WantDastardlyBack t1_iw23uhk wrote on November 12, 2022 at 10:26 AM

Reply to comment by maha573 in Franklin County elects a sheriff who is facing a criminal charge by relativevelocity

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.

Badbadluuck t1_iw6395v wrote on November 13, 2022 at 6:06 AM

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.

WantDastardlyBack t1_iw6tgek wrote on November 13, 2022 at 11:59 AM

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.