{"id":2397792,"date":"2025-02-01T11:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-took-your-black-behind-over-to-africa-for-20-days-fed-up-councilwoman-dunks-on-black-lives-mayor-suspected-of-abusing-funds\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T11:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:13:57","slug":"you-took-your-black-behind-over-to-africa-for-20-days-fed-up-councilwoman-dunks-on-black-lives-mayor-suspected-of-abusing-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-took-your-black-behind-over-to-africa-for-20-days-fed-up-councilwoman-dunks-on-black-lives-mayor-suspected-of-abusing-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You Took Your Black Behind Over to Africa for 20 Days&#8217; &#8211; Fed-up Councilwoman Dunks on &#8216;Black Lives&#8217; Mayor Suspected of Abusing Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyou-took-your-black-behind-over-to-africa-for-20-days-fed-up-councilwoman-dunks-on-black-lives-mayor-suspected-of-abusing-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In south Fulton, Georgia, residents \u200dare expressing outrage over\u200b Mayor Khalid Kamau&#8217;s handling of taxpayer funds. The city council has authorized \u2063an audit of the\u2063 mayor&#8217;s spending\u200c practices, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">include unauthorized \u2062trips costing approximately <\/a>,000,\u2062 such as a \u200ctrip\u200c to Africa and another to Paris. During a tense\u2064 council meeting, Kamau defended his actions by invoking the \u2064city&#8217;s \u200dracial \u200bidentity, claiming it was inappropriate for\u200c the city&#8217;s leadership to critique him, especially leading up to Black History Month. Councilwoman\u2062 Helen Willis critiqued the\u200b mayor&#8217;s spending, directly addressing the issue of fiscal obligation and stating that economic development should be prioritized over \u200cinternational travels. Residents,concerned \u2064about the\u2063 misuse of \u200btaxpayer money,are demanding accountability and transparency from their elected officials.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anger is brewing in South Fulton, Georgia, over how its mayor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposal-to-block-illegal-immigrants-from-receiving-stimulus-blocked-by-senate-democrats\/\" title=\"Proposal to block illegal immigrants from receiving stimulus blocked by Senate Democrats\">spending taxpayer dollars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the South Fulton City Council approved an audit into how Mayor Khalid Kamau is tossing around city money and imposed new rules to control spending<\/p>\n<p>Some context: On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobicares.com\/bio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his website<\/a>, the mayor, who calls himself Mayor Kobi, boasts that he is &ldquo;America&rsquo;s first Movement for Black Lives elected to public office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2022\/09\/16\/americas-blackest-city-political-power-00054676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>, about 90 percent of the residents of South Fulton are black, which is the highest percentage of black residents in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>And that was what mattered the most when Kamau was upbraided over city spending.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Among the spending that is being questioned are flights the mayor took without any of the required approvals, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/south-fulton-county\/i-told-everyone-no-former-purchasing-manager-says-south-fulton-mayor-has-problem-with-spending\/OIYZDYWM25DMBPQ4XYJDSQPM5A\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSB-TV<\/a>. Bank records indicate the mayor and one employee went to Patis in May. He took another employee to Africa in October. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-bidens-flights-to-paris-leave-taxpayers-with-huge-bill-charging-them-over-300k\/\" title=\"Jill Biden&#039;s Paris Trips Cost Taxpayers Over 0K\">trips cost taxpayers<\/a> about $8,000,<\/p>\n<p>Kamau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worst-mayor-u-s-trump-rips-latest-2020-dem-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked out<\/a> when questions were raised, but not before playing the race card, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/south-fulton-county\/south-fulton-mayor-walks-out-heated-city-council-meeting-early-after-expenses-questioned\/GSZNCJ36OFAFRODSTF7566Q5FE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSB-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am so distressed and disappointed that the blackest city in one of the blackest states in the United States of America heading into Black History Month, we are tearing each other down,&rdquo; Kobi said.<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Helen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helenzwillis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willis<\/a>, who like the mayor, is black, was not intimidated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not tearing you down; you took your black behind over to Africa for 20 days and didn&rsquo;t tell anybody,&rdquo; she responded.<\/p>\n<p>Willis said she was tired of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americas-worst-mayor-gets-completely-humiliated-front-party-caucus-voters-take-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mayor<\/a> answering fiscal questions with lectures on racial solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mayor, I really was going to let this go, but I can&rsquo;t continue to sit here and allow you to make it seem like we&rsquo;re the villains, and you&rsquo;re the victim,&rdquo; Willis said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/georgia-mayor-ex-blm-organizer-walks-out-council-meeting-after-testy-exchange-over-his-lavish-purchases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now those cameras are in the back of the room, not because of us. We would love to come to a meeting and just go through this agenda, have a professional meeting. And do the business of the people and go home. But it was you who wanted to go sit around and call us the &lsquo;Blackest city&rsquo; and say we want to tear each other down,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the &ldquo;blackest city&rdquo; comment was &ldquo;disrespectful,&rdquo; adding &ldquo;We keep telling him that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Resident Reshard Snellings said he attended the meeting to get some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/city-elects-blm-activist-mayor-now-learning-lesson-hard-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">answers<\/a> about spending on travel, food and other items that, all told, comes to about $26,000, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/south-fulton-county\/trip-ghana-drone-flights-south-fulton-mayor-made-26000-unauthorized-purchases\/TX35YBKH3RHNDMZWGY32K6BCYA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSB-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wanted to find out if taxpayers paid for this trip,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;We should not be asked to go without something so that our elected officials can travel all over the globe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Willis later said that whatever the purpose of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-fed-citizens-go-bass-right-front-trump-cant-even-get-without-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Africa might have been, it was not in line with the community&rsquo;s priorities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need more economic development here and we don&rsquo;t need to go to Africa in order for the city to have a multi-business deal,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The City Council recently sanctioned an audit of Mayor Khalid Kamau&#8217;s spending practices and established new regulations to oversee expenditures. Notably, Kamau, who refers to himself as Mayor Kobi on his website, claims to be &#8220;America\u2019s first Movement for Black Lives elected to public office.&#8221; With approximately 90% of South Fulton&#8217;s population being Black\u2014the highest percentage in the U.S.\u2014this demographic context is significant amid concerns about city finances.<\/p>\n<p>Questions have arisen about unauthorized flights taken by the mayor. Reports indicate that he and a staff member traveled to Patis in May and another employee accompanied him on a trip to Africa in October, costing taxpayers around $8,000. When confronted about these expenses during a meeting, Kamau left but not before invoking racial themes. He expressed disappointment over internal conflicts within what he described as &#8220;the blackest city&#8221; during Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Helen Willis challenged him directly: \u201cWe\u2019re not tearing you down; you took your black behind over to Africa for 20 days and didn\u2019t tell anybody.\u201d She criticized his tendency to deflect financial inquiries with discussions on racial unity and emphasized that residents wanted straightforward meetings focused on community business rather than personal grievances.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Reshard Snellings attended the meeting seeking clarity on travel-related expenses totaling approximately $26,000. He voiced concerns that taxpayers should not bear costs while officials travel extensively. Willis reiterated that regardless of the trip&#8217;s intent, it did not align with local priorities: \u201cWe need more economic development here,\u201d she stated firmly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49640,49639,8726],"class_list":["post-2397792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-africatrip","tag-blacklivesmatter","tag-councilwoman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397796,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397792\/revisions\/2397796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}