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Vol. 142, No. 8 - Waynesboro, Ga. 30830 Established in 1882 Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - $1.00
Running for public office
SHELLIE SMITLEY
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Local candidates spoke about why
they are running in the upcoming
elections.
The Nonpartisan General Election
is held in conjunction with the Gen
eral Primary, therefore nonpartisan
races appearing on the ballot on
May 24 will be decided then. The
only contested nonpartisan race is
for Board of Education District One.
County Commission District 4
also has two candidates, but since
the candidates are from different
parties, that race will be decided in
November. The offices of Solicitor
General and Soil and Water Con
servation District Supervisor will
also only appear on the November,
General Election ballot, said Board
of Elections Director Beau Gunn.
Allie Crockett is running unopposed
for Soil and Water Conservation Dis
trict Supervisor. Matthew Franklin
is running unopposed for Solicitor
General.
Commissioner Terri Lodge Kelly
is unopposed on the May ballot.
Jackie Payton and G. Franklin Lane
Jr. are both running unopposed for
BOE seats in Districts 2 and 5 re
spectively. They will be on the May
ballot only.
The Primary election takes place
May 24. The deadline to register
to vote is April 25. Early in-person
voting begins May 2. The Board
of Elections will begin mailing out
absentee ballots April 25.
The race for commissioner in
District Four promises to be friendly.
Republican Tommy Nix has rep
resented the district since a special
election in 2019. He ran against five
opponents last time. This time he
will face Democrat Clinton Bates in
November. Nix
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feels he has done
a good job during PUBLIC OFFICE,
his time on the 13
Business
mascot
leaves
behind
legacy
SHELLIE SMITLEY
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A posh pointer left behind a
legacy of love and loyalty for her
owner.
Casey Lewis was 19 years old
when she adopted a German short-
hair pointer puppy and named her
Cornbread. She took the dog with
her while she attended college at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College in Tifton. Lewis lived
alone off-campus and she origi
nally obtained the dog for com
panionship reasons. Often the ca
nine attended classes with Lewis
and once tagged along during a
Casey Lewis poses with Cornbread in front of the Bird Dog Capital
mural on 6th Street.
field trip. However, Lewis soon
learned that with pet ownership
came responsibility.
“I didn’t really understand what
it meant to have something to
be responsible for,” Lewis said.
“I was a 19-year-old kid and I
thought she would do fun things
with me.”
Lewis also learned that rela
tionships were a two-way street.
Cornbread taught Lewis about
love, compassion and loyalty.
Lewis and Cornbread maintained
a close relationship even after
Lewis married and became a
mother of two children. Eight
years ago, Cornbread gave birth
to 11 puppies. Lewis kept one.
“Cornbread really taught me
how to love
others,” Lew- SEE
is said. POSH POINTER,
Cornbread 12
Mayor Carswell
pleads guilty
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Waynesboro Mayor Gregory Car-
swell pled guilty Tuesday, April 12,
to a felony count of identity fraud, a
felony count of theft by taking and
a felony count of theft by deception.
The state elected not to prosecute
him for a fourth charge, forgery in
the 2nd degree.
As part of his sentence, the Bulloch
County judge ordered Carswell to 10
years probation, $11,920 in restitu
tion, an alcohol and drug assessment
and a $1,000 fine.
Carswell made use
of the State’s First SEE
Offender Act which CARSWELL,
states that upon a 2
The race to sell
liquor begins
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
The Waynesboro City Council will
soon be tasked with deciding who
gets to open a liquor store as people
begin to turn in applications.
As of April 7, the city had received
four applications. According to the
new ordinance the council will ad
dress the applicants’ requests dur
ing a public hearing, separate from
the monthly city council meeting.
However, the applicants must pub
lish their intentions to establish the
liquor stores for 30 days before that
can happen. A public hearing is not
likely to occur before next month,
said City Manager Valerie Kirkland.
According to the applications, Ed
die J. Taylor, Key sville, has ^ ^
applied to open up a liquor
store at 1105 N. Liberty LIQUOR
Street, under the name of 2,
Transforming Vidette to a city of compliance
SHELLIE SMITLEY
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City officials have a new vision
for Vidette that includes a new-and-
improved City Hall and compliance
with Georgia Municipal Association
(GMA) requirements.
“We have not been in compli
ance because we were not aware,”
admitted Councilwoman Monalisa
Pollex. The City of Vidette has hired
Attorney Chris Dube to advise them
at a retainer of $300 per month. “He
said he will walk us through this.”
The first step is working with
Dube to update their city charter,
something that hasn’t been tackled
since 1908.
“We feel really good about that,”
Pollex said. “We want to be the ex
ample of the little town that learned
they were upside down and the little
town that could. We are all going to
get training.”
GMA is a voluntary, non-profit
organization that provides legislative
advocacy, educational, employee
benefit and technical consulting
services to its members. The agency
offers courses through The Harold F.
Holtz Municipal Institute, designed
to help city officials enhance their
knowledge and skills in municipal
related matters.
In addition, Vidette has not always
been compliant when it comes to
state laws.
Now, the city also intends to hold
elections for positions that should
be decided by public
vote.
The City Hall is cur
rently in poor condi
tion. The new vision
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VIDETTE,
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Burke County Board of Elections members and Director Beau Gunn met
with Vidette Mayor Rosemary Baughman and Councilwoman Monalisa
Pollex April 7 to discuss whether the city hall’s current condition makes it
feasible to use it as a polling site in May.