I will be there and ask Dave Richard why did you call us here at Mr.Swiss "yahoos"? and Why are you so caught up on protecting Gary Smith and no audit capacity of our voting machines?

Rictchie "Yahoo" Thompson

If theseare these are the candidates for District 4, then why aren't you holding this "meeting" in that District? Why do I have to travel to the south end of the county to "meet" the candidates from my north district? If they want to compete for my vote, then they should be in this area. Wake up, candidates... remember you work FOR us..

Dave, the reason the "meet the candiates" is being held at Bridle Ridge is because "Smartgrowth" has become a powerful political influence in Forsyth County. Mike Busse who is actually running for the seat in that district said, he believes too many decisions are being made due the influence of special interest groups. I'm hoping Patrick Bell and Jon Flack will represent all of Forsyth County. The other commissioners have jumped through hoops to accomodate special interest groups.

Ritchie, I can answer that question for you. Dave Richard called you and the others who eat breakfast at Mr. Swiss Yahoos because he considers you stupid, Georgia rednecks who no longer have a voice in what happens to the county that you were born and raised in and established your businesses in and rasied your families in.

Also, as far as they are concerned the landowners in Forsyth County have no rights whatsoever.

I am voting ABCD (anything but commissioner david)

Mr Richard's brand of 'life is hard, where a helmet' politics needs to go!

Well, let's just see how far David Richard's calling people yahoos, drooling embiciles, idiots and so forth gets him in the next elections.

Barak Obama seemed to pull out of the Reverend Wright contravery, but I don't think he'll survive this last one. He said to an elitist group of billionaires in San Fransisco that small town Pennsylvanians cling to their guns and religion out of bitterness. The statement was not meant to be made public. So, now we know how the snob really feels about people who have losts their jobs.

Of course, David Richard has made no secret of how he feels about us.

Mr. Richard has called me an idiot more than once and other choice words I don't take kindly to any elected official calling me names or dragging me through the mud for no reason. He does not deserve my vote in my opinion. He does not behave like a statesman and he has turned on many people, not just me. His attitude is sickening in my opinion. And yes, I am entitled to my opinion. His brand of politics is very unprofessional and discourteous. The people are not stupid and he must stop assuming he is smarter than everyone else.

Documents speak louder than opinions:

Admin

Subject: RE: An example of what happens.... Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:32:08 -0500 From: DWRichard@forsythco.com To: [edited]@hotmail.com

Sorry, but my compassion extends only to my personal life, not to my governmental life, which is why I have three dogs (two of whom were rescued from certain death at animal shelters that were ready to euthanize them if we didn't adopt them) and one who was abandoned by their owner. But mine is a private sector solution that doesn't force people to do things they do not want, or cannot afford to do. I do not believe in a nanny-state for people, which certainly would not extend to animals.

And since I don't believe in a life after death, nor of penance, I am not worried about being chained.

• • Dave Richard

From: [edited]@holmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 29,20083:41 PM To: Richard, David W. Subject: RE: An example of what happens....

No, compassion has no place in the hearts and minds of callous human beings like you. I hope you serve your penance as a chained dog.

Subject: RE: An example of what happens.... Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:34: 18 -0500 From: DWRichard@forsythco.com To: [edited]@hotmail.com

No argument is weak when it defends the principles of the U.S. Constitution. My argument says that laws should be limited, not nonexistent. You should know that I disagree with forcing adults to wear seat belts as well.

And don't you dare call my reasons corrupt without proof of the same. You know nothing about what is happening in Forsyth County, or with me, as proved by your e-mail response to me. Compassion has no place in government.

• • Dave Richard

This SmartGrowth hosted "Meet 'n Greet" happens down here in South County District 2 because ALL of our Forsyth County Commissioners are elected "At Large", dispite representing their particular sub-district region. We happen to have it together well enough to host such an event that they'll attend if invited...Actually, they attend anyway because this group of concerned citizens notoriously seek to work with their local government about issues of importance to not only them, but others well throughout the entire county. Forsyth County is a bit spread-out...A great reason therefore exists for THE OTHER FOUR Sub-Region Districs to organize themselves as SmartGrowth has done, and not only in the interests of their own district, but the County as a whole too. Your argument here impliess that this "Candidates Night" in District 2 is for their own "District" interests...(IMHO) Perhaps your not completely incorrect, however, I invite YOU to host your own in your neck-of-the-woods for that reason no less...Where I can civilly attend in My interests just as you may here in District 2. There's still plenty of time between now and the election, and the more opportunity the candidates have to present their platforms, the better decision we'll ALL hopefully make for choosing that "Smart" representative come election day.

Jack,

There are others in Forsyth County who speak out but they don't get the same response as Smartgrowth. I received a letter through the mail from a private citizen mailed at his own expense about a thing called the "Etowah Habitat Conservation Plan," about a year or so ago. The HCP for short, is to protect a small fish called the Etowah Darter. I had never heard tell of the HCP until I received the letter even though Comm. Laughinghouse had been serving on the steeing committee for a couple of years or so. A townhall meeting was planned by Commissioner Linda Ledbetter. The Admin. bldg. meeting room was packed with concerned citizens from the northern district (David Richard's district) as well other parts of Forsyth County. People were asking questions and trying to get answers. They wondered why they didn't know about it.

The HCP could have a large economic impact on the property owners in NW Forsyth County and extend even farther and cause more problems for Georgia's Water supply to protect another silly endangered species of fish that very few people ever see or care to see.

Did David Richard attend the HCP townhall meeting? NO. He attended a Smartgrowth meeting in South Forsyth instead. Why couldn't he show a little more respect for the district he supposedly represents?

However, he voted NO to the HCP. I haven't heard any more about the HCP since that time.

I'm opposed to Federal, local and state governments using inverse condemnation for conservation on the backs of private landowners without compensation.

Bush Proposes Sale of National Forest Lands

The Bush administration’s FY 2007 federal budget includes a proposal to sell off over 300,000 acres of National Forest land and other public land managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Hoping to increase revenues, the White House projects raising over $1 billion from the sale of National Forest and BLM public land from California to West Virginia. The Forest Service has released this draft list of lands proposed for sale, and expects to publish a final list in the Federal Register by the end of February. Congress will begin consideration of the President's FY 2007 Budget Proposal this spring.

