::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

(File this one in the "Don't-forget-where-you-came-from" folder) SUMMARY AP: In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that has mired generations of Black people in “dependency” and poverty. But the lieutenant governor’s political rise wouldn’t have been possible without it. ===================================== By Mona Austin Mark Robinson (R-NC), the first Black man to run for governor of North Carolina is eating his own words. Yolanda Hill has run a free lunch program through a non-profit organization she founded, Balanced Nutrition, solely funded by tax payers for years. The organization, has collected roughly $7 million in government funding under the state Department of Health and Human Services since 2017, while bankrolling the careers of Hill, Robinson and other members of their family. The business helped child care centers get federa...