I have only worked for 1 company that covered from day 1. Most companies have a waiting period (probably your probationary time) before covering. Welcome to the world.

Is that you Peter? Obviously one of Janet's cronies no matter who you are. Cruel, nasty politics when your oponent is in a wheelchair.

I've seen him vote along the land use plan on more than a few occasions. I remember Del-Web being told to hit the road, commercial zoning along hwy 85 near Whitewater being turned down. There were others. You asked why I mentioned "backbone" and that is why. If you can point me to a vote where Dunn was advocating major changes to the land use plan, then I will re-consider my options.

After living for 9 years in Henry County and seeing ZERO leadership on development, living here in Fayette has been a change for the better, much better.

more stupidity than he has backbone. Suing the cities and constitutional officers over issues he had no chance of winning are a perfect example of stupidity.

I've never known Johnson to demonstrate the attitude you suggest, and I have been in Fayette County for 27 years. Every sheriff in Georgia has responsibilities and authority under the state constitution and county commissioners are not allowed to usurp those. The courts have just in the last few weeks reiterated that fact, for the umpteenth time.

Too bad the county attorney can't corral the out of control, asinine chairman and vice-chairman, but that won't be a problem in less than 7 months.

I didn't know Dunn was running against the current Sheriff. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Not a big Greg Dunn fan, except for the fact that he had the sac to stand-up to Randall "I run this here town" Johnson.

So Maxwell is in a wheelchair? Who cares? I've met him several times and came away with the impression that he's not only uninformed, but a jackass too. Wow....great choices here!

what a crock!! You've never encountered Eric Maxwell at all, you posts betray you. No one that knows Maxwell would characterize him as uninformed or a jackass.

You need to know,nuk,that {{{{{edited}}}}} such as that won't hunt with people in the know in this county, or even the dozen or so bloggers here.

Sorry, you'll have to take that crap somewhere else.

:what a crock!! You've never encountered Eric Maxwell at all, you posts :betray you. No one that knows Maxwell would characterize him as :uninformed or a jackass.

I've "encountered" him numerous times.....think ROTARY, duh!

:you need to know,nuk,that {{{{{edited}}}}} such as that won't hunt :with people in the know in this county, or even the dozen or so :bloggers here.

Who are the "people in the know in the county" these days? The gang at Melear's BBQ? Rotary? North Fayette County? PTC? Tyrone? Where are these people? Who are these people?

:Sorry, you'll have to take that crap somewhere else.

Actually, no, I don't "have" to do anything.

NUK

I have found some interesting comments here about various subjects, ie, politics, zoning, land use plans and others. Most bloggers, while not thoroughly knowledgeable about every subject, are well intentioned and simply trying to exchange thoughts and ideas through this forum.

Others blog here with an agendas that are not always worthy. Attempting to discredit others, such as candidates, with half-truths and untruths is a good example.

NUK, who claims to have encountered Eric Maxwell many times,offered his own characterizations of Maxwell which were absolutely not accurate. Others have accused Maxwell of being pro-development with the intention of abandoning the county land use plan, with no evidence to support such suggestions.

On the other hand, some have posted that Dunn, Wells and Pfeifer have squandered hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on lawsuits that were not winnable from the word go. And we now know for a fact that the three of them ordered a "forensic" audit of the sheriff's drug money that turned up virtually nothing, save a 42" T V for training purposes and other such crap, and absolutely nothing illegal or even improper. Recently Dunn intervened in the re-imbursement of a legitimate uniform expense of a county undercover detective because it had been purchased on his wife's credit card. He even went to the newspapers and "outed" the innocent spouse, thus exposing both to possible harm from people in the drug sub-culture arena.

With all the facts that are available, it shouldn't pose much of a problem deciding whom to vote for and whom not. Anyone with their eyes open the last 3 years knows the better choices in this primary and general election.

Gotta agree with Nuk...Even though I seem to recall that he is that guy that would wear that goofy tee shirt to PTC council meetings, I gotta agree with Nuk. These are horrible choices. Dunn took on the Sheriff but accomplished nothing. Maxwell is morally challenged and its pretty obvious what he is going to do if elected- he be taking care of business-- his own. Someone pointed that he has been lavishing other politicians with huge contributions so now its payback time. AS for that other clown that was fooled by him in the PTC court, uh duh--- he's been trawling for votes. Funny thing is, we will look back and say "Oh yeah, thats how we ended up like Clayton County."

I am NOT John Dufresne and I do not wear slogans on my shirts:)

NUK

I am hearing good things about Maxwell, I want to know what you're talking about. Why is he morally challenged? What did he do? Why is it obvious what he will do if elected? I want the facts and please don't use the word be as a verb when you tell me if you expect credibility. Nuk certainly doesn't carry any with the picture he uses. If you know something we need to know I wish you would just tell us. What do you know about Maxwell that we need to know? Tell us straight and don't play games about it. Unless you're a democrat trying to misdirect us, there is no reason to be so criptic.

Local lawyers with local business have too much temptation being in elected positions. Even worse are those who have a bushel full of official hats. It just doesn't make good sense. You need more indepedence.

I want details. I assume you are talking about Maxwell. What hats does he wear? Why so criptic. You posted your response before I posted the question while I was still in the preview mode. Do you work for the paper?

I haven't said anything about the morals of Eric Maxwell, but I'm guessing that the poster who did is referring to a videotape of a local chiropractor and his then-wife that made the rounds through the hands of some people in Rotray, including Maxwell.

First of all if you can't spell Rotary I assume you aren't one.

