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Whitfield GOP Announcement:

July 2, 2008
Many of you are very familiar with Earl Ball. One of the small few who was involved in the development of the Whitfield County Republican Party and he has been instrumental in building the party over the past decades. He is one of the greatest men of character that Whitfield County/Dalton has ever known and he has been a blessing to all who have had the privilege to know him.
 
I found out this evening that Earl suffered a severe stroke on Wednesday of last week. I went to the hospital and I spoke with his son and he told me, as of Thursday morning, they didn't give him much of a chance to overcome his condition and things had turned for the worse. However, Friday morning things began to turn in his favor and he has been improving over the weekend. He is now alert and speaking, but still very weak. He is currently in Room 2113 at Hamilton Medical Center, but he may be moved as soon as Thursday to begin his rehabilitation. I am not absolutely sure, but I believe his son told me that will be going to Quinton Memorial Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, here in Dalton.
 
Earl has been a blessing to us all. Please keep he and his family in your prayers. If you wish to send cards or flowers, the hospital will forward them if/when he is moved.
 
Thank you.
 

 

 
 
The Whitfield County Republican Party will be hosting a
'Get to Know the Candidates' forum.
 
The forum will take place
Monday, June 2
7:00 p.m.
At Whitfield County Judicial Building, located at 214 W. King Street, Dalton, GA. (Across the street from the Entrance to the Courthouse)
 
The participating Republican candidates who are seeking
the office of Whitfield County Sheriff are
 
Claude Nix and Paul Tipton.
 
The meeting is free and open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.  
 
 
For additional information, please visit our web site at
 


4Whitfield County GOP News
May 11, 2008

Bob Rodriguez announces his intentions to run for Whitfield County Magistrate Judge.
 
Bob Rodriguez, a probation officer with Alternative Probation Services, announced his intentions to run for Magistrate Judge today. Elections for the position of magistrate judge will be held at the same time as the general election in November. Qualifying times for this position will begin on June 23rd, 2008. There are four magistrate judges in Whitfield County. Mr. Rodriguez says he will run for one of those positions, but did not specify as to which one he will be running for.
 
He said he has definitely decided which of the four positions he will run for, but was not prepared to make that known at this time. "I want to build a sense of anticipation and create more excitement for the announcement." The four current judges are Chief Judge Barrett Whittemore, Sidney Baxter, Kaye Cope and Haynes Townsend.
 
Rodriguez came to the Dalton area in 1999 to work as a probation officer for BI Probation services. He began working for Alternative Probation Services in 2001 where he is now the Senior Probation officer as well as the Operations Manager. Rodriguez and his family moved from Conyers Ga. after being offered a position here due to the many Hispanics in the area. "They asked me to come to Dalton to supervise many of the Spanish speaking individuals. I had no idea at the time that there would be this many Hispanics in Northwest Georgia."
 
Rodriguez served 11 years active duty in the United states Air Force and one year in the Air National Guard at Dobbins Air Force Base Marietta Ga. Mr. Rodriguez began his career as a Probation Officer in 1995 with Community Correction Corporation, the leader in Private Probation Services at the time. He recently graduated from the Paralegal program at Dalton State College and has his Paralegal certificate. He also has a Bachelors degree from The University of Maryland.
 
Magistrate court jurisdiction includes: civil claims of $15,000 or less; certain minor criminal offenses; distress warrants and dispossessory writs; county ordinance violations; deposit account fraud (bad checks); preliminary hearings; and summonses, arrest and search warrants. The magistrate court also handles first appearance hearings and sets the bond for incarcerated individuals who are charged with a crime.
 
Bob's goals for the office are; to improve teamwork, improve communications, create a court website, improve training, and to maintain the highest standards of excellence.
 
"If elected, I promise to follow the law, be fair and impartial, and perform all the duties and responsibilities of the office in a professional manner."
 
For more information about Bob and his vision for the Magistrate Court please visit www.electbobjudge.com

 

Qualifying over: large slate of candidates announced - May 4, 2008
24 Republicans

From Staff Reports
Dalton Daily Citizen

Rick Tanner, former executive director of the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center, qualified to run for chairman of the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners as a Republican on Friday, the final day of qualifying, but not without some controversy.

