As of 10:00 p.m., FINAL UNOFFICIAL RESULTS with 14 of 14 Banks precincts reporting. Official results will be posted as soon as they become available.
| Banks County BOC Chairman | Votes | | Milton Dalton | 2029 | | Gene Hart | 680 |
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| Banks County BOE Post 4 | Votes | | David Martin | 1233 | | John Williams | 1306 |
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| Banks County Sheriff | Votes | | Charles Chapman | 1494 | | Carlton Speed | 1218 |
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District Attorney
(Banks County results only) | Votes | | Rick Bridgeman | 1083 | | Donna Sikes | 1038 | | Brad Smith | 448 |
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State Senate 50
(Banks County results only) | Votes | | Jim Butterworth | 1013 | | Terry Rogers | 477 | | Nancy Schaefer | 1141 |
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U.S. Congress District 10
(Banks County results only) | Votes | | Paul Broun | 1993 | | Barry Fleming | 581 | | Republican winner to face Democrat candidate, Bobby Saxon, in November election |
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results as putting him on notice. Apparently many BC citizens
are not happy with your administration. Too close for comfort?
Sheriff Chapman - pay attention - make a change.
Hopefully Chapman will read these issues that have been addresses here and evaluate his office. I voted for him, and I feel that he can improve area's within his administration. Why don't you make an appointment with the Sheriff and express your concerns to him and allow him the chance to explain the why's and what for's.
Just for the record - I am educated, born and raised here and I have never been in trouble with the law. I am active supporter of the community by volunteering.
in this county,his first term he had to work his tail off
cleaning up this county after venable lost. his second term
he has spent playing baby sitter to banks county kids.
because parents here think that when kids reach teen
years they are respsoable enough to be sent out with
there buddies .well we were all teens and surely we
havent forgotten what partys and freinds and cars are
all about.bcso doese more than speeders and donuts. our
kids can get just about any thing they want. and most of
it comes from out side of banks county.as far as illeagal
sales go well it realley isnt hard to check up on
what kids do. now i can tell you for afact bcso is doing
more than parking and conversing in parking lots.i just
spent time in court with my child on a alchol related
incident.i my self personally think sometimes our teens
are targets for bcso.and sometimes they could turn there heads
and let some things slide instead of giving a record
at such early age.there again they dont turn their heads.
read your news paper and talk to your kids.because most
speeders are our kids.better to do this than to sit back
and complain i know myself that they are doing there best.
i live in one the county worst areas.and before chapman
took office we were lucky to see a patrol car once a
month.so i feel that the assuming our so isnt doing there
jobs is alot easier, than actualley checking it out.so
in closing wake up banks county,we dont need to sit back
on our tails and complain, because we all have our own
part to play,it is own us as much as it is on chapman
and his office.
For general information Sheriff Chapman,s staff has seized multiple thosands of dollars in illegal drugs and money in the past twenty four months. As a matter of fact they were able to purchase nearly $100,000 of equipment at no expense to the county. As to burglary their solve rate is considerably higher than the national average. Go to some of the metro counties and see if you gat the quality of service that you receive in Banks County.
You are right Sheriif Chapman is old school. He still amintains morales and integrity. He never punches a time clock and cares about people. He is more interested in people than statistics. So for that he is guilty of being old school.
How critical is it to complete the new courthouse structure? Is it worth working on weekends to accomplish this? Are the people of Banks County paying overtime or was it contracted for a certain price regardless of amount of time worked on the structure? The current facility is accomplishing everyday duties and has been for years so what is the rush all of a sudden? Is this for personal gratification of Cowboy Hart and his ten gallon hat to show how much he rode roughshod over the good people of Banks County and that he will continue to do so until Milton Dalton takes over?
Again, I would like to say that I am thankful that we will have a new Chairman of Commissioners for Banks County who has shown in the past that he is willing to work with the people and for the people and his personal gratification will not come from a pumped up ego but rather from knowing at the end of the day he has done what is right for the citizens of Banks County.
Since the 1996 Mr. Chapman has been the sheriff and now since the opponent was not elected everyone has a problem with Mr. Chapman being the sheriff. How funny is that? I'm curious to know did the opponent think he was Bufford Pusser? I also think it's funny when the citizens of Banks County don't think they have to assume responsibility for there stupid actions but put it off on the sheriff. "Nephew Johnny" has a drug problem and "cooking" himself up a little something while his kids are in the house. But the minute Sheriff Chapman come and arrests him, all the family gets ticked and are ready for a new sheriff. Sheriff Chapman has always had "an open door policy", so all of you with these wonderful ideas for changes need to run right on over there and tell him. If everyone liked the sheriff, my guess would be he wasn't doing his job.
