Why Are So Many Fellow Legislators and Elected Officials Endorsing John Kennedy Instead of Greg Dolezal for Lieutenant Governor?
What Do They Know That You Do Not Know?
Earlier this week, candidate for Georgia Lieutenant Governor, John F. Kennedy, posted the following notice of endorsements from Forsyth County:
Since then, row upon row of fellow Georgia legislators have been following suit endorsing Senator John F. Kennedy to defeat Forsyth County Senator Greg Dolezal in the June 16 Lieutenant Governor primary runoff.
If you think about it, to get that many local politicians to agree on anything, much less to endorse the opponent of a fellow Forsyth County politician here in Forsyth County, is an amazing accomplishment. In particular, I consider Representative Carter Barrett a good friend, and someone who strongly believed in my recent candidacy for county commission. Yet, even Representative Barrett came up short of endorsing my candidacy for that position. That said, my friend is publicly endorsing John F. Kennedy to defeat Greg Dolezal. To gain Carter Barrett’s endorsement, when the representative has never before endorsed any candidate for any political position, not even his good friend, is quite a coup for Senator Kennedy. The only local members of the Forsyth County delegation not pictured in Senator Kennedy’s announcement would be state Representative Todd Jones and Senator Shawn Still, who for reasons that will become obvious, support Senator Dolezal.
To my numerous political friends in Gainesville and elsewhere, who have heretofore expressed support for Senator Dolezal, primarily for his conservative voting record, while I admit a solid conservative voting record is important, just as important is how a politician conducts his life as a representative of the people, the worthiness of an agenda he or she chooses to advocate, the leadership he or she displays in doing so, and the success he or she enjoys toward accomplishing that worthy agenda. Furthermore, the respect one commands among ones peers says much about the worthiness of a candidate for public office. To all my friends, please read and judge what I and others are telling you from a position up close, and even personal, concerning Senator Greg Dolezal and his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor.
So, what do I and others know that perhaps the general public does not? That is what we are going to talk about today.
Here is how former state House member and Green Beret, David Clark, recently expressed his support, not for Greg Dolezal, but instead for Senator John Kennedy in the runoff for Georgia’s Lieutenant Governorship.
Meeting Greg Dolezal
Prior to his 2018 run for state senate, I did not know Greg Dolezal. During that time, I was writing a regular opinion piece for the Forsyth County News. As was the custom during my informal tenure at the paper, I received numerous requests from various political candidates to have lunch, each obviously hoping to tilt my opinions toward their candidacies, which if accomplished might somehow filter into my articles. In keeping, I received such an invitation from then senate candidate Dolezal for lunch. We met at a Greek salad restaurant south of Cumming, as apparently the Senator eats much more healthily than I do.
During our meal, Greg told me his story of how he came to live in Forsyth County, a transplant from the Chicago area, and deciding to run for state office. Greg Dolezal is an impressive, charming individual. I am not an easy sell, but both of us apparently shared a foundation of American idealism driving our politics. Greg won me over. I remember thinking how fortunate Forsyth County was to have such an ideal candidate to represent the area in the Georgia Senate.
Say what you want about Greg Dolezal, but the man is a hard worker, a hard campaigner, persuasive and difficult to deter from a goal he has established. Dolezal won his seat in the Georgia Senate relatively easily and began serving in January 2019. The night of the primary I stopped by his victory party to congratulate him. I was happy to have such an excellent representative in the state senate.
It would be almost two years before I can recall my next meaningful conversations with Greg Dolezal. After the 2020 presidential election it became apparent, at least to me, that the official vote totals were tainted by any number of fraudulent activities around the state, both the night of the election and during the next several days during which absentee votes were being counted. I called my state senator, and Greg seemed to rationalize the Trump loss, recounting that he, as a state senator, received more votes in Forsyth County than did Trump. The senator presented the argument that Republicans, practically en masse, failed to check a presidential preference on the ballot. I mean, what else could anyone say at that point? Obviously, a special session was needed to convene an investigation, time was of the essence. Senator Dolezal pushed for a special session to be called, but did not have the power or influence to make it happen. I cannot fault him for that. I fault Governor Kemp for that lack of action at that time.
