By Will Davis
pubhsher@mymcr.net
When is Tapley's 4 years
up?
New Georgia secretary
of state Brad Raffensperger
told a Monroe County au-
votes: 10 ' dience on Tuesday that he
make a decision on the
did nor r eive Monroe-Bibb line dispute
when it reaches his desk
from the Georgia Supreme
what Court.
Raffensperger, who won
Cover Up?votes: 9 : a runoff against Democrat
' John Barrow in December,
; Looks like there is one spoke to the Forsyth-Mon-
~, angry, sad, emotionally roe County Kiwanis Club
' wrecked liberal posting
and met with the Monroe
'~ the same "stuff" on the County Elections Office on
t~ r
vent, Please take you Tuesday.
!i OCD meds! vows: 9 Raffensperger devoted
t"
q Crazy Uncle Joe Biden most of his talktothe
31,000 new voting ma-
has entered the race. chines the state is buying to
The Dems will now replace machines that are
begin to eat their own.
votes: 7 now 17 years old. He said
lawmakers heard testimony
I pick up trash along the from Republicans, Demo-
roadside for free be- crats and election workers
cause of slobs who are around the state, and they
too sorry to find a trash all generally agreed that
can. I dofft charge any- the state should keep using
body anything. You're touch-screen technol-
welcome, votes: 5 ogy familiar to voters. But
unlike the current voting
I'm convinced that most machines, the new ones will
of hiS ve t is written by print out a card that voters
Will. He baits readers will then drop into a box
with liberal/conservative to give better security and
posts and is then forced allow for physical recounts
to argue with himself if necessary, said Raffens-
when nobody takes the perger.
bait. votes: 5 Raffensperger said the
state took bids for the
Point of reference doesn't machines on April 23 and
come into play? Some- will select a vendor soon so
thing may be free to that the machines can be in
the person that receives place before the presidential
it but not to those that primary in nine months.
have to pay for it. You "It's a big lift and we want
understood the words to make sure we get it
want to right" said Raffensperger.
Raffensperger was asked
about losing gubernatorial
. candidate Stacey Abrams'
animal continual complaints that
right
It's
. It's
:" which is to help the dogs
i in your care. (Forget the
cats. We know what
Georgia disenfranchises
voters and daims that's
mhat cost her last year's
election to Gov. Brian
Kemp. Raffensperger said
he welcomes constructive
ideas to improve the voting
system but said Georgia
actually has record voter
enrollment and had record
turnout last year.
i happens to them.) votes:
5
Buice milked the clock in
comp time that was her
pay due upon discharge.
votes: 5
RepOrter
"None of us like to lose"
said Raffensperger. "But
at some point you have to
realize you lost the game
and you might as well get
off the field"
Raffensperger also touted
his effort to allow profes-
sionals with licenses in
other states to use them in
Georgia and vice versa, a
practice called reciprocity.
Raffensperger said as a li-
censed engineer he has that
ability and he wants other
professions that his office
regulates, including nurses,
to be able to do the same.
With county-line sur-
veyor Terry Scarborough
and Rep. Robert Dickey (R-
back to him, which is likely,
he will do his job and make
Musella) in the audience,
Raffensperger said he can't
say much about the long-
time county-line dispute
between Monroe and Bibb
counties. That's because the
issue of whether Raffens-
perger has subpoena power
to make Scarborough
undergo cross-examination
by Bibb County is still
before the state Supreme
Court. However he said if
the court sends the dispute
a decision. Raffensperger
joked that it doesn't mean
he wants to make a deci-
sion, but said he would do
so even if it makes one side
angry.
"My job is to call balls and
strikes;' said Raffensperger.
For his part, Scarborough
offered to help Raffens-
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Raffensperger also noted
he was proud to be ac-
companied by his commu-
nications director, Forsyth
native Tess Hammock.
perger in any way he could
to explain his survey.
New Georgia secretary of
state Brad Raffensperger,
top right, meets Kiwanian
Gary Hiller on Tuesday.
Below, Raffensperger in
front of the courthouse with
his communications director,
Forsyth native Tess Ham-
mock, and the Reporter.
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Hope the city uses the
profits from the drinking
cups to fix potholes and
not on the new city hall.
votes: 4
An unhinged leftist
showed on the Vent
about the same time
Langford retired her
column. Coincidence? Or
just "Russian Collusion"?
votes: 4
Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation (FBI) is changing
to Federal Investigation
Bureau (FIB). They have
been telling judges lots
of fibs. votes: 4
Jason Hi&man is amaz-
ing and Will's writing
was great, too. Con-
gratulations, proud
parents! The Dr. Sandra
Hickman scholarship is a
terrific idea. She was a
true educator, votes: 4
New downtown drink-
ing cup policy is very
racist. Many people of
color have and will be
ticketed for brown bag
drinks while walking
around and whitey will
get off scot free cause
he has proper cup.
votes: 4
People Of color can't
get a proper cup? The
problem with brown
bag drinking is there's
usually a bottle in the
bag that could be used
as a weapon. Safety,
not racism, votes: 3
Did
road crew kill
on the :
you Will.
votes: 3
Former Mayor Jossey dies
Patti Jossey Jr. served as mayor of Forsyth for 12 years,
and the city honored him by dedicating the Paul H. Jossey
Jr. Public Safety Complex, which was completed in 2005,
to him. Jossey served in the Georgia Army National
Guard for 43 years and reached the rank of Brigadier Gen-
eral, with many honors, awards and medals along the way.
Jossey passed away on Sunday, April 28 at the age of 87
after a brief illness. He grew up in Forsyth, graduated from
Mary Persons and attended Gordon College and Mercer
University. He was active in his hometown both before
and after serving as mayor, being a well-known member
of Forsyth United Methodist Church, a charter member
of the Jaycees and attending the Kiwanis Club weekly until
just shortly before his death. His three terms as mayor
were from January 1992- December 2003, between May-
ors Ralph Ogletree and Jimmy Pace.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, April 30 at
Forsvth United Methodist Church. For more information,
see page 6A,
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