As you might guess, the proposed land sale has generated heated criticism from environmental interest groups and outdoor enthusiasts. “The Bush administration's proposal to auction off National Forest and other lands is shameful,” said the Sierra Club’s Executive Director Carl Pope in a press release. “These lands not only belong to you and me, but they also belong to future generations, and they should not be sold off to the highest bidder for development. And there is no reason why the world's biggest economic power should have to sell off parkland to make ends meet.”

GEORGIA:

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest: WALKER COUNTY 158.12 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest WALKER COUNTY 11.76 acre Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest FLOYD COUNTY: 154.18 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest CHATTOOGA COUNTY 90.25 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest FLOYD COUNTY 147.42 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest WALKER COUNTY: 236.49 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest WALKER COUNTY I 9.29 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest FLOYD COUNTY 81.92 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest FLOYD COUNTY 127.46 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest FLOYD COUNTY 163.98 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest CHATTOOGA COUNTY: 13.52 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest FLOYD COUNTY: 151.26 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest WALKER COUNTY: 130.92 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest WALKER COUNTY: 98.23 acres Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest TOWNS C-1094 0.03 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest UNION C-1094 98.99 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest GILMER C-1817g 143.96 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest GILMER C-1817y 218.74 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest MURRAY C-1817y 1.85 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest MURRAY C-1817z 129.94 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest TOWNS C-998 66.4 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest FANNIN G-237 117.07 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest TOWNS G-57Ar 242.2 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest TOWNS G-57As 196.16 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest UNION G-57Ay 143.62 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest RABUN N-1026 40.53 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest RABUN N-1439a 77.27 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest HABERSHAM N-1451 151.09 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest RABUN N-968 418.27 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest OGLETHORPE R-160 139.55 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest GREENE R-87 145.05 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest RABUN S-485d 252.08 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest PUTNAM U-431 88.34 Georgia 8 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest PUTNAM U-58 177.02 Total Acres for Georgia: 4,523

Is there an online candidate calendar dedicated to listing all of the candidate forum dates/times/locations?

Today I found out there are 17 Forsyth County Offices up for re-election during the General Primary (July 15th).

Offices include: Commissioners. Sheriff, District Attorney, Judges, Coroner, & School Board Members.

It would be an amazing gift to Forsyth County if an online calendar could be continuously updated to provide voters an opportunity to attend candidate forums.

Cindy there are 3 school board seats up for election. You can join forsyth hero at www.forsythhero.org regarding the school board elections. People need to step up and put their hat in the ring now. The deadline is supposedly in April for intent to run for school board candidates. District 3, district 4 and district 5 are up. You have to reside in the district you run in, but the entire populace of the county gets to vote on the candidate.

We have 3 seats up and we have a great opportunity to make a change in 2008. consider running. I don't live in any of the districts that are up for election.....But join Forsyth Hero regarding the school board elections

So much idiocy, dis-information and lies. This will take much effort to answer, but I'll try to take you each in order.

Ritchie, You're not ALL yahoos, just the ones who will listen to rumors, take them as fact without trying to find the REAL answers, and post them on the internet.

Dave Gattis, Smart Growth, while working towards representing all areas of Forsyth County, has a vast majority of their members in the south part of the county. Hence, they meet in the south part of the county. Since commissioners are elected county-wide, they get to vote on us just as much as District 4 voters do. They are also active, and don't just sit around complaining on the internet about things - they get involved. They deserve our attention.

Lynn, If you paid more attention to what actually goes on in this county instead of sitting at home whining, you'd know that I have voted AGAINST many homeowner groups during my tenure on the board. But that would require you to know something.

anon, Let me know when you can get past the letter "D" in the alphabet, would you?

tired of the same old same old, Try Spelling 101. WEAR a helmet, not WHERE a helmet.

Terry Baradine, You ARE an idiot. I am not smarter than everyone else, I'm just smarter than YOU.

David Milum, You will forever be an 0-fer, as in 0-fer everything in your life. Try going to night school to learn the English language. And stop wasting the taxpayer's money on ORRs that produce no results, but cost a lot of the money for attorney's fees you complain about. YOU are the problem here, Mr. Milum, not the county nor it's attorneys.

Lynn (again), I was the vote that killed the HCP for the moment. I stated my reasons for doing so in open meeting and on my website. I don't have to listen to people complain in ignorance (watch the video) to know what is right or what is wrong. My actions (and votes) sort of flies in the face of your contention that this commission doesn't care about property owners, but why let facts get in the way of a good whine, right? I had also made a commitment to the folks at Smart Growth long before Comm. Ledbetter scheduled the town hall meeting. I keep my word.

Cindy, Please, please, don't make the mistake of following Terry Baradine's advice (except for joining HERO if you are interested in the school system - good group). She doesn't even know you, doesn't know what you are interested in, and just suggested to you to run for a seat on the school board. How nuts is that?

Did I miss anyone?

Never mind; you'll just complain anyway.

Dave, you kill me.

But, keep it up this is fun. I've been living in this county much longer than you have and I know a lot more about it than you do. Acutally, haven't I told you that I sit here even as we speak on land that has been on my father's side of the family since before Forsyth County was Forsyth County. It was passed down to him from his father and to his father from his father and to him father from his father and so on and finally to me. So stop whining because I know more about it than you do. I'm sick of you yankees. You're just jealous of my Royal heritage.

Dave,

Next time your across the pond, come visit our lovely little tourist town:

The historic Dorset town of Poole is a popular tourist destination, attracting visitors with its history, museums, art galleries and aquarium. Also, the nearest hospital with an A&E department is Poole General Hospital.

Poole is situated on the shores of the English Channel, in the ceremonial county of Dorset. The town has a population of 141,128 and is part of the South East Dorset conurbation. Poole is famed for its large natural harbour, claimed to be the second largest in the world.

Maritime trade has a long history within the town, reaching its apex when the town was granted exclusive rights to fish off Newfoundland by Queen Victoria in the 19th century.[2] During the Second World War the town was one of the central departing points for the D-Day landings of the Normandy Invasions.[3]

The town is one of the principal centres of sailing and yachting in the United Kingdom. Poole is home to the headquarters of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and the luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker. The Special Boat Service (SBS) also operate out of the harbour.[4]

During the summer months the town serves a large number of tourists who visit the waterfront, the town centre and the nearby Sandbanks beach and Brownsea Island. Other prominent employers in Poole include the Bank of New York Mellon, Hamworthy Engineering, Poole Packaging, Penske Cars, Ryvita, cosmetics company Lush, and the clothing company, Animal.