No one in my family has been arrested and I certainly do not have that to cloud my views on the current sheriff. I truly believe that he is not capable of continuing to perform the duties for which he was elected. Mr. Speed, I believe, is a better qualified person to lead our law enforcement in Banks County.
It's okay to disagree, but we are each entitled to an opinion. That's what the newspaper had in mind I would think. I have expressed mine.
So therefore, that did not "cloud" my judgement.
The point I was trying to make was this:
1)You can't please all the people all the time.
2)It wouldn't have mattered if Mr. Speed had been elected,
things would have been fine and dandy until the citizens
started to think he wasn't doing his "job".
It's always been that way and always will be.
3)According to the tally of votes only +/- 2000 people
voted, we have a lot more citizens than that. ENCOURAGE
THEM TO REGISTER TO VOTE!!
4)I probably should have used a different phrase other than
"if everyone like the sheriff...", but my point was this:
He should have respect, however he can't be everyone's
"buddy and friend" and still be the sheriff.
We are way past the days of "Mayberry" and "Andy and
Barney". Nothing or no one can totally stop crime,
gangs or drugs. Unless, you paint the jail cells pink,
make the inmates wear pink uniforms, give them only the Weather channel to watch, feed them bread and
water, make them go out and work in the community to save
the taxpayers a little money.
The voters made their choice and regardless of whether we agree or disagree we need to support our sheriff's department in any way we can and if we don't let the sheriff know of suggestions or complaints that we have, how can we be sure he doesn't realize what is going on.
To the best of my knowledge, both Chapman and Speed are good moral Christian men and I applaud them for that. And regardless of who I voted for, it was not a personal issue and not meant to offend either party but rather a choice I made as to who I believed would be the better person for the job.
letter to the editor last weeks edition I know for a
fact that it was true the deputy let a thief in action
leave the premises after this person unloaded the
property he had taken all the deputy asked for was his
name and address. Guess what the man was no longer at
the address given and had been moved for a year. I
guess if you are a criminal then Banks county is the place
for you.
My soapbox - we need a new commissioner. We need one that will find new industry for Banks County to help with our taxes. We need to raise taxes to help our new schools stay updated. Why build new schools then watch them waste away because we can't afford to maintain them. NEW INDUSTRY !!! Not housing developements. The cost to maintain our homes is going up and so does the cost of running our schools. The teachers need to be paid a honest wage for what they have to put up with. Let me add that I do not work in the BC School System. Hart has done nothing to improve this county for four years - Dalton will. If we had half the money that has been spent on Washington trips put into raises for our county employees....What good has come out of these trips besides putting his face in front of our statesmen for his benefit. Hart has shown that it does not bother him to take Banks County tax money and spent it outside the County. He must go. I know it will not be easy for Dalton - but he has a proven track record. Nobody is going to like the Commissioners all of the time, but give us something to be thankful with Hart. The new annex building could have been build beside the current courthouse. Yes, the offices need more room as the county is growing, but surely the cost to clear the lot next door and build it up was a savings over the expenses incurred with moving outside of city limits. Or did the commissioner move the city limit?
Commissioner Hart - what happened to our Animal Control?
First stopping cars is a way to find criminals. 70% of all felony arrests are made through traffic stops. The real problem is that half of the people in Banks county that vote for Chapman are the ones cooking the meth and not being bothered. This is a rogue County with a lot of crime.
The Deputies in this county can not do their jobs because all of your good ol boy politics. Look at all of the federal grants that are out there. The Sheriff has not looked into it for more money since that would leave the federal govt to look at his little operation. I don't think he wants that.
As far as the donuts who cares is someone is eating or where. I only car that they are there all night or day.
In regards to the patrol cars being parked that is hogwash. GSP and all of the other agencies that have a little clue understand that crime is even higher during the economy crisis such as this. This means that they will patrol even more. Ohh by the way. Speed has been from the bottom of the LE ladder to near the top. Only an uneducated person would question what he has done compared to Chapman. You were probably arrested by Speed and now have a personal problem.
Four years from now after your homes have been broken into and you own nothing you will understand. 270 people will move here from Atlanta and they will say, what is up with all of these country folks? They will be right.
I have a hard time supporting 85% of what the Sheriffs office does. I know someone who called Banks County about a GSP chopper over the house. They called to find out what kind of criminal was on the loose. The paper (this paper) had written that the S.O. reported that a UFO had been spotted.