Hall County GOP Chairman Blog

Just when you think it was safe to go back into the water, another whiner shows up.  The “do nothing” crowd is large.  And RINOs charge when threatened.  Unlike in the wild, Hall County RINOs run in heards.

I keep reading about people “saying” and “asking” and “telling” me lots of things in public forum(s).  I read about things “said” and “done” at our own executive committee meetings.  The only problem is:  almost all these things were not actually said, asked, told, or done.  These reports are like a tabloid–all rumor and gossip.  Apparently the sayer, asker, teller, and doer was ashamed or afraid to say, ask, tell, or do anything to my face.  (The lone exception was former GOP Chairman P. Martin Ellard who was upset about the State Court Judge race.  I’ll give Martin his props for being man enough to come to me directly with his concerns.)

For all othe other gripers and carpers (who whine and mutter under their breath from a safe distance) I have the following quote for you:

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

Theodore Roosevelt, “Citizenship in a Republic,”
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Oh and at the top is a picture of what a big set looks like.

Dwight Wood, embattled Hall County Clerk who threw in the towel after revelations that he personally kept over $85,000 in passport fees, has reviewed candidate Jennifer Gibbs’ campaign material (Gibbs’ Flyer) and felt compelled to respond (Dwight Wood’s Press Release).  With a dismal 14% turnout for the primary, there is no way to tell what the effect, if any, Dwight’s last-minute defense will have.

Read The Time Story here—>Hall clerk disputes claim by candidate.

Remember from my earlier blog entry (and at the forum if you were there), there ARE some things at the clerk’s office that  need to be changed, and both remaining candidates have pledged to make those changes.  For example, right now there is NEVER a clerk in the courtroom when court is in session unless they are bringing in a jury or taking a verdict.  In criminal cases, the court administrator had to pay a former clerk to prepare sentences because there was no clerk to do so.  Even after the process was automated.

Don’t forget to vote!  You can vote today if you want to.  But you can’t vote after next Tuesday at 7PM so don’t wait!