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Surfin’
the News
Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539 • St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • ssislander@bellsouth.net
July 14, 2008 Established 1972 Vol 36 Issue 28
State asked to
rule on validity of
County candidate
• Hatch Act violation
in question
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
In a letter to Georgia Sec
retary of State, Karen C. Han
del, Brunswick resident Sandy
Dean has requested that Han
del's office investigate the can
didacy of Richard Strickland
who is running as a Republican
for the Glynn County Commis
sion At Large Post 2 position.
Ms. Dean asked that the sec
retary's office "conduct a thor
ough review of this situation
and that you instruct the Glynn
County Board of Elections to
follow the existing law and to
rule Strickland's candidacy as
terminated due to an improper
qualification due to an ongoing
violation of the Hatch Act."
According to the U.S. Office
of Special Counsel in Wash
ington, D.C. "The Hatch Act
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Candidacy questioned
School board
challenges
political ad
By Matthew J. Permar
At least one candidate for
the Glynn Comity Board of
Education may have trouble
finding a future ally on the
board next year if he gets elect
ed this week.
While hearing a facilities
committee report during their
regular meeting last week,
the Board of Education (BOE)
challenged a statement made
in a newspaper ad paid for by
the “Friends of Jerry Mancil.”
Mancil is the candidate who
is looking to unseat BOE At
Large Post 2 incumbent Lance
Turpin.
According to BOE member
Millard Allen, who chairs the
board’s Facilities Committee,
the offending statement in the
ad was:
“**News Alert** BOE did
not acquire Glynn County
building permits and is not
allowing Glynn County build-
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Political ad
Island Roundabout gets finishing touch
Inspecting the new Live Oaks planted in the Roundabout
last week were: (front row, left to right) Live Oaks
Garden Club members Sandy Dunlap, Jane Johnson,
Patsy Harrison, June Sortwell, Kitty Larkins, and Betty
Lou Schoneker. Joining them were: (back row, left to
right) Glynn County Commissioner Uli Keller (Dist. 2), Sea
Island Co. landscape architect Bill Edenfield, County
Tree Advisory Board acting-chairman Roger Steffens,
SSI Land Trust business manager Susan Crawley and
garden club member Peg Shorey. Islander staff photo
Live Oaks Garden Club and St. Simons
Land Trust fund Roundabout landscaping
St. Simons residents had
a little shock last Wednes
day during their morning
commute when, overnight,
three large live oaks magi
cally sprang up in the center
of the Demere/Frederica Road
roundabout.
The three, 25 ft. trees are a
gift from the Live Oaks Garden
Club of St. Simons Island. The
garden club donated $35,000
for the trees from money they
have made over the years sell
ing poinsettias at Christmas.
The St. Simons Island Land
Trust agreed to match the gar
den club donation, according to
Trust Executive Director Russ
Marane, with funds raised to
finish the roundabout land
scaping.
Glynn County had included
about $20,000 in the project’s
road construction budget, but
it was mainly for grassing, so
the garden club and land trust
agreed to chip in and finish Beginning about 11:30 Tuesday night July 8, a landscape
the job. installation crew from the Sea Island Co. planted three 25
The Sea Island Co. did their ft. Live Oak trees in the center of the Demere Rd./Frederica
Turn to Page 2 Rd. roundabout on St. Simons.
Roundabout Oaks Photo by and courtesy of Meredith Trawick
