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Jackson BOC member files complaint against candidate; early voting begins Mon. for runoff races

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Angela Gary

Thursday, July 24. 2008

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A member of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners filed a complaint Monday of “harassment by phone” against one of the candidates vying for the BOC chairmanship. District commissioner Dwain Smith filed a complaint with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department against BOC chairman candidate Ron Johnson about a Sunday phone call Johnson allegedly made to Smith.

Meanwhile, early voting for the Aug. 5 runoff will begin Monday in Jackson, Banks and Barrow counties. Highlighting area races are runoffs in Barrow and Jackson counties for Chairman of the BOC and in all three counties a runoff for District Attorney.

For details on these stories and more, see the July 23 issues of The Jackson Herald, The Banks County News, The Commerce News, The Braselton News and The Madison County Journal.

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#1 Anonymous on 07/24/08, 09:28 PM (Reply)

Johnson should be filing charges against Smith for the way he talks about him.

Smith's mouth has already cost the county $400,000 to Jones, not to mention what he lost as EMS director. Maybe Johnson should sue the county and get a big pay off.

It is unprofessional for any official to campaign as heavily as Smith has for Bicknell. Much like the IDA members campaigning for their candidate.

#1.1 Anonymous on 07/26/08, 10:13 PM (Reply)

I believe that it is down right sorry for Smith to even side with anyone in the run off, that is stupidity on his part. I also think that Smith and other Bicknell supporters should quit getting people out of the county to go door to door spreading lies about Johnson. A man came by today running his mouth about Johnson who lives in Winder and tried to start trouble with me, How desperate is Bicknell to get people out of the county to do dirty work for his pull. I for one dont appreciate my tax money going toward paying someone $400,000 and i believe that the people of this county should be aware of such none sense. Ron Johnson is a good man and i believe he will get this county started in the right direction for a change and stop the padding of county officials pockets. Good Luck Ron and you have all my familys support, because the last thing we need in there is another loud mouth crook with a costly tongue.

#1.1.1 Anonymous on 07/27/08, 09:47 AM (Reply)

Let's not forget that Smith is the one that was accused of saying inappropriate things, not Bicknell. Let's be very careful not to shift the spotlight over and use the opportunity to blame what has happened on Bicknell. He had nothing to do with this situation and doesn't appear to use mudslinging or devisive tactics in his campaign. Listen to what he says and read the quotes, and then make up your mind.

#1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 07/27/08, 10:39 AM (Reply)

The quotes are limited. Bicknell changed his story about his relations to developers about 4 times already. That has been left out of the coverage. I saw it on the cable channel when they replayed the forums.

When you give a man a check for $350,000, I think you can safely say the word "accused" is thrown out the window.

#2 Anonymous on 07/27/08, 10:27 AM (Reply)

I made up my mind a long time ago when i saw where all his campaigne money came from and when he said he didnt believe in door to door support. When a man uses campaigne money from out of the county, then that tells me that someone is looking for something back in return. All the voters have to do is pick up the paper and read it, Ron Johnson is by far the main for the job. I think i will run during the next term and get my campaigne paid for by some of my friends in California, lol.

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