While the Valdosta Daily Times, WCTV, and WALB remain silent
about the Quitman 10,
and all you hear on local TV is
the D.A. giving his opinion of the case,
in faraway Macon Patrick Davis digs into more things we should be hearing.
Brad Shealy, who had been the long-time chairman of the Brooks Board
of Education faced the prospect of being voted out as chairman and
witnessing a majority-black Brooks County Board of Education for the
first time ever.
Shealy lost his position when new leadership was elected in January
2011.
Shealy’s day job is the assistant district attorney under J. David
Miller who originally started the investigation back in the late
summer of 2010.
Excuse me?
The former Brooks County school board chairman works for the D.A.’s office?
And the D.A. is going on TV for pre-trial propaganda in the case?
This is what local TV viewers are hearing and seeing about the Quitman 10.
Somebody tell me, is it appropriate for a district attorney to declare
people guilty before trial?
Local viewers of Fox News on Sunday morning might have seen a
familiar face on their screen, as South Georgia Judicial Circuit
District Attorney Joe Mulholland was interviewed by the national
news station about his prosecution of a voter-fraud case in Brooks
County, Ga.
Mulholland spoke to Fox News newsman Eric Shawn for approximately
four-and-a-half minutes about the case, which involves 12 citizens
charged for allegedly tampering in a July 2010 primary election.
According to the Valdosta Daily Times, school board incumbents Gary
Rentz and Myra Exum were leading in their races, before the absentee
ballots were counted. After those 979 absentee ballots were
tabulated, challengers Linda Troutman and Elizabeth Thomas were able
to overtake the incumbents’ leads and eventually win election in
November.
On Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
arrested
Education, not Incarceration
Organizational Meeting, Brooks County NAACP,
Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, 18 July 2010
Videos by George Boston Rhynes for K.V.C.I.
And now an editorial by George Boston Rhynes, recorded 24 June 2011:
Thanks to local Television, News Papers, Radio, Elected Officials,
Some Silence Community Religious Leaders and others who seemingly
ignores the many, many problems in our beloved community without any
concern that they along with their congregation and fellow citizens are
somewhat ignored. Too often the people of Valdosta-Lowndes County and
South Georgia in general have buried their heads in the sand; much like
the legend concerning the Ostrich Bird that bury his or her head in the
sand and pretend that they are in paradise. While the hunter stands only
five feet away with a deadly weapon in his had that will soon put him
into a extremely deep sleep—-forever!
Once again, no comments or interviews from the Quitman Ten on the
alleged voter fraud charges against them. Moreover, nothing has been
published about
the Quitman Ten receiving support and recognition from
Brooks County Community Leaders,
Georgia State Senators, Representatives, President of GABEO, Chairman
of the Peoples Agenda, and other Civil and Human Rights Leaders and
organizations.
The Quitman 10 were arrested in Brooks County for alleged irregularities
with absentee ballots, the day after two of them were elected to the
Brooks County Board of Education.
Saturday (tomorrow) a statewide rally for them will be held in Macon:
When:
Saturday at 11:00pm – Sunday at 2:00am
Where:
Stewart Chapel AME Church, 887 Forsyth Street
Who:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sen. Robert Brown, Rep. Tyrone Brooks, Sen. Vincent Fort, Rep. David Lucas, Ms. Helen Butler
I traveled to the Georgia State Capital February 22, 2011; in support of
the Quitman Ten. These brave, courageous freedom fightes stood and are
standing strong on behalf of Georgia Voter’s right to vote. This is a
short preview of what will be posted here as a reflection of what took
place at this meeting and historical event. As a concerned citizens
from the South Georgia, I commend the Georgia citizens that stood in
support of the Quitman Ten as they received rewards for their courage
and perhaps being forced to bring South Georgia into the 21st Century
along with other cities.
No person shall be eligible as a write-in candidate in a general
or special election if such person was a candidate for nomination or
election to the same office in the immediately preceding primary.
Now I want to say though we’ve met on what would have been my 87th birthday
may be some place of honor.
For this honor I want to thank you, and I must say to you:
unless the schools you have named for me teach children how to live
as much as how to make a living they will become little more than
battlegrounds for the frustrated individuals.
Unless the bridges that you have named for me
Moreover, I have just been notified that the Quitman 10 will be traveling to Atlanta on Friday to meet with Georgia Governor Deal about remaining on the Brooks County Board of Education. I will most certainly miss Senator Robert Brown here in the State of Georgia.
