thank god for David Waters!!!! 20 Yrs of garrison's police state, and wasted tax dollars, is TOO LONG!!!!

He sells essential needs to the inmates "socks, shirts, and TP," when they should be given!! "yes the commissary in the jail IS OWNED BY GARRISON!!! and he has a personal retirement fund of 2.5Mil laid out for himself "not his working 401K, or IRA........" Weird how a podunk county sheriff can get that kind of money....

He also has 1 supervising officer on duty for every 2 officers........ thats like going to a wendy's and asking to see a manger and they have 3 on duty for the six employees... at what point are the employees crap, or the managers crap.....

DAVID WATERS!!!! DAVID WATERS!!!! DAVID WATERS!!!!!

P.S. GET CANNON THE HELL OUT AS WELL!!!

Indeed the Cherokee Sheriffs Office is in dire need of new and competent leadership. Anyone who has followed the course of the Sheriffs Office over the years has to realize the need. Roger's time is over.

In past elections no serious credible candidate has gone against Roger and he has had things entirely his way.

Let's hope that is over.

How ignorant. A county of 200,000 is hardly PODUNK. As far as the jail, who cares if the inmates have to pay for their stuff THEY ARE IN JAIL SWINDLING TAXPAYERS OUT OF MONEY. Maybe if they would get their acts together, grow up and stop tattooing their necks like a bunch of idiots, they can become respectable members of society. Until they they can pay for their stay in the jail. I for one am voting for Garrison, he has overseen the explosive growth in Cherokee County and has done a great job on it.

Oh and by the way God is capital (have respect) and their are no 'mangers' at Wendy's only around Christmas.

Funny u don't care about inmates. They are still humans a d they deserve to be treated as so. Soap clothes DVD blankets.

Just because you've made it this far without knowing someone getting arrested and not having bail money or family that cares about them doesn't mean you are better sweety.

And ignorant? How am I ignorant? That a Cherokee. Linty sheriff has made 2.5 mil in 19 yrs? In personal retirement? Yeahi call that informed lady.

And yes there are managers at Wendy's sweet heart you are obviously the ignorant one here. "not just during Christmas time."

Dipshit

Not DVD. "and" was what
It was suppose to say

First of all I am not a lady, so get off of that. Second of all THE INMATES DESERVE WHAT THEY GET. Haven't you seen the mugshots on here? There are a bunch of people that are obviously over 25 years old that haven't gotten their act together, still smokin dope, acting like a bunch of teenagers and they end up in jail DUE TO THEIR OWN IDIOCY and you complain about toilet paper and underwear and that they have to buy this? Let me tell you something - I pay taxes for these LOSERS to continue to smoke their dope and do their meth and go to court and get thrown in jail on MY DIME. So why don't you go back and visit your little friends in jail and stop complaining about them paying for their own toilet paper. Last time I checked TP was 4 rolls for a dollar. Freaking give me a break.

You are ignorant because Cherokee is far from 'podunk' - Like I said 200,000 people is hardly podunk - this is a major metropolitan suburb and you need to either get with the program or go further up in the hills where it truly is podunk.

Thirdly I am sick and tired of you sitting here talking about some money that Roger Garrison has stashed away. Where is your proof? WHERE IS IT? Either put up or shut your mouth. BTW I love how you signed your comment. That's really classy.....'dipshit?' really?

I deleted my last one. As I dont want to offend the king pin.

Keep up with politics, talk to locals, Talk to people that know him, That know his family. Look into waters personal investigation of Garrison and you might learn a thing or two.

As for very one in the mug shots being 25 and up..... WRONG. At 16 you are charged as an adult in Ga. Learn the law.

As for te stuff the inmates need, That's just it my tax dollars are suppose to provide that stuff, not provide Harrison with it to resell to the inmates.

Soooooo yeah. How
Do you like that.

And yes for every 1.5 officers there is a supervising officer. Whether it be Wendy's or any other example, If you need a supervisor per employee there is an issue. Either wants to pay people double for nothing, or there is an issue in management.