On Saturday December 5, 2020, along about midday I received a phone call from Greg. Receiving such a call was out of the ordinary. The Senator needed a way to travel to Valdosta, quickly, ostensibly to meet President Trump who would be flying in on Air Force One to participate in a runoff rally for then US Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Purdue. The senator needed a way to get to Valdosta fast, and it was too late to imagine driving. He knew I had a plane that might just make it in time and so he called to ask for me to fly him to the Valdosta Airport, a favor which of course, I was delighted to fulfill.
I hurriedly gathered some belongings and headed for Gainesville Airport where the plane awaited its occupants. As luck would have it, the afternoon was perfect flying weather and practically at dusk we landed, flying straight-in at KVLD, 15 minutes before they closed the airspace for the arrival of Air Force One. Just in time!!
I have to admit, this was a very cool opportunity to fly in to a Trump rally, essentially bypassing all normal forms of security and finding myself in the VIP section during an historic moment in time.
Shortly after landing, Senator Dolezal and I met up with then Senators Burt Jones and Brandon Beach and we made our ways toward the rally venue.
Soon Air Force One entered the left downwind and landed from the south, again, very cool to be there to witness President Trump and the First Lady walk toward center stage.
After the event, Greg, Burt, Brandon and I went to eat at a local Waffle House. Burt drove. And I recall Burt Jones to be a much more affable person than the one I have seen on the campaign trail, actually a very funny guy. Little did I know that I would be spending the evening, including dinner at Waffle House, with the future Treasurer of the United States, future Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and perhaps Georgia’s next governor, and perhaps Georgia’s next Lieutenant Governor in Greg Dolezal. One thing was clear to me, and that was that these three state senators were very good friends.
New Light Shed on Senator Dolezal-The Talitrix Connection
In 2022, during the Georgia General Assembly, I came into some information I felt necessary to share publicly. That information involved a major bill coming before the Georgia legislature, HB1013, the Georgia Mental Health Parity Act. Certain information shared with me at the time centered on the fact that the primary sponsor of the bill, Forsyth County State Representative Todd Jones, who some say is best friends with Greg Dolezal, was also the shared owner of a patented product, the Talitrix wrist band, and who operated a company by that name. Jones was actively marketing that product to various state governments, one in particular being the State of Tennessee. Below you will see a screenshot of former Georgia Representative Micah Gravely (L) and Representative Todd Jones (R), marketing the Talitrix wrist band and Talitrix services to a Tennessee Senate subcommittee. I wrote an article at the time to explain what I had learned.
The Talitrix wrist band looks like a watch, which does keep the time, but is also a tracking device, very much like an ankle bracelet transmitter. The device can be used by various government agencies to monitor not only the locations, but also various biometrics of parolees and other individuals deemed by the state to require tracking once released from custody. Obviously, the only customers for such a product would be government agencies.
One category of individuals who could conceivably be subjected to tracking, by Talitrix technology, would be a class of mentally ill patients HB1013 termed, “involuntary outpatients.” With respect to involuntary outpatient care, below is what Representative Jones wrote into the bill:
965 (G) Employ specific protocols to respond appropriately and lawfully in the event of a failure of or noncompliance with involuntary outpatient care;
1320 (17) Partner with the Department of Community Supervision to evaluate the ability to1321 share mental health data between state and local agencies, such as community service1322 boards and the Department of Community Supervision, to assist state and local agencies 1323 in identifying, tracking, and treating those under community supervision who are also 1324 receiving community based mental health services;
1484 (5) Tracking qualitative and quantitative metrics on the outcomes of any changes made 1485 to community supervision strategies for individuals with mental illness to determine the 1486 effectiveness of such strategies.”
