The Republican primary race in HD-26 will be replayed following a decision by Judge David Sweat. The case, which has garnered national attention, came as a result of a lawsuit filed by incumbent Rep. Dan Gasaway, who discovered that some 70 voters placed into the wrong district had incorrectly voted in the race, which he lost by 67 votes to businessman Chris Erwin. The pair (there is no Democratic candidate) will rematch on December 4th in a special election in the northeast Georgia district, whose broken elections system has its ship SINKING…
City has entire police force resign
The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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