I got arrest for
DUI and come
To find out the intox was off by45%. I hadnt been drinking at all that night. Got arrested didnt show
On the scene and their professional witness after watching my video said I aced the field test.

The intox5000 was spitting out error codes XXX which the professionals train officer thought was me not blowing hard enough was actually an error code for "I'm broke". Did I get a penny back after my NOT GUILTY. Hell no. Should I have been arrested. HELL NO. Should I have had
To waste 10k over 2 years to prove my innocents HELL NO. Did I have to HELL YES.

He is corrupt,  his son isn't any better. "I know
Personally there".  And we need no trustworthy leadership,  that cares about its people that isn't out to collect revenue.  

GARRISON NEEDA TO GO. 

And thank of hang man gober is out Cannon needs to leave as well.  His
Temper tantrum in the court room during my
Trial shows that he doesn't view people "innocent until proven guilty

My two cents are in.

Good night.

Do research don't trust so blindly.

It's interesting that a person arrested for DUI has nothing but hatred for the sheriff, judge and prosecutor. I suppose next we'll hear about not being subject to man's laws or being a sovereign nation from East Toonigh.

Interesting comments.

The bottom line is that Garrison has had the office too long and has become a dictator. Re-election will only turn the dictator into a tyrant.

I'd suggest asking a Sheriffs Office employee, many of whom I personally know, but few would be willing to answer candidly for fear of retribution if the big boss found out.

I think Cherokee County is Ready for Change. We need new Law Enforcement Supervision at the County Level. There are some great guys and gals at the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and they deserve to not have to live in fear everyday. They deserve to know that if a mistake is made they are not going to be thrown under a bus a run over a few times by the "big" boss.

See the link below for a news release where the Sheriff questioned the abilities of the City of Canton's former police chief's leadership and where he discussed the punishment of his own officers.

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/16341449/deputy-involved-in-jorelys-rivera-search-disciplined-for-error

We need someone who is going to look after his own department and not stick his nose in everyone's elses department.

My vote will be for David Waters and my entire family will be voting for him also. The years of bullying and not leading should come to an end soon.

I find it perplexing that Sheriff Garrison was out celebrating at a time when he should have been on scene providing leadership during the recent fatal shooting of a teenager; since he is quick to openly condemn other Police execitives for the same behavior? Where was he during this incident? He spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on robots, communications equipment, and protective gear yet sends negotiators into harms way escalating an already volatile situation. Not very sound tactical strategy.

When it is revealed that the sheriffs department failed to conduct the required background check before it hired the officer involved in the shooting I hope that this violstion of their own policies clearly shows the arrogance with which this organization operates.

Glad to see there are some actual intelligent people that can base their opinions on some kind of substance and not be angry about the cost of toilet paper for the inmates or the fact that somehow they got shafted by the legal system in this county.

Were you there? Maybe you were but I am not going to sit here and second guess law enforcement when there is some nutcase out there waving guns at the cops and his family.
Furthermore NOPE NOPE you need to stop blaming everyone else and start taking some responsibility for yourself, son. So the DUI wasn't your fault. The inmates, it's not their fault they are in jail. It's just a huge damn conspiracy. Throw EVERYONE in jail. Yeah, whatever.

The FOP Is not a union. It is an organization of sworn law enforcement officers. The link below describes their mission.

http://www.fop.net/about/faq/index.shtml

The FOP is just like any other organization that a professional could join that coinsides with their job. The FOP is just like the Sheriff's Association which our current sheriff belongs to.

There are a number of officers that work and live in Cherokee County that belong to the Cobb County FOP. They want to belong to a FOP and there is not a Cherokee County Chapter

I think we should use this forum for important issues and not personal ones. We have a Sheriff's Department with a large number of highly paid ranking people and nobody is quite sure what they do. We have increasing crime, particularly buglary. As for the teen sniper shooting, I am more concerned about the media silence. It appears our sheriff and local media outlets think this case is over. When Cherokee tax payers are faced with paying out Million$ to settle the coming wrongful death suit maybe the silence will be broken.