Notice that since these are “involuntary outpatients,” such individuals under community supervision would have to be TRACKED for “noncompliance” with their permissions to remain at-large. Furthermore, “tracking qualitative and quantitative metrics” is what the Talitrix wrist band technology does, providing not only GPS metrics, but also biometrics sent continuously to the Talitrix monitoring center. And so, by all appearances, HB1013 had within its provisions certain language conceivably mandating the use of Representative Jones’ patented product by the State of Georgia. I used the term, “mandating,” because, at least at that time, there were few, if any, competitive tracking technologies on the market that could also track the same “qualitative and quantitative metrics.”
So, what does any of that have to do with Senator Dolezal?
As it turns out, Senator Dolezal is an investor in Talitrix. How much did he invest? All anyone can say with certainty is that it is more than the $5000 minimum reporting requirement. Senator Dolezal would later advise me that he had invested $50,000 in the company. Is that true? I have no way to verify that information, and each investor in the company is sworn to secrecy, being required to sign an NDA, apparently with severe penalties for disclosing certain prohibited information.
On the day HB1013 would go to the Senate floor, I drove to the Capitol to meet with several others to try to influence the vote against the bill’s passage. While there, I called Senator Dolezal to find out what I could expect from the senate that day. He was in his office reading through HB1013, and striking language having to do with the tracking or monitoring of involuntary outpatients. He graciously invited me to his office and to sit as he went through the bill. There with Senator Dolezal were Representative Phillip Singleton and a private individual I will not name, but who is the Freedom Caucus legislation analyst.
When the topic of Talitrix came up, I recall Representative Singleton remarking that he was among the elected officials Todd Jones had solicited to invest. Representative Singleton laughed and added that he would have invested except that he did not have any money.
When the senator finished the HB1013 markup, he made the statement that I considered odd, to the affect that he had removed all language referencing the tracking of individuals, conceivably by Talitrix technology, at which point he was interested to know whether I had any concerns about his voting for the bill, explaining that the bill was going to pass anyway and that he felt like he needed to show support. What could I say other than whether he voted for it or not was up to him, but that I was gratified the tracking language would be removed before going back to the House. As it turned out, had Senator Dolezal voted against his business partner’s bill, he would have been the only member of either house to do so, as ultimately HB1013 passed the Senate and House unanimously. Importantly, at no time did Senator Dolezal argue that the language he was removing did not regard Talitrix technology, only that he was removing all tracking language prior to the bill going to the Senate floor.
Later that evening is when I spoke with Senator Dolezal on the phone about his investment in Talitrix. That is when he told me he had invested as $50,000. While on the phone, I took the opportunity to advise the Senator that in representing me in the senate, I believed he should divest any holdings in Talitrix, or any other enterprises that do business, or even might do business with state or local governments, as in practically all local government spending, there are certain public funds appropriated by the State of Georgia, which are under his purview to affect. In the case at hand, those appropriations accruing possible benefit to Talitrix would be under certain control of the Talitrix owners in the House and Senate. I regard those kinds of arrangements conflicts of interest.
As an alternative, I suggested Senator Dolezal sponsor and pass a bill prohibiting businesses owned wholly or partially by state legislators from doing business with state or local governments for seven years after their terms of elected service end. Obviously, none of my advise did Senator Dolezal take.
I have nothing but the senator’s statement to me to judge the size of his investment in Talitrix, but I have always considered that kind of investment to open the door creating at least the appearance of impropriety. And I will also say this, that it would be my knowledge of Greg Dolezal’s investment and connections with Talitrix that began to drive a wedge separating my support from the Senator. If, in representing me, Senator Dolezal invested in a business along with another state elected official, and that elected official proposes legislation which could open the door for that business to contract to receive state funds, I have a problem with that. In my view, Senator Dolezal’s credibility has been harmed by his shared ownership of Talitrix.
