Gwinnett BOC rejects Marlene Fosque ethics recommendation & my entire response to GDP reporter
The below is the entire response I sent to the GDP reporter.
“The Rule of Law is dead in Gwinnett County. Handing a rather dim SPLC-bot commissioner a victory after she smears a conservative from the official microphone and the ethics board recommends sanction says a lot more about the race-based politics there than it does me or the pro-enforcement work we do at the Dustin Inman Society.
We see more proof of who is most equal in the sewer that is the Gwinnett County commission.
In her apology letter to him, Chairwoman Charlotte Nash told John Lewis that “hurtrful words should not have a place in governing.” So much for her principles. Nash is a transparent fraud and the fact that she lacked the courage to stand behind the ethics rules and procedure she helped set up has been duly noted. I’ll be surprised if by this time next year Gwinnett commissioners are not required to spead the anti-borders hate oozing out from the SPLC. Welcome to ‘Gwinnettafornia.’ ”
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Gwinnett Daily Post
Gwinnett BOC rejects Marlene Fosque ethics recommendation
Feb 26, 2020
Curt yeomans
Gwinnett County commissioners rejected an ethics board recommendation to issue a warning against Commissioner Marlene Fosque on Wednesday for comments she made last year about controversial Dustin Inman Society founder D.A. King’s participation in a 287(g) forum that she hosted.
The ethics board sustained two of six points King laid out against Fosque in a complaint he filed last August. The commissioner had condemned Sheriff Butch Conway earlier in the month for inviting King to be one of his three representatives at Fosque’s 287(g) forum. In the process, she cited an assessment by the Southern Poverty Law Center — which King and his supporters have denounced as illegitimate — that classified the Dustin Inman Society as a hate group.
Gwinnett County Commissioner Marlene Fosque. Image Gwinnett County website
The public hearing and vote held on the matter Wednesday night brought a seven-month public battle between Fosque and King to an end. That end came with several residents, ranging from elected officials to everyday citizens, standing up and proclaiming their support for the commissioner.
“I’ve learned to really work together with people more and to be open to work with everyone, but I really learned that I’ve got to know who to trust and who not to because our motives have all got to be the same if we’re working on a project together,” Fosque said after the public hearing ended.
King, however, decried the decision in a statement — in which he called the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners a “sewer” — on Thursday.
The Rule of Law is dead in Gwinnett County,” King said. “Handing a rather dim SPLC-bot commissioner a victory after she smears a conservative from the official microphone and the ethics board recommends sanction says a lot more about the race-based politics there than it does me or the pro-enforcement work we do at the Dustin Inman Society.
“We see more proof of who is most equal in the sewer that is the Gwinnett County commission.”
Several people who spoke against issuing any sanctions against Fosque spoke favorably about her and their opinion of the job she has done as a commissioner. For her part, Fosque abstained from participating in the hearing and sat in the audience, listening to people speak for and against her.
Fosque said she was appreciative of the people who voiced support for her during the meeting.
“I’m just thankful to all of the citizens who came out in support,” Fosque said after the hearing ended. “My original intention was to create a space where our residents in Gwinnett County can come and voice their concerns, and I stayed neutral the entire time during the 287(g) forum.”
There were supporters of King in the audience as well, however.
Two supporters of King stood up and spoke during time allotted for people in favor in approval of the ethics recommendation. Read the rest Here.