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Only those that vote for Marion Williams can be called dumber than the candidate.
Three candidates for state office who want to help make the laws you live by and two local candidates who want to collect Richmond County taxes failed to meet the deadline for filing campaign contribution reports.
Former Augusta Commissioner Marion Williams, the challenger to incumbent District 22 state Sen. Ed Tarver in next week's Democratic primary, did not meet Tuesday's deadline for filing his report with the State Ethics Commission. Neither did incumbent Georgia House District 123 Rep. Gloria Frazier, who is being challenged in the Democratic primary by A.K. Hasan.
District 121 Rep. Wayne Howard, who has no opposition this year but is still required to file campaign contribution reports, also had not filed his report by the deadline, according to the State Ethics Commission Web site. Mr. Howard did not return a phone call Wednesday seeking comment for this article.
Mr. Williams, however, said he would just have to pay the penalty.
"It ain't like I broke the law to be breaking it," he said.
He contends that if he pays the penalty, no law has been broken.
"If I didn't pay the penalty, I would be breaking the law," he said.
Candidates are required by state law to submit financial disclosure reports by deadlines or pay a $25 penalty. They are, however, allowed a five-day grace period. If the report is 15 days late after the grace period, $50 is added to that penalty, said Rick Thompson, the executive secretary for the state Ethics Commission.
Of the three candidates for tax commissioner, only Tommy Boyles submitted his report on time. Candidate Steven Kendrick turned his report in Wednesday, a day late, after being contacted by The Chronicle . Candidate Sanford Loyd, a CPA, said he had mistakenly thought his staff had completed the report.
"Mine won't make it there until tomorrow morning," he said Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Williams said everybody is going to be surprised at how little money he has collected for his campaign and that most of his signs are cheap cardboard ones that he bought online and that he has to continually replace, but that he will win anyway.
Mr. Tarver, meanwhile, reported contributions totalling $94,616.63, but $35,486.63 of that amount was carried over from the previous reporting period. He listed 133 individual contributions this period. Maximum amounts of $2,000 came from Jimmy Allgood, of Dublin, Ga.; Barry L. Story, of Augusta; and Georgia Bankers Association PAC. Augusta Commissioner Johnny R. Hatney contributed $1,250. Among those contributing $1,000 were Robert L. Allgood; R. Adair Blackwood; Clayton P. Boardman III; Cousins Properties Inc.; Warren A. Daniel; Georgia Association of Educators; Gardnyr Michael Capital Inc.; IIA of Georgia; Sen. Eric Johnson; and Paul S. Simon.
Mr. Hasan reported $14,885 in contributions, $5,965 of that amount from the previous reporting period. Builders PAC of CSRA contributed $1,300 and Southeastern Carpenter Regional Council PAC contributed $2,300.
Mr. Boyles reported $13,146 in contributions, which included a $9,000 loan from his wife, Kathy.
Mr. Kendrick reported $6,427.48 in contributions, $4,177.48 of which were separate contributions of less than $101.
Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylvia.cooper@augustachronicle.com.
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Only those that vote for Marion Williams can be called dumber than the candidate.
That's true. It would be even more difficult to be dumber than any of the other candidates.
and we wonder why,the people who want to be in charge of augusta business have the nerve to be so bold as not even be able to take care of their own busines.
The massacre of the English language is something to aspire along with the logic of Marion William's ethics of what he considers right and wrong...
I guess you can't be named in a criminal ring ( Rep. Gloria Frazier) and have ethics and morals at the same time?
Quote of the year, "It ain't like I broke the law to be breaking it," he said. What a moron. I wonder if he reads the Chronicle and then sees his quotes and thinks to himself, "Dang, I sound retarded".
Deadlines don't have meaning anymore. If you miss a deadline, you can always pay the fine. Of course, if you miss a vote, they won't let you vote the next day. Failure to comply with simple election rules is a great indicator of the performance we'll get if we elect these idiots. The devil is in the details.
If I pay a fine for speeding,does that mean that I didn't break the law in the first place?Seems that Marion Williams is getting dumber,if that's possible..........
Marion Williams .......................... got comedy?
Excuse me, Mr. christian134 (or is it Mrs.?). I believe you used the word aspire incorrectly. Why would one dream of or hope for the massacre of the English language? Americans, in general, are all too accepting of the misuse of our language; just as many of us are all too accepting of the misbehavior of elected political leaders.
All of the above(candidates) are why this area is in such a sad state..........IS THERE NO ONE WITH INTELLEGENCE AND EDUCATION AND CLASS AND MORALS willing to take on the problems of this area?
Its a refection of the INTELLIGENCE AND EDUCATION AND CLASS AND MORALS of the voters.
Amen Junebug, Amen.
Of the 6 candidates, Tommy Boyles is the only one fiscally responsible enough to file his report on time. The other 5 will waste campaign dollars on penalties which could have been avoided.
tall2 (8:15 AM post) made a very good point.
Dear tinajames it was a bit of sarcasm....:-)
The quote that got me was made by Sanford Lloyd, "Mine won't make it there until tomorrow morning." Though it sounds southernly correct, I had to ask myself, 'what is MINE referencing in the sentence?' But, the quotes from Williams were no surprise to me, and shouldn't have been to anyone else.
And they want to manage your money and pass laws for you to obey, hee, hee, hee!
The language is casual, not ignorant. Marion Williams is quite intelligent, but he did not get respect because of his long winded dead horse whippings more than anything. The question is, if Marion did not speak up, why even have a Commission? Why not just make Don Grantham the King of Augusta and be done with all of the differences of opinion?
I don't know Judge, why not. Could it be any worse?
9,000 dollar loan from his wife Kathy? LOL ok.
I am leaving Augusa if the voters in the 22nd District give Marion Williams the majority of the votes. I would be embarrassed for Marion Williams to represent me in Atlanta. Some of us need to wake up and put good and decent people in office. People ,who can work with other people to get things accomplished for the benefit of the electors , our city and state.
ak gets my vote.
Marion does not need to be elected for anything else EVER again, Nor does A.K.
agreed apocolypsienow, A.K. is more than just quailfied for the position, he has the experience to get the things done for all of us here in Augusta not just for one specific race or party. A.K got my vote.
Duh (you are missing an h in that) Its not that he speaks, its how poorly he speaks. He looks sharp,well dressed, very professional, might be very intelligent, but then he opens his mouth and ruins the whole thing.
Please place an X by the candidate of your choice;
Ed Tarver -X
A.K. Hasan - X
Sanford Loyd - X
Tommy Boyles - Not enough tax related experience
Steven Kendrick - NEVER- just wants any kind of position to be with the "in crowd"
Marion Williams - Dumb
&
Gloria Frazier - Dumber
and just remeber...he will probably add all his legal & other misc. fees onto each Rich Cty taxpayers bill. Be on the lookout! Marion is a thief!
hmmh is right, marion is a crook who would steal his mama's dirty underwear.
Po Glo, she gotta go!!!!! AK, the man!
Marion Williams contributions - 50 Dollars he won in a dice game behind the Church!!!!
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