Numerous Elected Officials Involved in Talitrix
Representative Jones targeted other elected state legislators to invest in Talitrix tracking business. And it is widely known that any number of state representatives did invest and have even worked directly for Todd Jones’ firm. The reader should be asking why Todd Jones would have targeted so many state elected officials to invest in Talitrix, especially knowing that one of his goals, as we saw in the case with neighboring Tennessee, would be to sell Talitrix technology and services to governments at the state level. In the case of HB1013, the language of Jones’ original bill, which you can read above, could easily be administered to not only empower, but also practically mandate the State of Georgia to contract with Jones’ company. Senator Greg Dolezal would have to know that.
Senator Dolezal’s Votes and the Georgia Freedom Caucus Scorecard - HB 1013 and SB 221
I have any number of political friends whose opinions are heavily-affected by various published elected official scorecards. One scorecard largely relied upon is the John Birch Society Freedom Index, a scorecard which purportedly measures the constitutionality of various elected official’s votes, from the John Birch perspective. Then there is the Heritage Action Scorecard, which purports to evaluate members of Congress based on their support for conservative policies. There is also the Club for Growth Foundation Scorecard, which purports to rank lawmakers based on their support for pro-growth, limited-government, and free-market economic policies. Understand, however, none of those scorecards are published purely as a service to the community. They are published in order to influence votes for-or-against a particular candidate or candidates.
In December of 2021, Senator Greg Dolezal founded the Georgia Freedom Caucus, placing himself as its first chairman.
Each year, the Georgia Freedom Caucus publishes its own scorecard, which the caucus purports measures various Georgia legislators’ votes and their adherence to certain ultra-conservative policies. As is the case with all the other published scorecards, the Senator did not design the Freedom Caucus scorecard merely to inform the voters. You see, not surprisingly, each year Senator Dolezal, the Freedom Caucus founder, rates as the first or second top conservative voter in the Georgia Senate. The caucus is therefore not solely organized to promote conservative principles. It is also designed to promote Senator Dolezal to conservative voters. Understand, the Freedom Caucus Scorecard consists of a list of votes on bills which Senator Dolezal ultimately controls. That opens the question whether the Senator votes out of pure conviction, or purely to receive votes himself.
The graphic below is a partial of the 2026 Georgia Freedom Caucus Scorecard. House member Charlice Byrd, incidentally, votes NO on virtually every bill that comes to the floor. That is why she rates 100% .
In founding the Georgia Freedom Caucus, Senator Dolezal also manufactured a way to regularly promote his own politically-conservative bona fides, which accomplishes two goals for him. First, it gives him something to talk about to politically conservative audiences. And second, it garners political support from some of the most aggressively-conservative constituencies imaginable, many of them from in his own home county of Forsyth, whose persistent threatening behaviors and attacks, either in person or on social media, are apparently geared to intimidate those who dare question the senator’s judgment, or disagree on policy.
Senator Dolezal Violates Conservative Convictions on HB1013
In 2022, the Georgia Freedom Caucus strongly opposed HB1013. Founding House Freedom Caucus member Phillip Singleton publicly stated that HB1013 “fails EVERY test of conservative governance,” arguing that it expanded government in numerous ways. Once passed, HB1013 became a catalyst for a broader behavioral-health reform agenda, INCREASING THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF GEORGIA GOVERNMENT in direct violation of Georgia Freedom Caucus mandated principles. Since HB1013 passed, Georgia has spent more than $1 billion in additional cumulative behavioral-health funding. Yet, in the end, Senator Greg Dolezal and every other member of the Georgia Freedom Caucus voted for it. What that tells us is that the conservative convictions of Senator Dolezal’s Georgia Freedom Caucus are only so deep, and that not even Senator Dolezal finds it inviting to be the only no-vote in both the Georgia House and Senate, and is therefore willing to sacrifice the very principles that provide the ideological foundation his Georgia Freedom Caucus was organized to promote.
