EXHIBIT A

Community Relations Department

214 North Center Street
Goldsboro, NC 27530
(919) 580-4318

MEMORANDUM

TO: , Interim City Manager, Mayor ,& GWTA Chairman

FROM: Shycole Simpson-Carter, Community Relations Director
DATE: October 2, 2018
RE: September 27, 2018 Incident Involving Councilman Antonio Williams at GWTA Board Meeting
Please be advised that this Memorandum is to serve two purposes: to provide factual account/substantiation
as it pertains to my interactions with Councilman Antonio Williams at GWTA Board Meeting during Closed
Session and to be a descriptive reference for the immediate Interim City Manager and/or his successor,
including but not limited to, GWTA Chairman and Attorneys for GWTA, City of
Goldsboro and myself.

 It should be understood unequivocally that I am not speaking in my capacity as Community Relations

Director, but as a GWTA Board member. I can only give a perspective of Councilman Williams’
aggressive and unhinged behaviors and remarks directed towards me a “Female” Board member;
since, it took place during Closed-Session. Please understand that it is my ethical duty to hold
confidential the subject matter and decisions discussed during Closed-Session.
Again, the manner in which Councilman Williams engaged me was aggressive, disgusting, and
pointed to use his masculine power over me as a “Female”. No female should have to endure that
type of treatment as I did from Councilman Williams. Councilman Williams used a tone of
aggression and character assassination to diminish my voice among our other fellow male Board
members. I am the only female Board member but I am proud to state that the Chairman and other
male Board members have always encouraged and valued the perspective that I have brought to the
Board as a female and professional. It should be noted that the Board did as much as they could do to
defuse Councilman Williams.
I did not do anything to warrant Councilman Williams’ aggressive tone. He made false claims against
me that attempted to minimize my abilities to be objective. While he was berating my ability to be
objective, those moments felt like hours! During this tirade, Councilman Williams referred to me as
“this woman!” It is my belief that Councilman Williams’ intent was to subjugate me as a woman.
Councilman Williams violated social and ethical boundaries that in today’s cultural and the
movement for females to be heard and treated as equals is rattling, especially, to me. Nevertheless,
the encounter I experienced from Councilman Williams gave me a bird’s eye view of a man that
appears to believe strongly that oppression should continue over females in today’s political,
religious or cultural society.

I ask for no favors for my sex. Nor do I surrender my claim to equality either.
I would like to thank my fellow GWTA Board members for their support. I know that the Board
along with GWTA staff will continue to provide exceptional transportation services to the residents
of Wayne County and Goldsboro.

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  On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at a GWTA Board meeting during Closed Session sometime
around 10:40 am, I was completing my report to the Board involving a prior incident. Councilman
Williams entered, greeted the Board, and took a seat beside me with only one chair separating the two
of us. Councilman Williams inquired into the subject matter at hand and Mr. Chairman
began the discussion into the subject matter at hand. Councilman Williams followed with his rebuttal
on the matter. Once, he was completed I recognized Chairman to provide
additional context/narrative into the subject matter at hand. Within three sentences of my remarks,
Councilman Williams aggressively through unhinged behaviors and remarks directed towards me
prevented me from speaking further. He was asked by the several Board members to calm down and
allow me to speak. I to asked Councilman Williams to allow me to speak and refrain himself.
However, he was very dismissive and proceed to be increasingly emotional, seething, projecting and
directing character assassination towards me.
After several minutes later, Councilman Williams seemed to be settling down; therefore, I after
redirection provide by Commissioner to allow me to speak. I began providing my
additional context/narrative into the subject matter at hand again. As Councilman Williams appeared
by his posture to be physically and emotionally reframing himself from engaging me. It was in those
moments I thought Councilman Williams was going to engage me physically. Nevertheless, to be
professional I continued with my context/narrative and concluded them to yield to the Board.
Councilman Williams’ posture and remarks began again, aggressively, increasingly emotional,
seething, projecting and directing character assassination towards me. Once, he seemed to settle
down again I recognized Mr. Chairman to rebuttal Councilman Williams’ remarks. It
was after that Mr. Chairman concluded the subject matter at hand and adjourned the
meeting. I began exiting the room as Councilman Williams began again with remarks that were full
of aggression and increasingly emotional, seething, projecting and directing character assassination
towards me.
If you have questions and/or require additional information pertaining to this matter, please advise.
Respectfully Submitted,

Shycole Simpson-Carter
Shycole Simpson-Carter,
Community Relations Director
cc: Melissa Corser, City Clerk

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