The town is also home to Bournemouth University, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (despite their names). Poole is also famous for the speedway team, the Poole Pirates at Poole Stadium. (Also referred to as Poole Speedway)

Contents [hide] 1 Geography 2 Harbour and Quay 3 History 3.1 Early History 3.2 11th to 18th centuries 3.3 19th and 20th centuries 3.4 Poole Today 3.5 Coat of Arms and St James 4 Economy 5 Culture, recreation, and entertainment 5.1 The Lighthouse 5.2 Poole Park 5.3 Poole Museum 6 Transport 6.1 Bus and Coach 6.2 Rail 6.3 Ferry 7 Schools 8 Population 9 Notable people and former residents 10 Places of interest 11 Gallery 12 Twin Towns 13 External links 14 References

Oh and Dave, I ain't buying the part about "I keep my word" being the reason you attended the monthly smartgrowth meeting that you always attend that you by the way get handsomely paid for...for what? a one hour meeting? Instead of attending a one-time HCP meeting for the residents in your own district.

Have you ever heard of calling up smartgrowth and telling them, "I'm sorry, I can't attend this month's regular meeting because another meeting that I should attend has been scheduled for that night." NO, you're planning to get the largest number of votes in South Forsyth Dave, we aint' stupid.

Lynn,

Continue to wallow in ignorance. It suits you just fine.

Bottom line, I've voted against homeowners groups, I voted for property owners, I've kept my word, and you can't say anything that will make that no so.

These are the facts, and they have never been on your side of any argument.

Yeah Right Dave, keep wallowing in your pitiful hog pen. You are so caught up in your own self-adoration that you don't know that people can see right through you. I think you actually believe what you say, because you've been doing it so long you've lost touch with reality.

Commish, is the county very close in taking over the water intake from the city like you said at the meeting? This is huge news!

I say there Dave Richard, what would this election be without your rich contributions to it such as;

“And since I don't believe in a life after death. nor of penance, I am not worried about being chained.”

“Compassion has no place in government”.

“even a cute little cuddly fuzzbalilike me”

“He is rather pig-headed in that regard”

“Remember that even if he did make those stupid comments, he did vote for you. Only the idiot from District 5 didn't, and her vote actually doesn't count much anymore”.

“And since I am not planning on being caught in bed with a live boy or a dead girl anytime soon, I am relatively confident that I will be continuing to menace the city of Cumming for years to come”.

“We have insulated you from the wicked witch down the hall, and have put you in a position that could mean big things for us, and for you in the future”.

“And that I hope that I will know about anything regarding you in advance so that there will be no surprises from us”.

“Bottom line: I you can't get past [edited] being an insensitive boob, then your only course of action is to leave. Otherwise, please stay and let's have some fun for the next few years stirrin' the puddin'! - - Me”

All these wonderful statements from who else but the person who insults his constituents by calling them drooling imbeciles, Yahoos, idiots, fools, sleaze-masters, slim balls, and the like. Every one of these gems coming form the fingertips of none other than Commissioner David Richard through Open Records Requests that you seem to hate so badly Commissioner. And Lynn, I keep forgettin’ about that air breather thing he called you...what was that again?

Answer Chris' question Dave. What exactly does that mean? Has the City agreed to a joint water intake with the county? Has the corp of engineers agreed to that? What do you mean by a "take over?" That sounds like you mean to take it by force. Please explain in detail.

Also Dave, We get so tired of hearing you repeat your same tired old rhetoric. Prehaps you could stop reading cheap novels and read some meaningful literature. You know, the Bible is the world's greatest and oldest literary work of art. It's chock full of ancient history and age old wisdom. It speaks of every topic under the sun including politics. (mainly how corrupt it has always been since the beginning of time).

Also, I have a rather large library of mostly non-fiction books on various topics. I would be glad to recommend some intellengent reading for you so you can broaden your horizons.

David, he called me a "Brain-dead air-breather."

I too heard about the county and city sharing the water intake from the lake. I understand that the city is finally going to be forced and share a permit with us. And we are getting somwhere around 40 mil gallons to their 16 mil gallons!!! I am waiting for cumminghome as they have it on tape I think because they will put it on tv.

Mr. Richard...can you please tell me more about this though? I think it's exciting and at last we are free...free at last, free at last...from those aqueous chains of the city!

And by the way, I am glad to see that you are not too scared of your opponent like someone said and that you will not allow politics to dictate your feelings. That you still have the courage to speak up and say your peace. I was getting concerned that your handlers got to you!

Take care ands see you soon.

Lynn,

No one but some knuckle-dragging poster on your favorite site has said anything about a "take-over". I would suggest less reading over there, and more paying attention over here (although not to Terry B, Ritchie or David Milum).

This may take a while so that everyone else can understand (since I'm sure that you, Lynn, will just ignore the facts as they are presented), but we'll try.

Years ago, the City of Cumming made a very good decision, and decided to get in the water business. The county made an equally bad decision and decided not to, letting the city do the initial heavy lifting. The city and county received a joint water allocation permit for 57 million gallons a day, which is basically permission from Georgia EPD to take out water from an approved source. That approved source was Lake Lanier.

But to get an intake into Lake Lanier, you need another set of permissions - the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They control the lake. The Corps won't let you have an intake until you get an allocation permit from the state EPD. Given that permission, the City built an intake into Lake Lanier, which the county and city now share. Contracts drawn up years ago obligate the county to pay for approximately 43% of maintenance and upgrades to the existing intake, which we have done for years.

Other contracts set the price per gallon for raw (untreated) water and finished water. If you want to know just how much a cash-cow waer is to the City of Cumming, look no farther than their statement this week that they just spent $35 million in water fund capital reserves for improvements, and still have $32 million in water fund capital reserves. The city wanted us to renew these contracts 6 years before they expired, since they are so favorable to them, but Charlie Laughinghouse and I stopped that from happening until we can finalize the actions we are taking now.

Everyone knows that the City of Cumming, even at full build-out, will never use anywhere near 57 million gallons of water. Their own figures show a maximum of 17 million per day. The county uses far more water per day than the city does, and we are growing, while the city is not.

So, since the city has shown zero interest in working with the county on various water issues, and has taken an attitude that if we don't do what they want us to do they will sue us, we decided to go straight after our own water allocation permit. Since no one is willing to give out new ones due to the water wars, the only course for the county was to disengage us from the joint existing permit with the city.

