk and a two minute speech.My speech was about the following statement that was made by Greensboro Police Officer, AJ Blake. "It's obvious I can't

Press Conference Tomorrow Morning

2009-09-27T21:49:00.002-04:00

I have heard concerns from several people and feel a need to bring attention to a comment made by recently reinstated Greensboro Police Officer AJ Blake.From the N&R:"It's obvious I can't work with (the gang squad)," Blake said. "The threats would be coming more from them than the criminals." Press Conference Info Below!When: Monday September 28 at 10:00 amWhere: Phil G. McDonald Plaza (behind

AJ Blake gets job back

2009-09-25T12:30:00.000-04:00

AJ Blake, a police officer who was charged with assaulting a female, has been reinstated to the Greensboro Police Department. Blake was charged and fired before a court of law acquitted him. Police Chief Tim Bellamy and his department recommended Blake's termination. However, Interim City Manager Bob Morgan overruled the decision and hired AJ Blake back today. Blake did receive a demotion and

N&R ends election confusion!

2009-09-19T10:08:00.003-04:00

It's almost election time and some people did not know they have been moved out of their District. Today, the N&R began to clear the muddy water and let folks know what happened. "In 2008 after the city annexed about 10,000 new residents, 26 precincts were moved to new districts."Now we know why districts were changed, but do we know what districts changed? The N&R attempted to break that down

LAX busted?

2009-09-19T09:11:00.002-04:00

For those of who that don't know, LAX is a strip club located at 2216 MLK. There have been complaints about the club's neon sign as well as other negative accusations about the club. The club is located in the building that once housed Pandora's Box (adult video store) and Kyoto Movie Mates. The Asian movie mates operation was shut down when officers charged Kim Bok Gruhn for maintaining a

High Speed chase in Glenwood: GPD Catches Car Thief

2009-09-19T08:56:00.002-04:00

Yesterday a vehicle was reported being stolen from Jackson Middle School. Around 7pm, GPD noticed the stolen vehicle on Florida Street and it was on! The chase went through Glenwood with many GPD cars rolling down Oak Street. GPD captured the suspect near Aycock. One Officer reported minor injuries.

Crack is King on Maywood Street! This council does not care.

2009-09-18T09:52:00.002-04:00

2000 block Maywood-1

TDBS

2009-09-17T23:20:00.001-04:00

Second city owned camera replaces first city owned camera on Greenway.

2009-09-16T21:27:00.002-04:00

The first camera that many people pointed to as proof that there was no crime on the Greenway has been replaced by another camera because the first camera didn't work. Both of the cameras are city owned. TDBS could have reported the cameras as not working to help improve the situation. Instead, she gave a really silly answer. Watch part of her presentation from the last meeting below."I guess

No Loitering on Eugene and Lee

2009-09-15T20:54:00.000-04:00

Gettin' Down!

2009-09-11T10:00:00.002-04:00

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Bilbro Street Update/913 Union/TDBS/The Heckler

2009-09-08T23:55:00.003-04:00

Bilbro StreetI have meet with more than 10 residents that live on Bilbro Street and all of them want to see the benches moved. I have a petition that has been signed by 15 people requesting removal. All of the signatures were obtained on Sunday as I walked through the area with my two children and longtime Bilbro Street resident Mrs. Evelyn Luther. I heard residents tell stories about people

N&R Reports about bench advocates

2009-09-07T10:12:00.003-04:00

In the N&R today there is a story about the problem on Bilbro Street. The News and Record made several questionable claims.The story.Don’t park yourself for too long on those five benches near South Eugene and West Lee . If you do, you could be prosecuted. Really. Scoop has found out the city plans to erect — if it hasn’t already — a motion-activated camera near the benches beside Greensboro’s

Time is flying

2009-09-03T21:39:00.004-04:00