politics
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Julia Pierce | October 31, 2026 On September 23, 2026, I released a publication that referenced an anonymous city employee who chose to speak with Ashlee Williams and myself about an allegation that the Columbus Consolidated Government’s Finance Director, Angelica Alexander, was responsible for moving money out of the employee pension funds into the occupational…
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Julia Pierce, Ashlee Williams | September 23, 2026 In early August, a city employee, who has asked to remain anonymous, sat down with myself and Ashlee Williams regarding an issue within the city finances where the anonymous city employee alleged that money was being taken from employee pension funds and placed into the occupational tax…
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Julia Pierce | August 27, 2026 On March 25, 2025, Jeremiah Johnson, the lead man and supervisor of Marion County, Georgia’s road department, approached the Marion County Board of Commissioners to request approval to purchase a truck. The task of getting quotes was left to Connie Harris, Marion County’s manager. See item 2, under “The…
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Julia Pierce | August 10, 2026 | Updated August 10, 2026, 9:26 A.M. For many years, I have heard that there are some cities that have been dubbed “sanctuary cities.” I didn’t know what those were, and maybe you don’t either. What is a Sanctuary City? In modern day terms, according to the American Immigration…
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Julia Pierce | August 9, 2024 On May 10, 2026, I wrote a publication that presented evidence that Cole Jernigan, of Jernigan Farms, was indicted and was awaiting a federal trial regarding the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. What I, and other citizens didn’t know, is why Mr. Jernigan was…
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Julia Pierce | August 8, 2026 Today, I was sent an email from a citizen who was attempting to perform and Open Records Request with the Tax Commissioner of Marion County for questions about Marion County SPLOST. He was not from this county, so it was his understanding that Phyllis Blocker was the Tax Commissioner…
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August 6, 2026 On July 18, 2026, I released a publication presenting citizen concerns about Marion County Roads as documented in the Board of Commissioners’ Meeting Minutes over the last three years, the request for approval for road repairs, and in some cases where there were multiple approvals for the same road over the course…
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Julia Pierce | July 27, 2026 Over the past several months, I have provided responses from Open Records requests that I have performed to the Marion County Board of Commissioners’ and their clerk, Heather Wright, because of the allegations that citizens had brought forward about county road department employees stealing time by clocking others in.…
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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…