The county hired some pretty sharp former EPD members as consultants, who have been doing wonders in moving various issues through their former agency, to include discharge permits for treated water from our sewer plants, and the water allocation permit.

While there is no guarantee that the EPD will act favorably and allow the splitting of the allocatioin permit, we are closer than ever before to making that a reality, based on feedback from various folks who do these things. I remain optimistic that this will happen, because the reality is that we are asking for no more water withdrawl from the lake than we currently are allocated; we are just splitting the permit.

We aren't free at last from the monopoly of city water, but this commission has done more in the past year to get us water independent than any past commissions combined. Those things will be detailed on my website in the Campaign Corner section over the next few days.

But sorry, knuckle-draggers out there. No hostile takeover of the city's intake, just a proper divorce.

Dave, I told you that I know all about this county. Boy, you sure don't. Did you know when Lake Lanier was built for a reservior that this county was so rural that of course they said NO to a water intake. GA- 400 was NOT built. I-285 WAS NOT built, I-85 WAS NOT built. I-75 WAS NOT built. THe BRAVES statium WAS NOT built. You got your kicks on route 66. GEEZEE!!

Also Dave,

Atanta Airport was small. You went outside and walked up steps to board your plane. Please do some research. So, the county should have asked for an intake before all you yankees moved down here and ruined it. Well, hind site is 20-20. So, maybe you smart yankees can fix it now. You messed it up. So you fix it.

In the last campaign there was a Forsyth County landowner running for commissioner. Then, you used the fact that Forsyth county brought this on themselves by selling their land. Well, I wish they hadn't. I wish they'd never rezoned it to allow you to move here. I wish the whole state had done that. But, it's too late now. I sit here on a small corner of what once was. I shall remain here until the Lord calls me home to my eternal reward with him.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord. AMEN.

I'm done.

KNUCKLE-DRAGGERS??????? You make an idiotic statement like "we are close to taking over the water intake from the city" and then you have the arrogant gall to call citizens who question their elected official’s statement “KNUCKLE-DRAGGERS!!!! I hope everyone that can read this can see how this commissioner is so fragile that when a tough question is posed to him about a statement he makes, he resorts to childish name-calling of the people he is elected to SERVE!!!!!!!!!! Also, this snake oil he is selling about getting their own intake is false (in the opinion of this life long resident). There have been dozens of commissioners that have tried to get that ever-elusive intake for years and years. Smarter commissioners than what has been represented on this board have tried. Now, we are on the latter side of one of the worst droughts on record. The corps are admitting they have made major mistakes in releasing to much water for who knows how long. Forsyth County is still considered one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. That lake we are talking about, it is years away from recovery from all these factors. Yet you now have the magic potion to get a water intake from the Federal Govt. and in essence, shut down the power strings being held by the city. That is beautiful. BTW Some of these KNUCKLE-DRAGGERS have college degrees. I must have missed that on your bio.

Well Mr. Richard... I haven't checked this site in days because I am so 'uninvolved' as you claim. Matter of fact I ahve been organizing EDUCATORS who are fed up with Forsyth Schools too. That's how busy I am. I don't have time to constantly battle your smut talk. We have a big problem of retaliation.. guess you don't read the papers...much. You obviously don't care about what really is going on, because you know as well as I that Forsyth Schools mistreats both parents and Educators and we need a desperate change in the school board.. I have not endorsed anyone for the school board either.. yet. And I live in District 2 -- so I can't run.. Lucky them!

I am so honored that you called me, a private citizen, an idiot in print again.. for all to see and signed your name. What's your address so I can send you a legal notice?

Let me take a screen shot of this blog and save it for posterity! By the way teachers.. here's my number 404 966 8986. You'll want to stay in the loop, give me a call.

To Chris Not to worry, most see through this rhethoric and bloviating. Ain't he something?

Have a question for Mr. Richard.... since you posted at 8:21 a.m., are you using county computers to run your campaign.. just something I thought about. You know I am such an idiot and all and thought I would go to you for clarification.

BUSTED!!!

As two elected officials told me yesterday, Mr. Richard's statement that the county is "this close to splitting the water allocatioin permit with the city" is a "bald face lie."

The city's contract runs through the year 2012 and they have an option to renew for another 25 years.

Voters please review the video of the Smart Growth Forsyth County candidate forum and find out for yourself EXACTLY what Mr. Richard said then and what he is saying now.

At the forum, he said "we are this close to splitting the water allocation." He expanded on that comment after the meeting to say that we are within one month, two at most." Now, he's beating a hasty retreat to say "we are closer than ever before."

Four years agoi, Mr. Richard was head of the Libertarian Party and he said he was proud to run under the Libertarian banner. Two weeks later, he withdrew from the party and ran as a Republican.

He has proven over and over again that he is willing to say anything and do anything to be elected. TIME TO THROW THE BUM OUT!!!

Oh Good Golly, the Truth Hurts.

Yes Terry,

We saw in David Richard's county computer emails where he asked people to vote for him. (only a few).

Debra,

Dave is still a Libertarian. That is why he uses their symbolism on his website. He admits he is a social liberal. Which means he believes in legalized prostitution, legalization of controlled substances, abolishment of public schools and so forth.

I'm not Catholic. But, I admire what Pope Benedict had to say to president Bush. It is on the front page of today's Atlanta Journal. It wouldn't mean anything to Dave though. I guess he thinks lying is just a means to an end since he states that he doesn't believe in life after death and there are no consequenses for his actions from a soverign God.

OK, people, try to pay attention here. I know it is hard for some folks.

I have never said that we are taking over the water intake from the city. Never. Chris, listen better, or stop believing people who don't know a thing about what they are saying.

Debra, you need to take some meds and listen to elected officials who actually know something. I suspect that you have been talking to city officials, who know little, if anything that Ford Gravitt doesn't tell them. The city's contract you mention has nothing to do with water allocation permits. Nothing.

You continue to be wrong. Sit down, shut up and take some meds.

Terry, you're still an idiot.

Dear Commissioner Harrell,

If you are reading this, being the kind gentlemen that you are, I hope that you could find it appropriate to clear up some misunderstandings for the readers and the people who attended the "meet the candidates" about this issue. Commissioner Richard as usual, is only confusing the issue more. If you choose not to get involved, I completely understand.

I will contact the Forsyth County News.

