In recent weeks, well-connected city employees have screwed up royally. Not just regular screw-ups like everyone makes, not the kind you and I make. No, these were jumbo-sized. These screw-ups are the kind that compare to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. However, unlike you or me, these two are getting a slap on the wrist. After all, they’re well-connected.
I think it’s pretty clear that I’m hardly afraid of law-abiding citizens carrying firearms. I also think it’s pretty clear that I believe we should be able to carry firearms in more places. I honestly believe that the rules regarding firearms are entirely too restrictive. However, the rules are the rules. That is, unless you’re the city attorney.
The blow-up regarding Alban City Attorney Nathan Davis and his arsenal, a gun and a knife, being found in his desk is pretty clear cut. Spin and subterfuge has been the response. There’s been mention that the gun and knife were “found” by an employee that Davis was seeking to terminate. There’s plenty of evidence to lead one to believe that. My question is: what does it matter?
The facts are pretty simple. Davis had a gun in his desk inside of a government building. This is in direct violation of state law that specifically prevents someone with a Georgia firearms license from doing what Davis did. For the record, Davis doesn’t have a license, and yet he was not only retained, but faced no criminal charges.
Nathan Davis isn’t the only one who’s gotten away with wrongdoing.
Albany police Capt. Ernest Williams, who acts as Mayor Willie Adams’ driver, was suspended for throwing confidential records in his personal garbage. These records were police records with social security numbers. Now, in this day and age of identity theft, must I really recount why this is a bad thing?
In any other case, this would have resulted in termination. Frankly, former Albany Assistant Fire Chief Rod Jolivette was guilty of a far lesser offense that almost resulted in his termination. However, Williams is getting a slap on the wrist and then heading back to work. Williams’ poor decision could have resulted in people’s lives being ruined.
However, in both cases we have connected city employees getting away with what would result in horrible consequences for anyone else. Albany has run for years on a good old boy system, one that needed to die years ago.
Unfortunately, here in the Artesian City, it thrives. What’s worse than the old days though, is that this new generation is just so bad at hiding it.
Written by Tom Knighton. Read his blog at TomKnighton.com, as well as SWGAPolitics.com. A lifelong political junkie, Tom started out his adult life as a journalism major at Darton College before leaving school to serve his nation as a U.S. Navy Corpsman. Through the years, he has watched government from outside and inside. A former Reagan supporter, then later a Democrat, Tom now finds himself quite comfortable as a card carrying Libertarian and currently serves as Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Southwest Georgia.
Would some one please tell the police cheif i have been trying to get a appt. to see him.Seems all my calls get droped,(lol they hang up on me when they hear my name)And if they need some help down there,i am disabled,but if they would give me a job,id make sure appt. got made.And i could use the money.seeing how the City and County want to take what i do have comming in.