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MarkVII88 t1_ivzqqun wrote

Keep it classy Franklin County!

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maha573 t1_iw0cruj wrote

Let’s be fair here, two write in candidates ended up running once the news came out, and gathered thousands of votes combined. What likely happened was that voters unaware of the situation saw one name on the ballot and just checked it off. Not many people here are happy with the situation…

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WantDastardlyBack t1_iw23uhk wrote

Exactly. I knew who to write-in from reading the news and doing my own research, but I know so many others who didn't even know he'd been charged or that there were other options.

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Badbadluuck t1_iw6395v wrote

I didn’t know anything about it. I was filling out my ballot and I said to my partner casually, there is only one sheriff to vote for.

The only reason I brought it up is because Georgia stopped paying the sheriffs office.

Anyway, that’s the only reason I knew about this scumbag. I took some time and did some due diligence after that. I guess you never know if you don’t know.

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WantDastardlyBack t1_iw6tgek wrote

Georgia didn't stop paying as much as Langevin decided to cancel the four-year contract ten months early when the town wouldn't agree to pay him more than the contracted amount. It left the town in the lurch and Milton offered to step in for the rate the town had budgeted.

I get he didn't like the contract a prior administration had created, but it was a signed contract and if a bank suddenly came in at year four of a five-year car loan contract and said they don't feel the amount is favorable anymore and wanted 35% extra each month for the remaining year, there's no way anyone would accept it.

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MarkVII88 t1_iw0pqwo wrote

I just figured that a large number of people that voted in favor of this candidate had taken his dishing-out of beat-downs on people in custody as a good thing. Hardly anything surprises me anymore.

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