Thanks Mr. Richard

Would you be man enough to say those words face to face to my husband? Just curious

Terry,

Are you threatening me with physical harm? Remember, this is a very, very public forum. One I'm sure the Sheriff's office would love to read about.

For the record, he posts at 12:58 pm.. is that from the county computers/servers? To harass and belittle constituents and if he infact is using county computers I do have big problem with that, ethcially speaking that is.

Listen up Mr. Richard, I am not going to tolerate this nonsense any longer. Stop calling me an idiot once and for all. I am putting you on notice right here. I don't like it, nor do I have to tolerate it. So I am asking you to stop. Consider this a notice for you to S T O P.

No not threatening physical harm whatsoever. Where are you interpreting a threat? I am asking you to stop calling me an idiot so we have some clarification here. So S T O P

Once again, I am not threatening you with physical harm. I am lawfully and respectfully asking YOU to stop calling me an idiot in public forums. You have done it more than once and it seems to be habitual, so I am asking you to S T O P . In addition, you should retract your comments that I am an idiot. I sent you an email once telling you to stop contacting me via email, now I am saying to you on this very public forum to S T O P calling me an idiot. I hope it is clear what I am trying to convey.

Here's a hint, Terry. Stop complaining about things you know nothing about, and I'll stop calling you an idiot. And just so you know, just because I am an elected official, doesn't mean I have to tolerate your comments, either.

Here's a suggestion: Don't use Milum, Lynn, Sweeney, debra, Bill Johnson, or Ritchie for your sources of information. They don't know anything and they don't take the time to learn anything. They don't talk to people who actually do know something about the county and what it is doing. They certainly don't talk to commissioners (except maybe one).

If you want to find out about what is really going on, come to a meeting or two. Listen to what is said by people who know. Call a commissioner. Posting on this, or any other forum, is not the way to get detailed information about a subject such as water, planning, or roads.

Opinions are a nice thing to have, but they still need to be based on facts and reality. Get some first BEFORE you form an opinion, and it might just have value.

I have been to meetings, sir, plenty of them. But I don't go up to you an announce when I am there. And at this juncture, I am asking you once again to stop calling me an idiot, stop assuming I am like or remotely agree with others you mention. You have assumed many things about me which are 110% incorrect. Please answer me this.... would you then call me an idiot to my face. That's the question I want you and expect you to answer honestly. Honest answers sir. Nothing more, nothing less. Now stop harassing me online. You can disagree all you want.. but I agreed with you on the Gary Smith issue. And I am making it abundantly clear to you for you to STOP degrading me in a public forum, and Do not contact me by phone, email or in any other way. Thank you. I am done.

While you are insulting a woman, let’s get back to the other topic of the intake because there are a few things I am confused about. Are you saying that Forsyth County and the City of Cumming BOTH own the intake? You keep saying things like “the permit the county and the city share”. I was under the impression that the city owned it and the county, for lack of a better term, was the customer. You also keep saying that the county is close to splitting the allocation, but I could be wrong, doesn’t this require obtaining ownership of a withdrawal permit. I do have a college education but I am confused on how my pipes are going to fill up when the government entity that is supposed to supply me with water has “spilt” away from the only source of water without having access to a permit to draw more out. This comes back to the point I was making earlier that Forsyth County has been turned down for this permit for dozens of years yet now, when there are more negative factors prevalent than ever before, you are confident we will be awarded a permit. That is a pretty big gamble you are waging with my drinking water. Has this discussion taken place in open meeting or executive session? I wonder if Laughinghouse and Harrell are happy that you are divulging this sensitive information to the public. Does this all fall back to the point you were making when you said you would be around to stir the pudding and make the lives of the City of Cumming miserable? It is this life-long resident’s opinion that Forsyth County will not be awarded an intake permit by the Federal Govt in our lifetime. It is also this resident’s opinion that this rhetoric and threats of a split by this commission will only further dissolve our fragile relationship with the government agency that does own and have access to an intake permit, thus making our water future look more and more bleak And if you are wondering, I do know the score so save your “you don’t know what you are talking about” spin BTW If I called a woman an idiot, like you have done to so many women in our community, I would expect their husband to knock me on my a$$

Great Post Chris. Yeah, he tells Debra to sit down and shut up. What a jerk! Well what else is new?

I have a feeling that something is going on that we are not yet aware of. Maybe it has something to do we getting water to Taubman mall. I don't know. But, this is confusing as heck. This county is running out of water fast. The county is trying to find underground water now. I didn't see it in the Forsyth County News. I saw it in the Atlanta Journal. They are going to test 3 south Forsyth properties for perhaps 200,000 gallons a day. What about filling up the aqua center at fowler park, Great Wolf Lodge, the massive Venable project on Majors Road, etc.

Chris,

You don't really "know the score", since your post is littered with inaccuracies.

Don't ever put words in my mouth. I never said that the city and county both own the intake. I said we have a joint allocation permit, and we do. A case could be made that since we have paid more than our 43% share of upgrades and maintenance over the years, that we do have some joint ownership of the actual intake in the event that the city would try to cut off our water, but that could or would be decided if and when the city chooses to act foolishly in that regard. Notice, I did not say we have joint ownership, just that a case could be made in the event of drastic action by the city. We do NOT gamble with drinking water, despite your inflammatory claim. This issue has been discussed in hearings at the GA EPD, which are open and public, so there is no sensitive information, as you erroneously claim. I didn't claim to make the City of Cumming miserable, but their leaders. You are entitled to your opinion, regardless of how uninformed it may be. There is no fragile relationship with the city, there is none; and hasn't been one since Ford Gravitt became mayor and started to sue us everytime we disagreed with him. Remember, up until this week, the only entity to initiate a lawsuit between these two parties has been the city; not the county.

Don't even think you know the score on this issue, because you don't.

Chris, his above remark is addressed to you. Can't wait to see you put him in place.

I do remember that David Armstrong said that if residential growth continued at the same pace that this county would run out of water in seven years. (That was almost four years ago.) Jack Conway told him to keep quite because that would stop development. Also, the county found some property not controlled by the corp of engineers and tried to run some sort of floating intake device out there to draw water out of the Lake. When the corps learned of their folly, they told them, NO WAY. We still control the water. David Richard said one reason for the building moratorium was water. All the while secret negoiations were going on for an overlay district in South Forsyth County for a huge urban style mall and Great Wolf Lodge. So, now we are to believe that the EPA or corp of engineers has decided to give us more water allocation while we are still considered Georgia is still in drought conditions.