Tanner was out of town and local GOP officials accepted his qualification form based on an affidavit from people on his behalf. They said the qualification is subject to verification by the state party.

Tanner resigned as trade center executive director in March.


Whitfield County

• Board of Commissioners chairman (current chairman Brian Anderson is not seeking re-election): Republican Mike Babb;

• Board of Commissioners District 2 (current commissioner Leo Whaley is not seeking re-election): Republican Harold Brooker; Republican Karen Horne

• Board of Commissioners District 4: Republican Greg Jones (incumbent)

• Sheriff: Democrat Scott Chitwood (incumbent); Republican Claude Nix: Republican Paul Tipton

• School board District 1: Democrat Mitchell Hasty; Republican Thomas Barton; Republican Chuck Oliver (incumbent)

• School board District 3: Republican Gary Brock (incumbent)

• Probate Court judge (current judge Ray Broadrick is not seeking re-election): Republican Sheri Blevins; Republican Michael Raber; Republican Linda White

• Tax commissioner: Democrat Jim Miller; Republican Danny Sane (incumbent)

• Clerk of Superior Court: Democrat Susan Miller; Republican Melica Kendrick (incumbent)

• Coroner: Democrat Bobbie Dixon (incumbent)

• Surveyor: Republican Joseph Evans (incumbent)

Legislature:

• House of Representatives District 3 (incumbent Republican Ron Forster did not qualify): Democrat Ralph Noble; Republican Robert D. “Bob” Jenkins; Republican Brad Scott; Republican Tom Weldon Jr.

• House of Representatives District 4: Republican Roger Williams (incumbent)

• House of Representatives District 5: Republican John Meadows (incumbent)

• House of Representatives District 6: Republican Tom Dickson (incumbent)

• Senate District 54: Republican Don Thomas (incumbent)

Conasauga Judicial Circuit:

• District attorney: Republican Kermit McManus (incumbent)
 
 
  ▪ We meet the first Monday of every month at 7:00
    pm at the Whitfield County Courthouse. You are
    invited to attend and hopefully join and become an
    active member. Read more at
     www.whitfieldgop.org/
 

 
 
 
 
 THE WHITFIELD COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
hosted THE party of the summer with
A PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION
Saturday, July 21
Beginning at 10.00
At The Harry Griffin Park 
 Located on G Vaughn Parkway
In Tunnel Hill
Our Special Guest
Congressman Nathan Deal



Deal: It’s critical we see progress in Iraq.
Click here to read newpaper article
Congressman Deal spoke to the Whitfield County Republican Party
 at Harry Griffin Park on July 21. Forwarded by Chuck Payne
 
We had
FREE
***HOT DOGS ON THE GRILL *** SODAS ON ICE***
 ***COLD WATERMELON***
***MUSIC *** FACE PAINTING***
***ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY***
 

 

Chairman - David Blackburn - 226-3184 blackburn@whitfieldgop.org

1st Vice Chairman - Mike Babb - 673-4425
    mikebabb@whitfieldgop.org
2nd Vice Chairman - Chuck Payne - 278-7026
    payne@whitfieldgop.org
3rd Vice Chairman - Gary Crews - 226-2661 crews@whitfieldgop.org
Secretary - Janet Cochran - 673-5943 cochran@whitfieldgop.org
Assistant Secretary - Judy McNelley - 673-6220
    mcnelley@whitfieldgop.org
Treasurer - Bob Rodriguez -706-270-9400 or 706-673-4620
     bobrodriguez@whitfieldgop.org
Assistant Treasurer - Maegan Burt - 706-275-0888
    burt@whitfieldgop.org

Parliamentarian - David Blevins - 694-2887 blevins@whitfieldgop.org

Past Chairman - Dewey Moss - 278-1769 moss@whitfieldgop.org

Mail Correspondence to:
Whitfield County Republican Party
P.O. Box 1612
Rocky Face, Georgia 3074

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