If Sheriff Garrison has a business selling supplies and products to the inmates, I believe that would be a conflict of interest unless the contract was put out to bid and evaluated by an independent group. I'd like to know more if anyone has info.

Per review of the county tax website, Mr. Garrison purchased a home for $528,100 in 2005 (a pricey home for a public servant). The interesting thing is that his tax assessment is now only $365,300 which is 69.2% of the 2005 purchase price. Other homes purchased in the same period and price range are now assessed at 78-82% of their 2005 purchase prices. My home is roughly 80% of its 2005 assessed value. Make me wonder how/why his home is 10-12% lower than the rest of us.

Sheriff Garrison has a charity that collects $55,000 to $65,000 per year. Of the money collected, $35,000 to $48,000 (65% to 76%) is spent for "fundraising activities" while roughly 30% is spent for "charitable donations". What's the nature of the "fundraising" expenses and to whom are the amounts paid? A net 30% charitable purpose is too low.

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This has turned into the bash Garrison site. Why don't we hear anything about Waters past? I have been Law Enforcement for 30 years and there's plenty to talk about. Garrison has a great team and yes we all know what every member of that team does. If by some terrible Turn of event that Waters were to win December 31' 2012 will be my last day. I want nothing to do with what the Sheriff's office will become the next day, and I mean nothing. People have no idea what Garrison or the members of the Sheriff's office do everyday to help the citizens of Cherokee County, things that are way above and beyond the normal call of duty.

In regards to the sniper shooting, were you there? I wasn't, and I am not going to be a Monday morning quarterback on the issue. I have lived in this county for over 20 years and I can count on both hands how many times I have heard of an officer-involved shooting in this county. It is EXTREMELY low. There are over 200k (like I have repeated numerous times) people in this county. We need this Sherriff here that has been here. We don't need an outsider coming in to ruffle everyone's feathers. As far as homes and taxes goes, EVERYONE'S tax rates have done this. And as far as charitable contributions, show me one organization that doesn't do the same thing that you are describing. Is he a good sherriff? YES. Has he managed to keep crime relatively low in this county as far as population growth is concerned? YES. He has my vote, always has.

He has my vote and I am happy to report that I have turned 5 people over the last week away from Waters and they now have Garrison signs up. I am beginning to see the truth come out and it looks good for our professional Sheriff. Every needs to make sure we get out and vote. I hope and pray it's for Garrison but vote no matter what, something Waters has failed to do in the past. Waters has thrown every Law Enforcement officer in the river with his rush to judgement on things he really knows nothing about. How can he say the things he has about these fine men and women and want our vote so he can be their boss. I don't think so.

I could not find anything about the Sheriff having a business with a conflict of interest but I did find something interesting. Mr. Waters, a commanding officer in Special Operations, which includes DUI enforcement, owns a DUI school in Forsyth County, www.operation21.com (which is a court ordered alternative to jail). That kind of seems like shooting fish in a barrel to me.

I heard that many prominent members of the Cobb FOP wrote a letter in support of Sheriff Garrison and denouncing the FOP Lodge's decision to back Waters. One prominent member of the lodge told me that the lodge didn't vote to back waters - it was done by their 'fearless leader' President Bill Mull who has been promised a job as a major if waters is elected. Supposedly when the issue of who to support was brought up to the lodge, it was tabled until Sheriff Garrison could respond to the Lodge's invitation to address them. Roger says that he never got an invitation and no one has been able to produce a letter of invitation. Now it makes sense - and Mull is not the only person who has been promised favors for support by Waters. One pawn/gun shop in Cherokee has been told that if they would put a waters sign up on their property, waters would replace all car shotgun mounts and purchase them through this shop. That sounds typical. Garrison 2012 all the way!

TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF CHEROKKE COUNTY VOTERS:

My name is Billy Mull and I'm a retired Cobb County Police Officer. I worked for Cobb County for 42 years and retired as Deputy Chief. and presently the President of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge13 in Cobb County. I understand there are some misinformation being distributed about myself and the FOP endorsement of David Waters for Sheriff of Cherokee County. First of all I personally sent letters to Sheriff Garrison and Mr. Waters oulining the Lodge's intention to endorse one of the candidates for Sheriff. In the letter (which our Lodge Lawyer, Mr. Lance LaRusso, has a copy), we set out the date and time for our meeting to discuss and vote on the endorsement. Mr Waters came and addressed the membership and since Sheriff Garrison elected not to attend, we had a nomination to endorse Mr. Waters for Shereiff of Cherokee County.I have heard there has been all sorts of comments regarding our endorsement such as we are a union and we plan or bringing this to Cherokee County. This is totally false information and we are a fraternal organization that supports Police Officers in many ways. BUT WE'RE NOT A UNION. In conclusion I have never been offered a position by Mr Waters.
Billy

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Mr. Mull,
Thank you for coming forward to clarify the discussion around the Cobb County FOP backing of a Cherokee County Sheriff's Candidate. I read your endorsement letter and I am curious what specific elements of Mr. Waters record specifically won the support of the lodge.

Your letter of April 2012, states
"In today’s law enforcement field higher education is a must, and you have earned your degree and encouraged fellow employees to pursue the path." What specific degree were you referring to in April? How in-depth is the Research done by the FOP prior to an official endorsement?

Mr. Teller they called a professional witness to refute my professional witness.

I am not going to tell you the case number but if you wish to do some digging of your own why dont you go to cherokee county court house and look up DUI records where the defendant was found NOT GUILTY by the jury, and where Mr. David Cannon JR. was taken ON RECORD by the court reported of his misdeeds in the court room as well as having the judge bring the reporter in before court began to take down the info on the record for mistrial purposes.

Three sides to every story, David's side, Billy's side and the truth. Which is it????

Mr. Rico,

I don't interpret Roger Garrison's ad as an attack on Mr. Waters church. It seems more like a statement of fact. He also listed Medals of Honor for his opponent. Garrison must be proud of his church affiliation and chose not to slight the membership of Mr. Waters. Your words seem harsh for what is printed.

The comment about being married 5 times may not have been necessary but it does make a valid comparison about commitment.

Regarding the church issue, I know there are some churches that will not allow membership to people that have divorced and remarried. The church I belong to is one of them.

First of all you Garrison supporters don't need to worry about what I say or think. Be concerned with the hundreds of people that will interpret the ad as an attack on that Church. The Sheriff once belonged to a small church until he got elected and became too big for it. Perception is reality and I have already listened to several people who think he exercised poor judgement and hurt himself.

Rico, I do not feel that the church was attacked as there was no notation as to how many members are at his church. As far as I and probably lots of others, we have no way of knowing whether it is a big church or small church. I am not even sure why people would even think this is an attack. I would be more concerned with the five time married statement that the one about his church membership.

If people get upset over someone publicly saying that they attend a different church from others, then that is a sad state of affairs IMO. It is called freedom to worship and little ole sweaty women should realize that we can worship wherever and whenever we choose. Now if the Sheriff had said my church is bigger and better than your church - nana nana boo boo, then that might be a problem but he did nothing to that effect. IMO it is just one more petty thing that the supporters of Davd Waters are using to try to stir the pot. Stick with the issues please - it is what both candidates should be doing.

And while we are on the subject of political ads, lets get the whole truth out there not just something used once again to mislead the voters. I.E. David Waters ad I received in today's mail saying that the county paid out $75,000 for a sexual harrassment suit against Roger Garrison. The part that it was against another sheriff named in the lawsuit was conveniently left out. Give me a break, lets put the full blame on Garrison and forget Bo Ballard was Sheriff at the time. I guess we are all supposed to be gullible about these half truths. Wating to see what other dirt is going to be dug up that people who have lived in this county for a while already knew about. At this point it is almost becoming funny!

Ballard, Garrison (who was a sergeant at the time) and two others were named in the law suit, by three female employees, for Sexual Harrassment. I guess Garrison's no- show at the forum was the smartest thing for him because I'm sure somebody would've asked about the suit.

FOP backed a loser!