This clown is making no sense. The more he opens his mouth the more confusing it gets. Everyone just take it for what it is. Complete jibberish.

Debra I aggree with you, I am tired of those that say anything to vie for votes. It does not fly, does not pass the 'smell' test in my book.

Well, Lynn, I would love to put the good commish in his place but the fact is, I can’t. I can’t. You can’t. Nobody can. If you all did not know it, he is the resident expert on everything…just ask him. He is the savior of Forsyth County and the shield against all ignorance. Not bad for someone WITHOUT a college degree and who spends his time selling socks at the outlet mall. We should all be thankful that GOD has sent him into our mist to save us from the “good old boy” system that created an environment so attractive that we became one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. We should all be thankful he is willing to put those extortionist city leaders in their place. Yeah, he called them that. We should all be thankful he is not biased on whom he calls what. He will insult the school board, the city, his fellow commissioners including Harrell and Laughinghouse, private citizens, anyone and everyone. You cross him, you are a ____(fill in the blank). Women, don’t think you are getting a free pass. He will call you names too. We should all be thankful he did not allow a developer to make a huge fortune on a home that was built too close together. He only allowed him small fortune on a home that was built too close together. We should all be thankful he motioned to fire Mr. Armstrong and then have the infinite wisdom to blame it on someone else’s bad information given to him. We should all be thankful that is he has led the effort to hire quality workers, even allowing them to create their own job description…….Shawn Scott email for those that don’t remember. We should all be thankful he led the good fight against those that were against this past SPLOST all while defending his own anti-SPLOST stance in the past. Folks, that is a brilliant leader. On that same note, we should all be thankful that he has the wisdom to remove the portion of his website that detail his anti-SPLOST rhetoric right before election season.

Oh, I could go on and on but I will leave the commish with this……I am done with this idiot because he is “beneath my contempt”! (does that sound familiar?)

He may have taken down the Anti-splost part of his web site but your cannot take it away for the web archives.

You can always go to:

http://web.archive.org/web/20070227013729/www.davidrichard.info/id39.html

It's still there!

[edited by admin - please no personal attacks] (I have heard the audio) so he can write whatever he wants...I got him on tape. There is NO SPLIT with anyone and he knows it.

He does not want his past to haunt him so he took down the splost and now he lies about the water...he can call all the names and pick at his opposition...they may still be learning but at least they seem to be honest real people that want to help. And by the looks of them they appear capable of learning.

So David, or Mr. Coimmissioner as you like to hear as you lie to the good Smart Growth folks...you are on your way out my dear friend, on your way out.

I don't expect you to reply because you usually don't when caught yet again in one of your lies. Besides, we know your manager must smack you every day telling you to shut your mouth! So go ahead and do that...nobody wants to hear you anyway. Listen to your keeper.

Give 'em Hell, Bell!

Great comment Sal.

Wow Chris, I call that putting him in his place. But you're right. He's too arrogant to see it. He has nothing but scorn for the people of this county. Don't be fooled, that includes everyone sooner or later. Give your campaign contributions to someone who respects you as a human being.

Yes, Ford sued the county. And it's not the first time. He sued them when they decided to jack up our property appraisals to about 5 times what the property was worth. He won and that is why everyone in the county has lower property taxes now.

Every few years we get a new batch of county commissioners that decide they are going to take Ford and the city down. Why? Ford and the members of the City Council have done more for all the citizens of this county than any one of them has ever done.

Patrick Bell is the only man standing in the way of the re-election of this buffoon. If you want Richard gone visit www.teambell.org today and join the BellBrigade. He needs your help and Richard needs to be gone!

(yawn)

I'm sorry, did someone say anything of substance (or truth)?

Nope.

(zzzzzzzzzz)

David Richard, Apr 17, 2008 1:51pm

“Here's a hint, Terry. Stop complaining about things you know nothing about, and I'll stop calling you an idiot. And just so you know, just because I am an elected official, doesn't mean I have to tolerate your comments, either.”

“Here's a suggestion: Don't use Milum, Lynn, Sweeney, debra, Bill Johnson, or Ritchie for your sources of information. They don't know anything and they don't take the time to learn anything. They don't talk to people who actually do know something about the county and what it is doing. They certainly don't talk to commissioners (except maybe one).”

DM: No little Dave, we are now learning ‘most’ from ‘your very own words’ that we are digging out with Records Inspections, your taped comments, and your public insults against your constituents on public forums. You will pay dearly for every insult you have ever made against our local women and that you can take to the bank. This is not a physical threat but a fact of public participation that will ring so loudly at the polls where it counts.

Here’s are three questions Dave;

1. Did you conspire with county attorney Angela Davis to attack the innocent Hansard family that ultimately cost the Forsyth County Taxpayers $239,000.00?

2. Is this the reason you and Angela are fighting so hard for us not to see all your personal emails and hers? She wants $33,000.00 to see hers, so how much is it that you want from the Taxpayers to see yours Dave?

3. Do you now admit that you told a big fat lie when you wrote to me and said that I could not find one person who could show any documentation that you were involved in any way the attack on the innocent Hansard Family?

These three questions should be enough for tonight Dave. See how good you are at answering them so all these fine Voters reading this will see how smart you are.

Mr. Milum,

Since all of these were answered before, it could be considered a waste of my time, but since you apparently like to be the subject of ridicule, we'll do it all over again in public for all to see how dense you really are.

Question #1: No. As soon as this issue came up, no discussions, meetings, e-mails or documents were generated between county commissioners (that would include me, you drooling imbecile) and any member of the Jarrard-Davis law firm. Mr Jarrard voluntarily left the commissioners conference room during each and every discussion of this matter with the outside attorney we hired, at his insistence by the way, to keep any possible impropriety from occurring.

Clear enough for ya?

Question #2: Sorry, but when you make a stupid request for ANY e-mails to or from ALL county employees, that takes a lot of time to RETRIEVE. So now you get to pony up the dough to have our employees waste even more time chasing your ghosts, or you don't get to see anything. You won't see anything anyway, since the first question answered pretty much solved this for you without spending a penny. As to my e-mails, the reason I was born smarter than you is that I don't use my personal PC for data storage of county records. On the rare occasion that it becomes a destination for county business, that item is deleted once the issue is completed. That is why, you drooling imbecile, that you will never see one electron of information from my personal computer.

