July 12, 2017

Citizens:

Following is a link to a Milton Herald article on the redrawing of Milton’s election District 1’s boundaries.  This district change is unethical and violates basic standards of good governance.  It is just plain wrong.

Milton Herald Article on Nontransparent Change to District 1’s Boundaries

First, thanks to the Milton Herald for covering this important story.

The basic story here is simple.  Ms. Thurman was moving outside of her district.  Within a month of buying a lot in The Estates at Atlanta National (EAN), Ms. Thurman lobbied Representative Jan Jones to change the boundaries of District 1 to include EAN.   This change allowed Ms. Thurman to keep her seat on Council.  To avoid scrutiny–both from Council and voters–this change was effected in a clandestine fashion.  It never appeared on any City Council agenda.  It was never discussed or debated at Council.  No resolution of support was ever passed by Council.  Citizens were afforded no opportunity to provide input or even notified of the change.  There was no documented support from Council members in advance of the bill’s introduction into the Georgia General Assembly.  To this day, very few citizens know about this changes, including those citizens added to District 1.

Later today, I will provide a detailed description of the District 1 change.  Over the coming days, I will provide all of my research–one exhibit at at time–to the public.  You can draw your own conclusions based on that evidence.  We are confident that you will come to the same conclusion that we came to:  The district change was effected under false pretenses and in a clandestine manner.

Thank you for your continuing engagement and your support.

Advocating For Citizens,

Tim Becker

The Milton Coalition–Advocating for clean, competent, courageous, and citizen-centric government

(Postscript:  Citizens, with the breaking of this story, it should be clear why Council Member Thurman addressed Council on Monday night.  She was aware of this article.  Her speech was a transparent attempt to insulate herself from the coming backlash by disparaging her critics.  It was all political theater.  If you don’t like the message . . . then discredit the messenger.)