A grown adult has every right to frequent a legit business – unless of course you still owe them money.

And sure, it does not look good to have the Girl Scouts sue your family over what could only be assumed as cookies.

And there is that misrepresentation of finances with a kayak store has more to it than just a possible clerical error. Maybe something else was going on we don’t know about but could easily be explained if Robinson’s campaign was willing.

The five Lake Gaston Outfitters transactions are part of a larger investigation into Robinson’s 2020 campaign for lieutenant governor. The campaign finance investigation, involving an alleged $500,000 in violations, remains ongoing three and a half years after the initial complaint by Bob Hall, campaign finance watchdog and former editor of Democracy NC. 

Problems with money have been often reported with Robinson and his wife. There has been wide coverage on his bankruptcies and unpaid taxes. He can always pay them back.

There is the probe into his wife’s non-profit. They could settle with the state.

What really gets me is what he has done to and said about teachers.

He created F.A.C.T.S. to ignite even further an unfair attack on public school teachers. One can still issue a complaint on the Lt. Gov.’s official website. Please note that not a single complaint has led to a merited investigation of any teachers in this state.

And don’t forget that he has called public school teachers “wicked.”

“We’re going to work like heck in Raleigh to make sure these schools get straightened out, but until they do, I’m gonna tell you what you need to do: If they won’t do right, you need to come out from among them, make your own school,” Robinson said in a July speech. “Do not turn your children over to these wicked people. Do not.”

You can’t take that back or pay a fine to get rid of it. Those kinds of attacks on teachers and public schools might be the most pure indications of who Robinson really is. His finances are what they are. They can be settled. His habits are constitutionally protected if they are legal. And if they are not legal, he can go through the court system and allow it to take its course.

But his words and actions about public schools – even after his religious conversion – are not easily disregarded.

Not for this teacher.