County Manager
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On February 17, 2026, I performed an Open Records Request for the Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes from 2021 to 2026. On April 13, 2026, I was able to retrieve the USB drive that Heather Wright compiled for me that were responsive to this request. As I read through all of the meeting minutes from…
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On April 1, 2026, Richard Harris, fromThe Journal, published an article indicating that Connie Harris, the Marion County Manager, had announced her plans to step down from her position. It is little suspicious that this came within days of my calling for her termination, both to my commissioner and in my Facebook posts and publications.…
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Julia Pierce | April 28, 2026 | Updated April 28, 2026 7:12PM | Updated July 25, 2026 Several weeks ago, I started receiving calls from citizens who indicated that they knew that several road employees were stealing time. They indicated that there was one person in particular that would clock many of them in at…
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Over the past month and a half, I have been performing Open Records Requests with the County Manager’s office. I wrote about this experience in my last publication, “Marion County Lacks Transparency, Evades Accountability, and Violates The Georgia Open Records Act.” I indicated that my open records woes began with Gwen Nesbit, Deputy County Clerk,…
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On April 6, 2026, I performed an open records request for Connie Harris’ (1) Surety Bond, (2) Loyalty Oath, and (3) Oath of Office. Later that afternoon, Heather Wright responded “We will provide the (1) surety bond for Marion County Manager Connie Harris on April 8, 2026. We are not required to have (2) oaths…
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Update to this article has been made via the article published on April 14, 2026, entitled, “Heather Wright, County Clerk of Marion County, Georgia Redeems Transparency from County Manager’s Office.“ On February 17, 2026, I put in a series of open records requests for: (1) the fiscal year audit reports from 2021 to current; (2)…
