Open Records Act
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Julia Pierce | July 25, 2026 On April 28, 2026, I wrote a publication entitled, “Several Citizens Allege that Several Marion County, Georgia Road Employees are Stealing Time,” in which I evidenced that Heather, Wright, the clerk of Marion County Board of Commissioners’ office, indicated that there are no surveillance cameras, when I requested surveillance to…
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Julia Pierce | July 24, 2026 On June 10, 2026, I wrote a publication entitled “Clerk of Marion County Sheriff’s Office Violates the Georgia Open Records Act,” where I alleged that Linda Smith, from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office violated the Open Records Act by refusing to process my open records request unless I paid…
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Julia Pierce | July 2, 2026 On June 10, 2026, I published evidence that Linda Smith, the open records clerk at the Marion County Sheriff’s office refused to even process my open records request until I brought a money order and my driver’s license to the sheriff’s office. I alleged that this was a violation…
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Julia Pierce | June 10, 2026 | Updated June 12, 2026 In the search for the video surveillance that would prove that the road employees that were alleged to have been stealing time, I was told by the clerk of the county manager’s office that there were no cameras, and we proved that there were…
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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)…
