Stolen Petition Issue

Pay close attention to the following:

Darrow
Amos
Fowler

His name is mentioned in the AJC many times as a lobbyist. He was slinging mud in one of the dirtest campaines Atlanta has had in many years. I'm sure he isn't proud of being one as no where does he use that word to describe himself. Nor any other, for that matter that describes a job! HE IS A LOBBYIST! How do you think he feeds his family? You are way off base as what he represents too.
AJC article about Dial
"Georgia has seen its share of corporate takeovers. Now we're about to see an attempted corporate takeover of a very different target: the Georgia Supreme Court.
The immediate goal is the ouster of Justice Carol Hunstein, who has served on the court for 14 years (she was appointed by then-Gov. Zell Miller, who is backing her bid for re-election.)
Hunstein hasn't been unfriendly to corporate interests, but she hasn't been obedient either. So, following a pattern that has worked in other states, business groups have formed what they call the Safety and Prosperity Coalition [Eric Dial and friends]to defeat Hunstein in November, hoping to use her as an example to force the remaining Supreme Court justices to toe their line.

Of course, a political campaign attacking Hunstein as too protective of the little guy against big corporations probably wouldn't work very well with voters. So coalition members have instead decided to depict Hunstein as an extreme liberal who is soft on crime and criminals.
In a letter, Wiggins noted that conservatives have taken control of the legislative and executive branches of Georgia government, leaving the judiciary as conservatism's "last frontier." He described Hunstein as "far and away the most liberal member of the court on the ballot" who adopts "an extremely liberal interpretation of virtually any question that comes before her." Furthermore, Wiggins says, she has "an almost singular focus on undermining the work of prosecutors in criminal cases."
(Wiggins also cautioned that any charge that he might be politicizing the judiciary "is, of course, absurd.")
If true, Wiggins' indictment of Hunstein's performance would probably be enough to persuade Georgia voters to replace her. But if false, it would suggest that Wiggins plays too loose with the facts to be trusted in the state's highest court. (Wiggins has no experience as a judge and little or no experience in the courtroom. He has spent the last five years as a political appointee in the Bush administration.)
Fortunately, two nonpartisan studies of Hunstein's voting record on the court are available, and both reach the same conclusion. Far from having "an almost singular focus on undermining the work of prosecutors," Hunstein has ruled more often on behalf of prosecutors than almost any other member of the court.
The Fulton Daily Report, a local newspaper covering the courts and the legal community, analyzed Hunstein's votes in 99 criminal cases that divided Georgia's top court. It found that Hunstein "sided with the government 39 percent more often than did the court as a whole."
A law review study of Georgia death penalty cases from 1998-2003 reached that same conclusion, stating that Hunstein "has one of the most conservative voting records on the bench," having sided with the prosecution in 75 percent of the death penalty cases to come before the court.
Clearly, the charge that Hunstein is somewhere to the left of Teddy Kennedy is a fraud. The real reason she has been targeted is to pack the court with justices who will protect a business when it is sued for such things as product liability, workers' compensation and malpractice. Nonetheless, the Safety and Prosperity Coalition plans to hammer Hunstein as soft on crime by spending $2 million or more against her.
Because the group is an independent committee, it can accept unlimited contributions. It has already collected $50,000 from DaimlerChrysler, $25,000 from the American Insurance Association, and $100,000 from the Georgia Medical Association.
According to forms filed with the state Ethics Commission, the coalition had raised barely $300,000 as of Sept. 30. But in an interview Wednesday, H. ERIC DIAL, the group's chairman, didn't seem discouraged. He has the backing of influential leaders in the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and it's likely that big money will pour into the race late, to minimize public attention to contributors.
Dial described the members of his coalition as "numerous groups interested in civil justice reform who represent hundreds of thousands of Georgians, as well as victims, victims groups and people interested in a more victim-friendly judiciary."
Coalition members interested in "civil justice reform" -- in other words, judges friendlier to corporate interests -- are glaringly apparent.

But I was curious about which victims-rights groups had joined Dial's coalition.
"Oh, multiple groups," Dial said.
I asked for the names of just one or two.
Silence.
"Multiple groups," Dial finally repeated. "I'm not at liberty -- I don't know that they want their names used."
It's hard to know what to make of that. Maybe those groups don't exist. Or maybe they just don't want their names publicly associated with such an effort. I wonder why that would be.
• Jay Bookman is deputy editorial page editor. His column appears Thursdays and Mondays.
Financial supporters
Major contributors to the Safety and Prosperity Coalition, created to oppose re-election of Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carol Hunstein.
Georgia Medical Political Action Committee..$100,000
DaimlerChrysler..............................$50,000
Georgia Hospital Association ................$50,000
Independent Agents of Georgia PAC............$50,000

Eric Dial is a mouth for hire, no different in that respect than a prositute! He only wants this job for his resume. He never comes to town hall meetings and is clueless about the towns needs. He has been to a grand slam total of 3 meetings and left early 2 of those. Ask anyone who goes.