Clear enough for ya?

Question #3: No, Mr. Milum, there was never any lie anytime or anywhere. YOU simply have never understood the English language. That is because you are a drooling imbecile.

Clear enough for ya?

But how about a question from me?

Have you been successful in anything you have pursued in you "corruption fighter" mode of life? I an answer this one as well.

The answer is NO. You are 0-fer everything you have ever alleged. You have lost every case brought by you or against you in a court of law. You have failed to provide proof of any claim, and you are generally regarded as an idiot across the county, except for the 10-12 people who post on aboutforsyth.com.

You have cost Forsyth County taxpayers tens of thousands, approaching hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and wasted man-hours trying to satisfy your baseless witch-hunts, and you have paid us back about $210 according to county records for those Open Records Request demands.

In short, you are a waste of county time, money and frankly, oxygen.

Clear enough for ya?

And just for the record. . .

I consider the people at the Jarrard-David law firm some of the brightest legal minds in the world, especially Ken Jarrard and Angie Davis.

More importantly, they are the most ethical people I have ever met as well, which is why I entrust the taxpayer's money to them for our legal work.

While being able to beat Mr. Milum in a court of law is apparently not any great legal feat (he's been beaten so many times before), the way Angie Davis beat him like a rented mule is really what rankles him to this day.

File all his requests under "Sore loser"

Or just "Loser".

I don't know if you all have been reading Richard's website, but there are a lot of half-truths on it. He calls bell supporters 'mental midgets'. The race must be getting to him.... wonder if he'll fold.

Oh yuk Anon, I just finished reading "his" website. I had to hold my nose. Dave, everytime your name is mentioned in a public setting, people get a scowl on their face and starts mumbling under their breath.

You are going to lose Dave! It doesn't matter how much you ridicule Patrick Bell for being a little green about water issue, etc. He'll learn and he'll be great at it.

Dave, it may be a hard lesson for you to learn that people are just not going to vote for someone they dislike (to put it mildly) when someone else can do the same job with a whole lot less bragging, less confusion and more professionalism.

Anon, who's telling half truths?

I called two specific Bell supporters mental midgets, not Bell supporters in general, as your comment implies.

And please, feel free to specify the half truths you think might be there. I'll knock 'em down with facts each and every time.

You're pathetic.

Folks, haven’t yall learned…he is and always will be right. No matter what you un-cover on his site or voting record, he will spin, I mean, correct the inaccuracies with HIS facts. God bless us, everyone!!!! Now, I am going back to scrub my knuckles some more while I have fun “re-writing history”.

Will the real mental midgets stand up?

Mr. Commissioner, You fail to see the point I was making. If a person is running in a district, then he/she shoukld make their presence know to the residents of that district, in order to know those people and for them to know you. I have not been a life long resident of this county, only 11.5 years, but I have seen changes made that have been good and sometimes not so good.. If a candidate wants my vote then they should be contacting me and asking for it.. but be ready to answer my questions about their views and plans for the future..
As I said above, I have lived here for 11+ years, and in that time, I have seen much about you in the local media and other sources, and I have come to this conclusion... I will not be voting for you.. The comments I have seen in this forum only reinforces my choice. There is no need for you to respond.. I doubt that it would be anything more than more of your gab...

Mr. Gattis,

Here's a reality check: We have about 30,000 residents per district in Forsyth County. Pardon me if I haven't gotten around to you in 3 1/2 years.

There are plenty of people in District 4 that have gotten to see me and know me over the years, and they don't sit at home waiting for me to show up at their door. They participate. They engage. They discuss. They don't whine.

Have you ever asked to meet with me? Have you ever invited me or any other commissioner to your neghborhood in the past 3 1/2 years? If not , what are you waiting for?

Smart Growth asked. I answered. Plenty of others in District 4 have asked, and I've answered. If you think I have the time to voluntarily reach out to every voter in my district (not to mention the other four) and still have time to do the work you hired me to do (which, by the way, I've been incredibly effective at), you are sadly mistaken and greatly self-centered.

I'll not miss your vote.

Mr. Gaddis (David) so as not to confuse you with the other one. You got exactly what you expected didn't you?

Dave, people in your district will be engaged alright. Engaged like you wouldn't believe. To get you out of office. You have not been effective. You have been a disgrace. You are an embarrassement.

I watched last night's meeting. Look what you have done to Gary Smith! That was the strangest meeting I've ever seen in my life. For several reasons.

Patrick if you're reading this, I'm going to join the Bellbrigade. I'm waiting until after qualifying. I live in lower South Forsyth.

I would rather stick a hot poker in my eye than vote for Dave Richard

Lynn,

Please try your best to prove that I have not been effective. I suggest you look at www.davidrichard.info and the Accomplishments in Office and Representling District 4 sections BEFORE trying.

Also, please detail what I have done "to" Gary Smith. If you believe one word that Mr. Sweeney says, you might also have the mind of a six-year old squirrel.

Lynn,

On behalf of Patrick Bell, thank you for joining the BellBrigade. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Pattick is the exact opposite of the incumbent. He's personable, friendly, outgoing and someone who is not the least bit self-centered.

Watching him work with the Boy Scouts of America to help develop mind, body and spirit is a real joy.

But as David is learning, he isn't someone who can be bullied. Look for his campaign to roll out a tougher message next week.

By the way, I love the post that said: "Give 'em Hell Bell." But, like Harry Truman, Bell isn't giving David hell. He's giving him the truth. He just thinks it's hell.

Actually, Debra, I'm laughing my head off over Patrick Bell.

Every time he posts a position on his website, he looks worse than before. Please tell him to keep it up!

I especially loved his whining last week at the Smart Growth meeting. That went over big with them too, from what I hear.

Let's see if Mr. Bell wants to play with the big boys when candidate debates draw near. My suggestion for debates is on my website. Will he agree to a real debate, or hide?

Thank you Debra,

The Bellbridgade will put Patrick over the top, not the debates. We'll get his message out there.

Of couse, I haven't met Patrick, but I can see in his picture that he has kind eyes, and looks very intellegent. Isn't that funny, it shows. Look at that stupid, cocky, silly ear to ear grin on Richard's face. What a contrast!

Ya know Debra, when David Richard first got elected, I chalked his ignorance up to just being green and excited and overly-enthusiastic about being elected commissioner. I thought he'd calm down and settled down and start behaving rationally. NO, he's continued to get worse. He simply cannot handle it.

