After praising Valdosta City Councilman Yost for standing up for
the people in his district, even though George sometimes doesn’t
agree with his positions, George Rhynes said:
It is indeed time that we begin to put people on these governing bodies
who gonna represent the best interests of the people.
I don’t care whether you’re black or white, Jew or Gentile,
Protestant or Catholic.
But it is time now for us to stop just putting someone on the council
because they look like us.
We need to put people on the Council and the
County Commissioners
who’s going to stand up as the founding fathers of our Republic.
And I mean the founding fathers of those who put themselves
in the civil rights struggle on the front lines to do what is right.
Then he said Valdosta City Councilman James Wright would
be on George’s radio program,
and he invited all the rest of them to appear on his show,
Magic 95, 950 AM.
Hundreds of protesters from across Georgia descend on Quitman in
Brooks County.
They gathered at area restaurants like the Wiregrass Restaurant &
Bar Friday night. They’re gearing up for a weekend long rally
against what they call voter intimidation.
The “Quitman 12” is the focus of the march Saturday at the Quitman
court house. The 12 include three Brooks County School Board
members, along with nine other defendants who were indicted for
charges of voter fraud.
WCTV quoted George Rhynes, and also:
Latoya Hamilton is a Quitman resident and also a Protester.
“To me, being a small city like this, it’s the first time something
like this is being held in Quitman. It’s an honor being a part of
this. It’s pretty much history in the making,” Hamilton tells
Gullberg.
Appearances are expected by Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Rep. Tyrone
Brooks and many more. Events start Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. The
march starts at 3:00 p.m.
I agree with her and with George, that it’s a historic event.
The Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials (GABEO) is holding
its general meeting in Quitman this weekend in support of the Quitman 10.
The big public event is this afternoon:
3:00 p.m. March for Justice to End Voter Intimidation and Voter Suppression (March from Shumate Street Church of Christ to Brooks County Courthouse)
In this video, George Rhynes interviews Rev. Floyd Rose about
how GABEO heard about the Quitman 10+2.
Rev. Rose also expresses hope that the local media will announce the GABEO meeting.
(The VDT did have a story on it the other day, although it doesn’t seem to be online.)
Amont many other points, he notes that the school board members of the
Quitman 10 were elected mostly by white voters in Brooks County.
3PM today in Quitman: GABEO March for Justice to End Voter Intimidation and Voter Suppression
March for Justice to End Voter Intimidation and Voter Suppression,
Meeting in Quitman to support the Quitman 10+2, Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials (GABEO),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 February 2012.
Videos by George Boston Rhynes for K.V.C.I., the bostongbr on YouTube.
GABEO-Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials to hold annual
conference in Q-town February 24, 25, 26, 2012. We are so THANKFUL that
OTHERS HEAR and UNDERSTAND what happened in BROOKS.
And we would love
to meet you here!!! God bless ALL of you and God will continue to bless
Brooks and America.
GABEO Annual Winter Conference
“Living the Dream – Save the Voting Rights Act”
February 24– 26, 2012
Hosts: “The Quitman 10” A Change Movement!
Headquarters: Shumate Street Church of Christ
301 Shumate Street, Quitman, GA 31643
229-263-8329
On Tuesday, Deal issued his order prior to the Brooks County Board
of Education’s first meeting of 2012. Dr. Nancy Whitfield-Dennard,
Elizabeth Diane Thomas and Linda Faye Troutman were notified of this
suspension at approximately 4:30 p.m., according to sources.
Following the governor’s suspension this week, Brooks County school
board member Brad Shealy, who is also an assistant Southern district
attorney, was appointed to serve as president of the board with
board member Larry Cunningham serving as vice president. Shealy
served many years as the school board president prior to
Whitfield-Dennard being named president last year.
The two local TV stations have an update on the Quitman 10:
the governor has suspended the three who were elected to the Brooks
County School Board.
If the VDT has covered this, I must have missed it.
(OK, I should look at
today’s paper….)
There’s also nothing about this on the
Brooks County School Board website.
Superintendent Debra Folsom got the governor’s order Tuesday
suspending the three board members.
“This is all new territory for us,” said Folsom. “We’re consulting
our attorney to see what the next steps we will take to fill the
positions.”
December 20 a review commission made up of the attorney general and
two school board members from across Georgia were appointed by the
governor to review the case.
“They heard evidence from the prosecution and from the accused and
the conclusion of that they made a determination and forwarded that
to the governor’s office whether to suspend or not to suspend the
three school board members,” said South Georgia District Attorney
Joe Mulholland.
December 30, the review panel unanimously made their decision.
While the Valdosta Daily Times, WCTV, and WALB remain silent
about the Quitman 10,
and all you hear on local TV is
the D.A. giving his opinion of the case,
in faraway Macon Patrick Davis digs into more things we should be hearing.
Brad Shealy, who had been the long-time chairman of the Brooks Board
of Education faced the prospect of being voted out as chairman and
witnessing a majority-black Brooks County Board of Education for the
first time ever.
Shealy lost his position when new leadership was elected in January
2011.
Shealy’s day job is the assistant district attorney under J. David
Miller who originally started the investigation back in the late
summer of 2010.
Excuse me?
The former Brooks County school board chairman works for the D.A.’s office?
And the D.A. is going on TV for pre-trial propaganda in the case?
This is what local TV viewers are hearing and seeing about the Quitman 10.
Somebody tell me, is it appropriate for a district attorney to declare
people guilty before trial?
Local viewers of Fox News on Sunday morning might have seen a
familiar face on their screen, as South Georgia Judicial Circuit
District Attorney Joe Mulholland was interviewed by the national
news station about his prosecution of a voter-fraud case in Brooks
County, Ga.
Mulholland spoke to Fox News newsman Eric Shawn for approximately
four-and-a-half minutes about the case, which involves 12 citizens
charged for allegedly tampering in a July 2010 primary election.
According to the Valdosta Daily Times, school board incumbents Gary
Rentz and Myra Exum were leading in their races, before the absentee
ballots were counted. After those 979 absentee ballots were
tabulated, challengers Linda Troutman and Elizabeth Thomas were able
to overtake the incumbents’ leads and eventually win election in
November.
On Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
arrested
who gonna represent the best interests of the people. I don’t care whether you’re black or white, Jew or Gentile, Protestant or Catholic. But it is time now for us to stop just putting someone on the council because they look like us. We need to put people on the Council and the County Commissioners who’s going to stand up as the founding fathers of our Republic. And I mean the founding fathers of those who put themselves in the civil rights struggle on the front lines to do what is right.
its general meeting in Quitman this weekend in support of the Quitman 10.
The big public event is this afternoon:
Moreover, I have just been notified that the Quitman 10 will be
traveling to Atlanta on Friday
