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Local Commissioners Work to Keep Conservatives Off Police Oversight Committee
WGAU.com ^ | 04/26/20222 | Tim Bryant

Posted on 04/27/2022 8:02:27 PM PDT by CFW

Athens-Clarke County Commissioners convene an afternoon session, meeting virtually to interview candidates to fill vacancies on various Athens-Clarke County boards and authorities: today’s interview meetings begin at 3 o’clock.

There is controversy over the Police Oversight Board and its recent appointments, with text messages between Commissioners Mariah Parker and Tim Denson that appear to show an organized effort to keep candidates considered conservatives off the newly formed board.

(Excerpt) Read more at wgauradio.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: anticonservative; athens; georgia; liberals; oversightboard; police
Local Georgia county commissioners conspired together to make sure no conservatives were on the Police Oversight Board. Go to the link to read their text messages as their conspired together.
1 posted on 04/27/2022 8:02:27 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

You can assume a college town government will be filled with hard Leftists, unless the college is Hillsdale.


2 posted on 04/27/2022 8:03:54 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: CFW

Link is dead.


3 posted on 04/27/2022 8:07:01 PM PDT by Dacula
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https://www.wgauradio.com/news/local/commissioners-work-keep-conservatives-off-athens-police-oversight-board/MLJC3LBQXVBKVF4FUMYF3BNSGI/


4 posted on 04/27/2022 8:08:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Thank you!


5 posted on 04/27/2022 8:09:10 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: CFW

404


6 posted on 04/27/2022 8:10:00 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Dacula

https://www.wgauradio.com/news/local/commissioners-work-keep-conservatives-off-athens-police-oversight-board/MLJC3LBQXVBKVF4FUMYF3BNSGI/


7 posted on 04/27/2022 8:13:46 PM PDT by CFW
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To: Dacula

Thanks for letting me know. I tried again to insert the correct link in a later post. I hope it works. The article was actually on several Georgia state news sites earlier today, but it is strange, that the article is no longer on the front page of those same sites. It’s as if those sites posted it for a couple of hours, and then figured that was enough, so it is no longer “above the fold” so to speak.


8 posted on 04/27/2022 8:20:12 PM PDT by CFW
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To: FreedomPoster

If you read the messages between the county commissioners, you can see how they do it. They coordinate to make sure conservatives are given no rating when it comes to appointment decisions. Therefore, only progressives are appointed to committees such as a Citizen’s Police Oversight Board.


9 posted on 04/27/2022 8:27:21 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Worries. TY!


10 posted on 04/27/2022 8:28:04 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: CFW

I also got the 404 and found the story here:

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2583617946128/commissioners-worked-to-keep-conservatives-off-athens-police-oversight-board


11 posted on 04/27/2022 8:59:22 PM PDT by siunevada (If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
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To: CFW
Why would they do this?

🤔

12 posted on 04/27/2022 9:02:48 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: siunevada

Thanks for the link correction. The text messages show that those commissioners should have no input on the Board appointments.


13 posted on 04/27/2022 9:03:28 PM PDT by CFW
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To: Pajamajan

I am not sure why they would do this, but the results are usually disastrous.


14 posted on 04/27/2022 9:16:28 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( "The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell.)
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