Join the Bellbridgade. Vote for Patrick Bell.

Lynn,

As you can see from the posts on this website, the BellBrigade is growing. Momentum is building at a faster rate than even Patrick and his family and friends ever imagined.

His message is professionalism and working WITH the citizens of this county to improve the quality of life. That message is resonating with voters.

But it could just as easily have been -- Vote for Bell...He's the sane one!

David, my suggestion to you is to keep laughing. It's making you look even more maniacal than you already do.

Voters are laughing too. But as you can tell from this and other websites. They're laughing AT you ...not WITH you.

Yes, that is what the county wants. Someone to conduct their business with professionalism. We all know that a new commissioner won't be as familiar with the issues as an incumbent. That will gvie Patrick a slight disadvantage in the debates. The county has a whole staff of planners, engineers, attorneys, paid consultants, etc. to keep them imformed on the issues. Patrick will have a world of information at his figure tips to base his descisions on. He will do it with courage and intellegence in a timely and orderly manner, upfront and honest. Without calling his constituents childish names and threatening them.

Vote for Patrick Bell.

Yeah, I see I mis-spelled several words. Have a field day dave.

I attended the commission meeting and I believe the mans name wwas Terry Sweeny who asked a question. How come other counties have a voter registrar budget 300,000.00 less then counties our same size? Where did the 300,000.00 go?

I would like Terry Baradine or D.Richard to answer that same questiion since she agrees with D. Richard on the Gray Smith missing money.

Ritchie 'YAHOO' Thompson.

Let's let David Richard tell us all why he couldn't run his own little computer business and why he was a ‘complete failure’ at it. I know about that because I spoke with Dave several times about him hiring some help when he first stared it but Dave couldn’t make a go of it.

Now Dave demands for us to read his sissy little website on how brilliant he is and all the accomplishments that we now owe him for. Keep in mind that Dave sells socks in a seconds store at the Dawsonville Mall. “If you’re so smart Dave Richard why aren’t you rich?”

I have your emails Dave where you whine that it is so difficult keeping a roof over your head. I also have your emails where you refuse for a fellow Citizen to help you on some personal matters as well. What’s the matter Dave to proud to accept help from your neighbors when your own life is falling apart but you see yourself as more than adequate in running ours?

Maybe it’s time to re-think the after death thing. Maybe even some penitence could help you at this stage Dave.

Well, no smart-alec answers from Dave yet. He must be minding the store today.

So much ignorance, so little time . . .

Sal, you don't know squat about anything. I wasn't run out of any neighborhood. I moved to get a larger lot, a smaller, single-story house and to live in the district I wished to represent. And Sal, pay attention. The only police report ever filed has been by Mr. James David Milum, not by me. And Sal, calling someone a liar and a sneak is not my idea of poking fun at anyone.

Ritchie, that question has been answered for months on my website. But that would require you to read. You can do that, can't you? Remember, anything that comes out of Terry Sweeney's mouth is from the mind of a six-year old squirrel.

Mr. Milum, you know nothing about anything, as usual. Eddie Bauer Outlet does not sell seconds, nor irregulars. It is first-quality Eddie Bauer merchandise, with a more basic style than regular Eddie Bauer merchandise in order to lower prices. So you see, you're still an 0-fer.

And MY life isn't falling apart. I'm having the time of my life. However, yours is about to get much more expensive to operate once you have to cough up the legal fees for the Marcie Kreager litigation. You remember that one, don't you Mr. Milum? That's the one where county attorney Angela Davis beat you like a rented mule in a court of law? Of course, that could be said for every legal case brought by you or against you, can't it? The fact is that you are 0-fer eveything you have ever done in your entire self-made career of "corruption-fighting". And you've cost this county well over $100,000 in tax dollars for your misguided efforts. And I'm going to make sure we get some of that money back. You want to see failure, just look in any mirror. And by the way, don't you dare question my ability to take care of my family. I could have pushed for higher pay from the commission in order to do this job without having to get a second job, but I didn't and won't. I would suggest you stay out of my personal finances when discussing my performance as commissioner. You have not earned that right. I am a free individual who has never taken a dime of money from anyone that I have not earned, and I intend to have it stay that way.

And Debra, 10 people does not make a groundswell of support, unless of course you were expecting 5 people. Keep dreaming.

And when is someone going to actually find the three things I've asked people to find that I haven't accomplished or tried to accomplish? More importantly, when is someone going to tell us what Patrick Bell stands for on real issues? "I'm not Dave Richard" isn't going to cut it with voters. His website answers to problems are a joke. At some point, he's going to have to try to make the case that I haven't done exactly what I said I was going to do, and he will fail miserably. Just like each of you.

Perhaps Mr. Richard is 'bitter' like Obama says about the Pennsylvanians...Clinging to guns and religion... oh wait a minute.. not religion. Maybe just the guns

Ritchie... So we understand each other, I just wanted to point out that EVEN WHEN YOU AGREE with this guy, one will become the victim of his vitriole. So apparently he makes no distinction when spewing his hostility. For the record, I agreed with him on Gary Smith, But all bets are off regardless now. The man needs to go, We need ethical and respectable leadership for sure. No woman should have to 'put up' with this nonsense from someone in a position of power, nor tolerate online harassment whatsoever. The solution is to get him O U T. He has made his bed, now he can lie in it. By the Way, Mr. Richard.. I live in a very large neighborhood. I have no problem sharing my emails you sent to me from the County Server with your constituents down here in my neck of the woods. 600 homes dear heart.

Don't bother calling me an idiot again.. cuz I am smarter than a 5th grader.

T-e-r-r-y?

Remember what we talked about?

Feel free to share the e-mails. Then all your neighbors will know what we all know about you. But share them all, unedited and without explanation if you dare.

The same goes for you as it did for Mr. Milum: If you don't want a response from me, don't say anything about me that is untrue or uninformed. I know that will be as hard for you as it is for Mr. Milum, but try.

Nice try with the spin. Typical.

Huh? Exactly what should the readers know about me Mr. Richard.. What are you trying to convey here. Are you going to post more smut about me that is untrue?

Oh Well David M..... Lookie, You stand corrected by Forsyth County's village idiot. The outlet mall sells quaility merchandise. Yeah, but still a high school student can clerk in a store.

Poor Dave, still living in a fantacy world. He thinks Patrick only has ten su