Save Our Siler

08/12/2025

Please share for awareness. We have been blowing the whistle on this group since 2021.

Another company has fallen victim to Fake Billionaire Courtney Jordan, Kristen Picot, Nick Gallardo and members of the so called "Unity Ticket". They are absolutely shameless in their attempts to shift their false promises from Siler City to Durham. Siler City never forgets. Stay tuned for more.

If you or anyone else you know has been defrauded by the Courtney Jordan Foundation. Please message us so we can keep the heat.

The foundation is being accused of not paying rent for three months, which totals $9,600 at its CJF America Durham office.

08/06/2025

THEY'RE BACKKKK!

The owner of a Durham staple, The Chicken Hut, said he is grateful CJF finally made things right and paid him the $3,400 owed for summer camp meals.

05/18/2022

Mission accomplished.

05/18/2022

Siler City was 4/4 on voting to Save our Siler!

Today was a referendum on our future and to ensure the power remains in our hands, not some out of town fake billionaire!

05/18/2022

The people of Siler City have spoken. They have REJECTED the efforts to control Siler City Town Commissioner District 1 and District 5.

Bye, Bye Jared Picot and Sam Williams. We will Save Our Siler!

05/17/2022

We are watching the election results very closely tonight. You can follow the election results too by visiting the website below! Thank you to all of those who voted to Save Our Siler!

https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/17/2022&county_id=19&office=LOC&contest=0

05/17/2022

How to Take Over a Small Town In 7 Steps by Courtney Jordan, Nick Gallardo, Dean Picot Jr., Jared Picot and Sam Williams

Step 1: Establish network of international fake news websites and place an ally (Kristen Picot- Sister of Jared and Dean Picot) in the leadership role.

Step 2: Use these fake news websites to promote this slate of phony candidates and Courtney Jordan's fake companies

Step 3: Establish a fake nonprofit in the area to gain community
support for Courtney Jordan's and the candidates efforts

Step 4: Register to vote last minute and file as a candidate, last minute to not bring too much attention to yourselves

Step 5: Run on a campaign full of lies and false promises

Step 6: Get Elected

Step 7: Profit.

05/17/2022

This has been quite an unexpected journey. The lies have gone much deeper than any of our community could have ever imagined.

Our team has uncovered many things on this slate of phony candidates, some of which was never posted. Every rabbit hole we uncover and investigate, leads us to more and more lies. We even held out on some of our most damaging research, because we did not feel comfortable repeating the words these candidates have said, or glamorize the actions they have done.

Go Vote. Vote for real candidates, vote to Save Our Siler.

05/17/2022

We have begun to witness the padding of an exit strategy by the "Unity Ticket." They have no support here in Siler City and they are aware of it. They thought that they could sneak their way into our elected offices here in Siler City. They thought we would be dumb enough to not care.

Do NOT vote for:
-Nick Gallardo
-Dean Picot Jr
-Jared Picot
-Sam Williams

These candidates viewed us as naive, as ignorant, as pawns in their game. However, they underestimated Siler City. They underestimated how much our people love our city. They underestimated how easily people from every background could work together to foil their plans. They thought they could pull the blindfolds over our eyes and ensure that these phony candidates would go unnoticed or uncriticized. What we have done as a group is far beyond what they ever imagined. They are working to divide us and have resulted to mudslinging and name calling. They are desperate. They do not understand our town, nor have they taken the time to listen to our voices. When our city stands together to prevent a small group of voices to control our lives, we reject their false promises, we reject their lies. We all have skin in the game this election and we must work together to ensure that our voices are heard. Today is a referendum on our futures.

Go Vote. Vote for real candidates, vote to Save Our Siler.

05/17/2022

Today is a turning point for Siler City.

Will we risk losing our voices as citizens to a fake billionaire who found 4 corrupt candidates to run for city council or will we continue to defend our City from these antics?

In our elections here in Siler City, these critical races are determined by only a few hundred voters.

The polls close at 7:30pm today. Make your voices heard. Vote AGAINST these out-of-towners. Vote to Save Our Siler.

-Nick Gallardo
-Dean Picot Jr.
-Jared Picot
-Sam Williams

05/15/2022

Candidate Profile- Samuel Williams

For someone who listed “transparency” as one of his primary campaign platforms in the candidate forum on April 24, Samuel Williams, the Dist. 1 candidate, has misspoken often. In responses to a questionnaire he provided to the News + Record, Williams didn’t provide a home address. On a state website, a church he says he pastors provides its address as a small apartment off of Western Boulevard in Raleigh.

In addition to being one of the system’s “head honchos,” Williams wrote on his website, “I am a Manager at Duke University Health Systems where I supervised seven clinics.” In an email exchange with the News + Record, Sarah Avery, the director of the Duke Health News Office, provided links to Duke Health’s five leadership teams — which consists of more than 100 listed individuals with designations of MDs and PhDs or MBAs after their names. Williams wasn’t among them, and Avery said he doesn’t supervise seven clinics.

On Tuesday, Duke’s Avery confirmed that Williams was no longer employed there.

Williams, Gallardo said in an email message to the News + Record, had been working with colleagues on bringing in clinics, but “out of anxiety he spoke for a corporate entity without their approval,” and confirmed he has since resigned.

SILER CITY — Even in the often upside-down world of local politics, it was clear that Siler City’s 2021 municipal elections would be particularly unusual. Now that they’re finally happening …

05/15/2022

Candidate Profile- Dean Picot Jr.

Dean Picot Jr., despite attempts by the Unity Ticket to distance them from their own blood, their lies were exposed in our last post. He is the older brother of Kristen (Siler StartUP Executive Director) and Jared Picot (District 5 Candidate). Dean Picot is a man that has many struggles, some he has been quite honest about. We have all heard about his struggle with alcoholism and drug addiction, and we applaud him for his continued sobriety. However, that is not what today’s post is about.

Today’s post is in regards to his ability to always speak what is on his mind.

Dean states that “Our team [“Unity Ticket”] is not attacking any individual or making enemies with people who have a history, hard work and a legacy for community building. In fact, our policies are about inclusivity, inclusivity of all and attacking none.[sic]” However, immediately following this post, Dean took to his laptop and wrote a furious article attacking our attempts to expose the efforts to influence our elections from an out of town billionaire. In addition to this, Dean publicly announced that he spearheaded the efforts to shut down our page and silence our voices. His efforts were momentarily successful, but our page was reactivated late last night.

Dean speaks very highly of his team's focus on inclusion, yet, Dean himself is merely casting stones from a glass house. For a number of years, Dean Picot Jr. was a member of a podcast named Dem Boys and streamed this footage to his youtube account “dcbakes.” Remaining consistent in speaking what is on his mind, our team has unearthed some very concerning images and questionable podcast discussions posted by Dean Picot. These repulsive images can be shown below. However, the citizens of Siler City have a right to know who they are voting for.

Regretfully, there is more to come. Stay tuned for more.