Hey Gordon, In my line of work, I know alot of publishers. Let me know if you need some names for your next blog Novel.

you don't see many things published in crayon these days!

needs a part time job. And Gloria too for that matter. They would fit right in at the High School. Maybe we should send Gordon back since he never graduated!!

or do you just want to hang at the elementary school forever? You are sick, most parents wouldn't do that. But then, grading the papers ..may.. be how your kid gets A s, if indeed they do!

Matilda are you saying that the teachers at Tyrone fix the grades? Are you aware that Gloria's daughter is one of the teachers? I'm sure the faculty at the school wouldn't appreciate you talking about them like that.

women that are there all the time grade some of the papers. Many people talk about how they never leave, not even for lunch. I've never seen that at any other school, ever!

I think you might want to get your facts straight before you accuse people of that kind of stuff. You are doing nothing but making the school look bad and the teachers! Bad move Moron!

Apprently you don't know that it is against the law for a teacher to let parents grade papers. Gosh....Do your homework!!

indeed.

mispelled word.....***apparently***

I sure wish I had the time to hang with my buddies at the school. Sick??? No actually I feel fine today.
Grading papers??? No that's not my job either....I actually write legal documents. Maybe I'll share those with you one day. Teach you a thing or maybe two about the law.
Gosh Matilda....you are so easy to upset. Please try not to get your Blood Pressure so worked up.

The word has been leaked - Dial has been in cahoots w/ Smola & Amos since the before qualifying. Dial is a lying, sneaking, crappy person! If you vote for Dial, you are voting for unaccountable representation and unethical leaders. Dial is subjecting himself to being sued personally. Watch it Eric - we know all your lies, we have run you down and know that you manipulated everyone, all the while you have been running around as Smola's boy - NOLA SMOLA & NO DIALOLA.

VOTE FOR GORDON SHENKLE FOR TOWN COUNCIL POST 2!!
VOTE TRACY YOUNG FOR COUNCIL POST 1!!
VOTE DON REHWALDT FOR MAYOR!!

Bravo. This is the most *sane* post I've read in weeks. Dial is indeed very solid and his friends, supporters and anyone who has ever actually held a conversation with him know this. Those who think this election is already in the bag may be very surprised next week...

EVERYBODY KNOWS IT TOO!! WE KNOW DIAL STOLE THE PETITION AT WAYNE ADAMS' STORE, WE KNOW DIAL HAS TOLD SO MANY LIES THAT HE PROBABLY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THEM. SANITY CHECK IS AN IDIOT - PROBABLY DIAL HIMSELF!!

Wrong on all counts. I sincerely appreciate the compliment, but I'm not Eric, just a supporter. Funny thing, as a Dial supporter, I've yet to call anyone an idiot or personally attack them. Whom is it you support? BTW... you *might* want to be careful of what you publicly (in written form) accuse someone of... but that's just me, the idiot. Eric is not a thief and everyone knows it. But thanks for playing anyway... I appreciate you taking the time to share your infinite wisdom and kind words. See you at the polls genius.

It is obvious you don't know Dial! If you did you would know that he doesn't even know Barry Amos. Lies...what lies, oh the ones you are spreading? Go eat lunch with your Furr burger friends. Pass it on to Gloria too, not to mention religion or the way Mrs Dial and Mrs Smola dress until she calls the 70's back for their fashion style. Please say an extra prayer for these hateful people, they need it. This is not an election to them, it is a competition. Have you noticed that neither Dial nor Jesse, or Smola for that matter, has had one nasty comment to say about their opponents...that says more than anything!

They've got my vote. When a candidate doesn't fall into the mud slinging it speaks volume in numbers. We'll see on November 6th.

and we all know what a fool he made of himself. He made a laughing stock of himself!

It's all about diversity, and cash.

and Young! I heard Swaggert and Tammy Faye and hubby sent Eric and the elementry school bunch their best, and a self addressed envelope for a donation or job offer!

you keep wrapping your self in your Chritianity as you lash out at Gloria Furr. I've not seen her say a single thing on here! "Fur buger"? PLEASE! did you learn that in Sunday school or elementary? 70's style? No one was talking about style here.
"please say an extra prayer for these hateful people"? yeah, you make me laugh. You sound like Tammy Faye Bakker! You evoke God when it makes you look good. Most nice people get on their knees and pray to him.

Nice name change. I never reffered to any personal opinions about Christianity. I was simply responding to your wife's lengthy, religious history lesson. Nice try.

Edie,

Ken & Jesse might hit you below the belt.

Love Ken, but can Jesse spell BELT?

Sure! Jesse can handle the belt as well. But Jesse can also open a can of worms???

How is allowing Steve Brown to pick candidates underhanded? Even you could've picked candidates by writing a letter to the newspaper.

In case you've haven't noticed, Cal was RIGHT. If you think is working for the people, you're crazy.

Gee whiz, shake your head and see if your brain starts working.

Vote Republican

Am I missing something on Haddix? Where in his essays does he say he wants to choke growth? He said he wanted to stick to the comprehensive plan - is that not a good idea??

