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First of three GOP forums tonight; Farm Bureau also hosting political event

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Susan Norman

in County Government Archives, Top Stories & Breaking News

Monday, June 25. 2012

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The first of three Barrow County Republican Party forums for candidates in the party’s contested July 31 primaries is tonight at 7 at the Colleen O. Williams Theater in the Winder Cultural Arts Center.

Candidates tonight will include 10th U.S. District Rep. Paul Broun and those in the races for Georgia House District 114, Georgia Senate District 47, District 2 and District 3 of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners, the At-Large District 8 of the Barrow County Board of Education, and Chief Magistrate.

The GOP's second forum will be at 7 p.m. Monday, July 9, at Bramlett Elementary School near Auburn. The third will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in the auditorium of Statham Elementary School.

Incumbent Republican sheriff Jud Smith and former Braselton mayor Patricia Graham, who is running unopposed for BOC chairman, also will participate in all three GOP forums.

The Barrow County Democratic Party has not scheduled any forums prior to the July 31 primaries, since it has no contested primary races, but candidates from both parties are being invited to participate in an upcoming meet-the-candidates event by the local office of the Georgia Farm Bureau.

Chuck Steele, chairman of the bureau's legislative committee, said the event will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at the Winder Community Center. Each candidate will have three minutes to speak. The moderator will be from outside the county.

All candidate forums, regardless of sponsor, are free and open to the public.

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#1 wonder on 06/25/12 at 08:30 PM [Reply]

if Sheriff Judd will brag how he justed asked for more money for fuel and maint for the take home cars.... wonder when the deputies gonna stop picking thier kids up from school and school events? wonder if the cars will ever be required to stay in the county or at least in the ajoining county?

#1.1 stop crying on 06/26/12 at 07:39 AM [Reply]

please stop crying and please stop stalking. Time to move on

#1.1.1 I agree on 06/26/12 at 08:03 AM [Reply]

Stop repeating yourself over and over. Find another forum or blog to be a thorn. Please and Thank you!

#1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 06/26/12 at 08:17 AM [Reply]

Who made you the editor-in-boss of who can blog and what can be said?

#1.1.1.1.1 still crying on 06/26/12 at 02:28 PM [Reply]

nobody said you couldn't. Try reading with your head upright. your topic is boring, you have relationship issues, and nobody cares anymore. you didn't think we could figure you out, did you?

#1.1.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 06/26/12 at 04:13 PM [Reply]

"Stalking" is a wild exaggeration for a blog post. Try looking up a definition, if you can. Anybody that thinks it's a victory to "figure out" someone in this venue has way too much time on his hands. And is deluded to boot.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.1 r u sensitive? on 06/27/12 at 09:26 AM [Reply]

ouch! must have hit a nerve. it didn't take long at all. Nobody claimed any victory. It is what it is! I'm glad you know the definition of your actions. You are a has been and a never was. Nobody cares anymore, it's a tired topic.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 06/27/12 at 10:05 AM [Reply]

Are you really so ignorant that you believe that every anonymous or pseudonymous post is from the same person?

#1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 ouch on 06/27/12 at 10:17 AM [Reply]

who cares what you think. your topic is old and tired. Find a fresh topic, and i might just agree. You may have a legitimate gripe, but it's old and pointless and you obviously are too close to the topic!

#2 Anonymous on 06/25/12 at 08:44 PM [Reply]

District 2, District 3 but No Lampp / Goodman district 1? What's going in the county's back room?

#3 sorry its me again on 06/25/12 at 09:10 PM [Reply]

I find it so hypocritical that Scott Vickery and Steve Worley have made strict code enforcement a main part of there platform.

Did either of you see the Republican party banner behind you?

The second credo of the party is "Less Government Involvement"...

"Got to get everyone in line... all the way to the Judge" Worley

"Got to keep those businesses in there place..." Vickery

You just gave the County Attorney $200,000.00 on a short fall budget...

Just who are you going to run off at the County's expense?

#4 well on 06/25/12 at 09:50 PM [Reply]

this must be reformed dem republicans, the ones that just use govt to stop others from doing stuff, otherwise none of thier business

#5 Odins Eye on 06/26/12 at 07:40 AM [Reply]

Surround the building, arrest everyone inside and throw them in prison.
Then do the same to the democrats, then the bankers and laweyrs next.
Time to take back the country from the nefarious scum that claim to have the best interest of the people at heart.

Power belongs to the people.

-Hropt

#6 DuWayne R. Anderson on 06/26/12 at 09:21 AM [Reply]

Congratulations to Ken Young and The Barrow County Republican party for sponsoring this important event. No matter which candidate you support, each was given a fair opportunity to make their pitch to the voters of Barrow County. Well done!
DuWayne Anderson
Winder, GA

#7 Steve on 06/26/12 at 10:23 AM [Reply]

DuWayne ... nobody cares what you think.

#7.1 NotADimesDifference on 06/26/12 at 11:49 AM [Reply]

Please, Get some focus...

The fall of the Roman empire was proceeded by the fact that the mob learned it did not have to work for a living...

It just had to vote for more money from the government.

Just in kind, we have professional government bureaucrats running the county government. While, they may not be writing their own pay checks yet... They are serving their own interest first before the county's.

They are running as Republicans because this is a one party town.

What does it say about the Party when it controls all the candidates for office, yet does not stand up for its basic principals.

The measure of a man is in his actions not his words...

So, to the county's Republican party.

#8 Anonymous on 06/26/12 at 11:52 AM [Reply]

No doubt there was plenty of talk about keeping women and minorities in their place.

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