Some vague video passing thru someones hands is not what I was looking for. That is foolish rumor mongering. You must be associated with his opponent. That's a below-the-belt tactic.

You lost your credibility with that one.

Actually, there IS substance to it and I know for a FACT that it happened. I'm not going to name names of the parties involved-though I suspect several here know exactly what I am talking about-and I don't think it's an issue anyway.

You asked about someone else's comment about Maxwell being *morally-challenged* and I offered the videotape caper as MAYBE what that poster meant. Maybe they didn't mean anything like that, dunno.

I am not "associated" with Greg Dunn, Eric Maxwell or Maxwell House.

Sorry for the typo on Rotary, please forgive me! Next time when you use the term rumor-mongering, remember that's it's hyphenated, lol.

NUK is right about the video and there's some photos for fun too. Frankly who cares. There was nothing illegal, consenting adults, etc. If Rotary gets a kick out of it, great. Probably safer than going to Tinseltown. Lifeinptc--- if your goal is to get Eric nominated for Sainthood, I wouldn't hold my breath. And what do you mean Nuk by the Maxwell House ? The Travis Hous of Trial Lawyers or his house ? Whatever....

It gets back to Nuk's first point. This race is one ugly choice. I agree.

Maxwell House, as in coffee:) Bad joke I guess!

Not sure what you are trying to portray or what your opinion is. Your posts appear to be written as if you were a juvenile, so I'm not so sure anyone takes you seriously!
Maybe you need to go play on "myspace" or "facebook"... duh~

Are you gonna explain your husbands outing of undercover cops and their families? Or will that go unexplained?

Now that you're out of hiding are you gonna explain to us why your husband is outing the identities of the under cover cops and their families?

That's why I'm voting for Donald.

Eric Maxwell had a HUGH luncheon catered by the Varsity today. After seeing the number of people who showed up and who showed up, I smell a victory for Maxwell!

I loved your comment.

For many many years, when he was Justice of the Peace and later magistrate, Kenny Melear would invite all the county's court personnel, cops, and lawyers to his home for a FREE lunch. (It was catered from his BBQ restaurant, of course). Huge crowds showed up.

Maxwell did something very similar on Friday, inviting court personnel and sheriff's deputies over to his home for a FREE lunch. Of course they showed up! But hey, given the sheriff's feud with Dunn, Maxwell had their vote to start with, so he might simply be out the lunch.

You smell a victory for Maxwell, and I smell doughnuts!

Maxwell's own website (www.erickmaxwell.com) shows the event to have been a Law Enforcement Appreciation Luncheon. The pictures of the event on the website show a great many empty seats. Among the people shown one can recognize the sheriff (of course), and other people who seem to be District Attorney Scott Ballard, State Representative Dan Lakly, State Court Judge Fletcher Sams, and municipal court judge pro tem Stephen Ott. A few deputy sheriffs in uniform can also be seen. If there was a huge crowd there, the photographer failed to capture it.

Maxwell might be poorly served by his supporters if they don't stick to the facts. Maxwell can speak out for himself. Let him do it.

If all had been invited Maxwell's luncheon it would have been attended by hundreds more. If the Chief hadn't forbidden it hundreds of firemen alone would have been there.

Dunn has spent 8 years stepping on the little guy. Secretaries have told us he does nothing but ridicule rank and file employees behind our backs. He wants a 25% turnover a year to keep salaries down ignoring the fact that Fayette County residents expect a higher quality of service.

Dunn you've ignored the reality that the 600 employees you've stepped on have wives, parents, brothers and sisters, neighbors and friends which will produce 4000 votes on top of whatever Maxwell draws.

No one knows what Maxwell will be except that he won't be you. Your treatment of employees alone will be the swing vote of your demise. Don't go away mad just...never mind, go away mad we don't care.

I hope the PTC city election and ABB (Anyone But Brown) would teach all a lesson. I don't know what Maxwell stands for or his vision. I do know I spent time in Municipal Court and he seems like a decent fair guy. From what people that know Sam (& family) say, well, I'll let that one go but he won't be getting my vote.

What slime you are.

Dunn is worse. Next time try a harder question.

Janet, your nasty politics is one of the many many reasons we want you and Greg to find a nice cozy place back in New York so Greg can find a place to run for office up there. Your tactics would probably fit right in there.

No one brought up the health problems Greg had last year. How is his health now days? With his immensely unpopular standings around the county it must be terribly stressful on his ego and his heart.

(Note to Greg; You might want to leave Janet out of the next race she doesn't help your cause)

They are the ones that built this community into the special place that we have now. Most of those that served on the plan committees were volunteers and are still involved today. They did not expect anything for themselves except a good place to raise their families and live in peace. We should thank them all. Don't discount their hard work as something from the past. The plan is still good. We need more folks like those involved in the plan.

You are correct. It was intended that way originally. However it (politics) now has become part of our economy---a job if you will---just as has millions of other service jobs that are not necessary. But if we aren't going to make any products we must have SOMETHING to do, don't we. It will be hard to sell.

Agree.

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Keeping it real and to the core of the issue, not the peripherals.

Are you kidding? Dunn was a helicopter pilot. In the Regan White House. A true hero. What is the basis or proof of you dissing him like that?

I met him during the Tet Offensive in 1968 while he was saving me in the jungle by holding me in his arms and running me out of harms way. It was just before he single handedly ended the offensive. He told me while he carried me out that he was only doing the one year stint for extra money and that his day job was a Provost Marshal for an Army prison.

Oh yeah Greg, how's that shrimp boat thing working out for ya?