I will disagree on Sturbaum. I think Mike King will stick to his word. You have to like how he openly confronted the issue about his relationship with Mayor Logsdon and Steve Boone. He wasn't hiding anything.

Cal, in my opinion, is looking for someone who will be a fighter and take a stand. We're shooting blanks with the current guys. Mike King looks to be that fighter.

Vote Republican

Spear road guy you and I think alike most of the time. But, with King you have to look behind the words and see what they really mean. He is cut from the same cloth as "Moe" Boone and "Larry" Logsdon. This is a sham to make sure in case Harman falls by the way side, they will have that 3rd vote. Hang together, drink together, golf together and now vote together. 4 years of "Curly" King is hard to think about.

Vote Republican but not Mike King

You are a funny guy (or gal). You said:

"Last night I had dinner at the tennis center and the consensus was that nobody had really made up their minds except they were not voting for Haddix."

Haddix is for Open Government and Accountability....It shocks you that the Devlopment Authority people don't want him? Haddix is a regular guy that won't be cashing in and if he plays tennis its probably over at Glenloch. He'll ask questions. He's the right guy: he is PTC's Kind of Guy.

Wasn't playing and don't play tennis. You need to get out more. They have a cafe there that has very good food. Best restaurant that has been in there since day one. Go try it. I can appreciate your views on Haddix and to a certain extent you are right. This community IS going to grow though. It will happen now or later. My point was earlier that there seems to be two extremes.

A columnist? As in being paid to write his opinions? Are you serious?

Sorry, Carol, Steve Brown was and still is a factor in Fayette politics. We don't need anymore Tennis Centers or Big Boxes that you were so fond of.

Cal only missed on one. I agree with Brown. Sturbaum deserves a chance over King. King is telling everyone he is tight with Logsdon. He has said "I will take that up with Harold Logsdon. We're good friends." Dude, don't think I would have said that. Logsdon is the worst mayor we have ever had and detractors and supporters of Brown, Lenox and Brown agree. King will not be independent of Logsdon.

Give Sturbaum a chance. He says that our people are a great asset. So what if he has lived only a couple years. We have elected long termers in the past who hosed us so what is the risk ? The worst that will happen is that he will be like the rest who morph into a "gimme more" council member like Plunkett. At least he won't be hanging with Harold and Bernie at the 19th hole.

As to the bonds, you are right Cal: "Stay within our means". But nowadays give people a chance to vote themselves "nice things" and they will do it. Unfortunately this goes for "America's Greatest Generation", too, who voted in the library and will vote in both of these recreational boon doggles. Let's just hope they don't hire the same folks who did the financial oversight at Kenwood Park.

under the current council?

Brown is an idiot, pure and simple.

I don't think so. I think everyone has seen that the loudest voices and people who write the most letters to the Citizen don't seem to stay elected or paid serious attention to. Brown's own neighbors in Planterra even liked aspects of the Kohl's plan. PTC voters are hardly going towards the shrillest sky-is-falling voices for leadership or how to vote.

We'll revisit this right after the election and see what the voters think of it all. Sort of like the last election where the vast majority here was so positive that Brown was going to win and he got blown away.

NUK

Previously I have stated that I supported Mr Logsdon in his mayoral race and at that time the city needed a change. Further, I have stipulated that I have been disappointed with his administration. Harold has created a perception within the Council of "knowing what is best for Peachtree City" in spite of overwhelming opposition.
While it is true that he approached me about running for Council, it was based upon my prior service. I made the decision to run after considerable time and deliberation early one morning backed up in traffic on Hwy 74 in Tyrone. I am not obligated in any way to him nor anyone else, I consider myself an independent thinker who listens well and am willing to give back of my time and efforts to the community that has provided my family the best environment for raising three kids.
I realize that I still need to convince those who believe I am tied to our mayor of my independence. I continue doing just that.
Please feel free to contact me if you will.
Mike King

Look Mike you were there supporting TDK and Harold with the rest of us.

Denying everything that comes through the door is crazy! Some of us feed and clothe a family by working in real estate development. I will admit that Harold is not a great leader, but I'm thinking your approach is going to be much worse.

I don't like the flip-flopping. You're not geniune.

Can anyone tell us where Mr. King stands regarding support to our police department/public service departments?
Rumor mill has it that Mr. King is NOT a fan or supporter of our PTC Police Chief. Does this mean he falls into the same category as Harold and Boone? With the influx in crime in PTC, we need members of Council that will support our police department.

Does a past bad experience will the law of one of Mr. King’s family members have anything to do with his non-support to the police? If so, is there a grudge being held?

Flip-flopping is standard practice nowadays.

Now, also some of us support a family robbing banks, selling dope, cheating, selling junk on TV, loaning money to unemployed people, and a number of legal enterprises.
Just because the general practice (done according to law) is legal, doesn't mean it is all correct.

The Citizen needs a humor section and I can't think of anyone better for it.

NUK