December 31, 2018

Germany

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December 29, 2018

Georgia’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board – timeline of term overstays of board members IERB

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Immigration Enforcement Review Board (IERB) established in OCGA 50-36-3 (2011, HB87)

The seven original IERB members were appointed between July and Sept. 2, 2011.

State law is clear that members are limited to two terms of two years per term.

OCGA 50-36-3 (b) The Immigration Enforcement Review Board is established and shall consist of seven members. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, two members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A chairperson shall be selected by a majority vote of the members. All matters before the board shall be determined by a majority vote of qualified board members. Members shall be appointed for terms of two years and shall continue to hold such position until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. A member may be reappointed to an additional term. If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board, the appropriate appointing party shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is appointed and qualified.

Appointed by Gov. Deal: Phil Kent, Shawn Hanley and Ben Vinson
Appointed by Lt. Gov Cagle: Boyd Austin, Mike Yeager
Appointed by Speaker Ralston: Robert Mumford, Terry Clark.

With the end of the first term, original members still on the IERB should have been reappointed in July and Sept. 2013 – with the end of that term being July/Sept. 2015. With the exception of the Speaker’s office on the reappointment of Terry Clark, it appears that none of the three offices that made the original appointments can produce any paperwork reflecting any reappointments. After a request for public records, Cagle’s office claimed exclusion from open records laws due to being part of the legislature.

Lt. Governor is an executive branch office under the state constitution.

Without being legally reappointed and without authority, members Kent, Hanley, Vinson, Yeager and Clark served well beyond the end of the four year limitation. As of December 29, 2018 Clark is still serving.

Ben Vinson resigned IERB sometime in June of July, 2017 after being appointed to the State Board of worker’s Compensation by Gov. Deal. In violation of state law, Vinson was active as IERB Chair from Sept. 2015 to the date of his resignation.

Shawn Hanley and Phil Kent both resigned in August 2018 when the term limit violation was made public.

In the same report linked above, it looks like the AG is staying far away from the entire matter.

IERB member John Kennedy was appointed in January 2013 after Robert Mumford resigned to become a judge. Kennedy won election to the state senate and James Balli was appointed to replace him by Speaker Ralston in Feb. 2014. The appointment letter specifically states Balli’s appointment would end in July 2015 or “until a successor is duly appointed.”

That would mean Balli’s two term limit would end in July 2017 – if he was duly reappointed. Public records of any such reappointment have not been produced.

* It could be that Balli will claim he was appointed to finish Kennedy’s term and could lawfully serve two terms of his own. I assert that argument is contrary to the language and intent of OCGA 50-36-3.

With this line of thinking: Mumford’s first term ended in Sept. 2013, Kennedy would have finished that term in 2015, but was replaced by Balli who was appointed in Feb 2014. Again, the Balli appointment letter states his term ends in 2015 or until a lawful reappointment or a successor appointment.

Reappointment of Balli would expire in 2017 – if he was duly reappointed.

Regardless of the question on Balli’s reappointment or his merely finishing another member’s term, because of the fact that that members Kent, Vinson, Hanley and Clark served and voted without authority after Sept. 2015, it is my position that any actions taken after Sept. 2015, including sanctions, complaint dismissals and board votes were done in violation of state law and are thereby null and void.

IERB Kennedy appointment

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IERB Mumford and Clark appointments

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July 2011 appointments

December 17, 2018

DDS Response to Rep Jeff Jones 2018

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The below is the DDS response to Rep Jeff Jones. That request, here.

–>*UPDATE: Rep Jones reply to Commissioner Moore, December 19, 2018: (I couldn’t figure out how to put it on the bottom. dak)

Commissioner Moore,
Thank for responding with the drivers license and ID data I requested.  I am in the process of comparing the new data with data DDS provided me a couple of years ago. I may have questions after my review.
However, your office did not send me copies of every version of the Georgia Drivers licenses and official ID cards currently being issued by DDS as I requested. 
In my letter, I specifically requested to be provided with a “high-resolution image, front and back, in both digital and hard copy format, of every version of the Georgia drivers licenses and official ID cards currently being issued by DDS.”
 
The email attachment included only a very poor quality copy of the Limited Term drivers license and ID cards.
Please advise the status of the balance of my request for copies of all the licenses and official ID cards currently being issued by DDS.
Regards,


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open records request sent to DDS

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Below e-mail received a few minutes ago

Good Morning,

We have received your request for “copies of images of ALL versions of ALL driver’s licenses and ALL official ID Card credentials issued by DDS”. We will begin working on your request and send you an estimate of cost and time for fulfilling your request by close of business Thursday, December 20th.

DDS Open Records
DDSOpenRecords@dds.ga.gov
https://dds.georgia.gov/open-records

From: D.A. King
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 10:48 PM
To: Moore, Spencer ; Mcclendon, Angelique
Subject: Fwd: Open records request. GA public records law.

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

From: “D.A. King ”
Date: December 14, 2018 at 10:41:18 PM EST
To: shevondah.leslie@dds.ga.gov
Cc: Brian Kemp Subject: Open records request. GA public records law.

To whom it may concern at DDS,
Please regard this email as my official open records request for copies of images of ALL versions of ALL drivers licenses and ALL official ID Card credentials issued by DDS. This request includes images of limited term, REAL ID Act compliant credentials, non-REAL ID Act compliant credential, under age twenty-one credentials and any/all versions of all drivers licenses and ID Cards I may have left unmentioned.
Thank you. I look forward to your response more than I can express.

D.A. King
Marietta

Cc: Breitbart News, Governor elect, Brian Kemp.

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December 11, 2018

How to donate to Georgia’s Dustin Inman Society

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Corporate-funded anti-enforcement rally in Atlanta, GA – October, 2016

 

We need your help to continue our fight against illegal immigration in Georgia. It is humiliating to ask.

* You can donate HERE to make your badly needed contribution tax deductible.

* You can donate HERE using PayPal. (not tax deductible)

* You can donate HERE using a Go Fund Me site my friend Brant Frost set up. (not tax deductible)

It is impossible to overstate how badly we need your help.

 

How to make a tax deductible donation to Georgia’s Dustin Inman Society

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SPLC, Project South Anti-borders protest in Atlanta, Jan 2016 DIS

Helps fight the illegal alien lobby!

We need your help to continue.

Make your Dustin Inman Society donation check out to “U.S. Inc – THE GEORGIA PROJECT” (do not make check out to DIS). Please write “The GA. Project, D.A. King” on the memo portion of your check and mail to;

U.S. Inc
The Georgia Project
445 E. Mitchell St.
Petoskey, MI 49770

OR:
You can call in a safe and secure contribution using your credit card. To donate by phone call U.S. Inc. at 1-800-352-4843 and say you would like to make a tax deductible donation to D.A. King and the Georgia Fund.

Your kind contribution to our effort will be quickly forwarded to the Dustin Inman Society and used to continue to fight against illegal immigration in Georgia. You will receive a receipt to use as proof of your donation for tax purposes in about ten days.

December 10, 2018

Appointment – IERB, James Balli

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December 8, 2018

Rep Jeff Jones letter to the Georgia Department of Driver Services Re; illegal alien drivers license and official ID Cards

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Response posted here.

 

 

 

 

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