NO.

If the guy would settle for castration, I’d have no problem leaving him in the post. We don't need his kind reproducing.

Vote Republican

If everyone is debating if this guy should resign after this, give this a minute thought... How about his employees at his two businesses? Does he drug test them? Does he care if they are clean when they are working on your cars? How in the world can he tell them "do as I say, not as I do"? Oh wait! He is a politician! Do you trust him to be in this position to vote on what is "good" for the county? Also, how can you trust that the two businesses he owns and runs are a drug free work place? Do you want your kids in vehicles that he has worked on? Just a little food for thought. I just thought that this was an area that no one seemed to be mentioning. Please note that I am in no way accusing any of his employees of being anything other than hard working people. I am just questioning his ethics as a business man as well as his ethics as a county employee. Someone in the know out there has to know if there is a "zero tolerance" within the county employment. If there isn't there should be. With the unemployment rate as high (pun intended) as it is, businesses in Georgia have the right and the duty to let anyone that violates policy go and replace them with another person. Why can we not do the same thing to him as citizens?

It's doubtful Horgan or any other weed smoking republican would even hold that seat if we had district voting.

....is that of the voters. Let them decide if they want to return him in the next election. Other than that, let the man do his job until then.
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If elected officials had to resign for every traffic ticket they received or mistermeaner they were charged with, we wouldn't have very many left.... especially in Washington (wait, that may be a good thing!!)

But in Fayette County, no, he should not resign.

I'm sure Mr. Beverly was having giggle fits when he heard of this and fell all over himself writing his editorial so someone like Ms. Wells or Mr. Dunn could (hopefully) return to the commission. But that would be worse for this county than anything Mr. Horgan has been charged with.

Many of us have mistakenly allowed our drivers license expire, our car tag expire, etc., so let him pay his fine and forget this.
As far as the "less than one ounce" possession, what's the big deal??

This is a personal issue.

He did noting wrong while carrying out his duties and responsibilities as a Commissioner.

The biggest offense that Commissioner Horgan committed was failing to pay his taxes! As a county commissioner, I find such inexcusable. As far as the marj. poss., I don't think mis. poss. of marj. reflects on his character for truthfulness and veracity. If the crime he was accused of was fraud, or a serious felony, I think his character could be more easily called into question. I understand the marj. was found in his truck, and that he had been smoking in his truck, but we was not charged with DUI. There is no public safety issue when someone smokes pot on their own time, and is not driving under the influence. However, I do believe he should resign. His continued presence on the board will be nothing more than a distraction.

If he is found guility in court, then yes, he should leave (or be fined for an ethics violation).
If he is found innocent in court, then he should be allowed to serve out the rest of his term and let the voters decide if they want him back or not.

He screwed up. Therefore he is a screwup. Although he may be in good company it would be best if he simply went away.

Take the consequences. In this case, get put out of office.

All five of our County Commissioners made the decision to run for public office. When they were elected and took the oath of office, they made the decision to uphold the laws and ethics requirements of the County. Or did they?

I think not. Like I've said before, it takes a whole lot of gall, nerve, and arrogance to stand before the public and blatantly disregard the laws and ethics requirements that everyone else has to uphold. And, that is precisely what Chairman Jack Smith and our other County Commissioners did when they condoned Mr. Horgan's actions.

I have come across a lot of arrogant people in my lifetime, but our Board of Commissioners, as a whole, are beyond arrogant. The decisions they all have made regarding Mr. Horgan's arrest have shown us they have little or no regard for our laws and ethics requirements. If they make the decision to disregard or overlook when one of the Board breaks public laws and ethics requirements, then how can we expect them to make other decisions that in the best interest of this County? Do we really want that kind of decision capability deciding how to spend $115,000,000 of our SPLOST money. Do we really want them deciding to bulldoze homes and property?

I think the citizens of Fayette County deserve better.

It's no big deal that someone smoked a little pot, however, it is illegal (another seperate discussion). If he was impared while driving, he should be dealt with as if he were drinking. As a commissioner, he sets county policies and rules for others to follow. If any county employee is tested at random for drugs / alcohol and if anything is found in their system - they are fired. So what this amounts to is that under our present laws / rules, a person trusted and in a position to enforce these laws & rules on others, broke 2 of these laws / rules. He should be punished just like anyone else, or the next time a county employee smokes a joint and gets tested days later and it is found in their system, just let that person say "I'm Sorry".

Read my response to Cal's blog. (if you want to know my opinion of why he should resign)

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I'm bothered more about Horgan's expired tag than a ridiculously trivial and meaningless wisp of pot. Pay your tag taxes like the rest of us, commissioner. That said, there have been and are politicians throughout Fayette and this general area who have committed much greater offenses towards the greater public good than a guy with a tiny amount of plant material.

No, Do Not resign
Mr. Horgan stay the course.

Come on People. Smoking pot ! Everybody has a skeleton in the closet ! No one is perfect. I think the embarrassment and fine are sufficient. Just remember the next time you make a mistake.

Yes he should go away. Just because he didn't kill anyone doesn't mean that next time will be ok. He should not drive while impaired by anything. Alcohol,pot,drugs or too much caffine. I am sure that pot will be legal during the lifetime I have left, but even if it was legal he should have ask for a ride or called a cab. He broke the law at least twice that day. Possibly 3 times depending on what he said to the officer about making it go away. Any un-elected couty employee would be gone already.

Lets see ,, he didn't kill any one ,, no one got hurt ,, The sheriffs dept kept one more expired tag offender off the streets ,, I feel so much safer now that tis major threat to society is off the streets & his life will probably be ruined !!
How many good people are we going to give criminal records because they smoked a little pot ?? A year of jail time , big fine , lost job !!
I feel so much more secure now knowing law enforcment is checking every possible place to catch someone smoking weed !! If they were doing what they should be , maybe the crime rates would go down instead of up , but smoke that weed and that'll fill up the jails & they can go back to Duncan's for dounuts !!
I feel so much safer now !! Thank you for getting this evil off the streets !!

Nope.

I suspect he'll make that call. The real nifty thing is that I can vote for someone else.
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FOLKS - unless you have led absolutely perfect, blameless lives, you have no business casting stones. He got caught and because he is a public official, it's all over the news. Ever had a traffic ticket? Got caught in a lie, even if a white one? If you have, then hush and be grateful you're not an elected official.

And surely, your kids will not be led to make the wrong choice because of a local official if you've raised them right. Local officials just do not have that much influence over kids' choices. Kids recognize that politicians are human beings unless they've been remiss in reading the paper or watching the news...or living under a rock.

Yes, Robert Horgan should resign. He alone is responsible for his actions. Two questions he should be asked: 1) Who is the dealer from whom he purchased the marijuana? 2) What if he had had an accident and killed or seriously injured someone? Being sorry isn't enough. He is an elected official and did not live up to his responsibilities as a public servant. He is not to be trusted with the public's confidence and he should do the right thing.... resign.

Yes, Horgan should resign. But its clear given his actions at the last meeting, he will not do so. So my suggestion is to call and write Gov.Sonny Perdue office asking him to assign someone look into the matter.

My hope is that the Gov's office will step in, maybe put pressue on Horgan to resign.ITs more than the reason why he was stopped, but that it sems clear from the report Horgan was looking to " work something out " which seems like he was going to use his position in some matter to keep this incident under wraps..