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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Bannister: Will he or won’t he? Apparently he will.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rather elliptical utterances by Charles Bannister about his future political plans have left us feeling a bit mystified lately.
The mystery is now over. We think.
Supporters of the Gwinnett commission chairman have scheduled a fund-raiser for his 2008 re-election campaign. The after-work social with potential contributors is scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Atlanta Marriott-Gwinnett Place hotel on March 20.
During an interview last week, Bannister told us he was running again, then said he wasn’t “in campaign mode” and then said he would announce his plans to seek re-election later this year. That is, he said, unless he decides not to run again.
We asked Bannister if, perhaps, he would best described as an “unannounced candidate” for re-election. He agreed with that.
But he did not agree with our description of the Marriott event as the first fund-raiser of the 2008 Gwinnett campaign. Bannister said he’d already held the first fund-raiser — back in 2005, his first year in office.
For the March event, Bannister said, “we’re raising money to cover future campaign expenses.”
Okay, we’ll take that as a “Yes, I’m running again.”
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Should deputies earn the same as police officers?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Gwinnett grand jury is urging county officials to raise the pay of sheriff’s deputies to match the salaries of officers. Gwinnett deputies make about $2,000 a year less than Gwinnett police officers.
Deputy County Administrator Mike Comer said Tuesday he disagrees with the grand jury because the jobs are different.
What do you think?
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