Dolezal’s Conservative Principles only So Deep on SB221
I have written extensively on the 2021 Kemp “Governor’s Bill,” SB221. You can find my first article on that bill here. If it remains on the books, SB221 will prove to be the end of Georgia’s political party system on its way to becoming a corporatocracy. Under SB221, Georgia’s Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the legislative leadership of both parties in the state House and Senate receive the benefit of eliciting unlimited dark money contributions emanating from virtually anyone, and anywhere in the world. Read that again. As outrageous as it sounds, what I describe is the law in Georgia. To restore the republic, and the political party system in Georgia, SB221 must be repealed or its powers severely modified.
But SB221 is another excellent example of how Senator Dolezal’s conservative ideals are ultimately called into question. As you can see below, only three members of the Georgia Senate voted against SB221. They were the same individuals with whom I attended the Valdosta Trump rally and enjoyed dinner at Waffle House in December of 2020. They would be State Senators Brandon Beach, Burt Jones and Greg Dolezal.
I credit those three senators for voting as they did in a losing cause. But, what I will show you now, at least in the cases of Senators Jones and Dolezal, is that those votes, each cast against SB221 were purely political. There was little or no substance of principle underwriting their votes. Each of those senators could boast that they stood fast defending the republic when Governor Kemp’s dark money bill, which placed Georgia policy-making in the hands of anonymous benefactors with a large balances in their open checkbooks, as it became law.
Here’s the problem. SB221 is still in effect. Burt Jones is now the Lieutenant Governor and has his own “Leadership Committee PAC.” Did he give it up when he won the seat? No, in fact, the Lieutenant Governor tried to use his dark money PAC to finance his election to become Georgia’s Governor. Doing so was in direct violation of the lawful purposes of those funds, which can only be used for the office in which they were given. The courts therefore stopped him. Do we think that Burt Jones will give up his leadership committee PAC when he is elected governor? I, for one, believe not. If I am correct, then that shows you that, at least in the case of Burt Jones, his vote against SB221 was purely political. There would have been no overriding ideological principle behind that vote. The vote against SB221 was a “throw away vote.” But even throw away votes count on the Georgia Freedom Caucus Scorecard. Do you see why so many of these scorecard votes, especially in a losing cause, are wholly political and meaningless?
But, what about Senator Dolezal’s vote on SB221. Is it any less meaningless? No, it is more so. I say that because over the last three years I have personally communicated with the Senator about sponsoring a bill to either repeal SB221, or render some of its provisions to limit dark money contributors from buying such influence over Georgia policy-making. Senator Dolezal’s response was that doing so would only be “sideways energy,” expressing certain futility in expending effort toward what he believed to be a losing cause. When I have publicly-labeled SB221 as a “dark money bill,” the senator has been quick to try to correct me, assuring audiences that SB221 does not allow dark money contributions. Now, if Senator Dolezal is correct, then he should be able to tell us the names of the individuals truly funding the following list of contributions made to Governor Kemp during his 2022 reelection bid, as his leadership committee accounts topped $80 million.
You see, none of us will ever know who owns those corporate entities, or where the money came from that went to Brian Kemp’s leadership committee. These entities are all from out-of-state. For all we know, those funds could have originated in countries hostile to the United States. And that is why these are all examples of dark money flowing into Georgia’s election system.
Now, if Senator Dolezal succeeds in his campaign to become Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor, guess what? He will have his own leadership committee PAC and have the same opportunities to elicit and receive dark money contributions, exactly what he looked good voting against in 2021. The senator has been silent on the issue of SB221, its repeal or its modification. Yet, should both Burt Jones and Greg Dolezal to succeed in their bids for their respective statewide offices, they would have the power to do whatever they want with SB221. If you believe either of these officials would walk away from the chance at having virtually unlimited funds at their disposal for the next eight years, or in Dolezal’s case possibly sixteen, I believe you overestimate their devotion to honest, republican government.
Greg Dolezal and the Forsyth County “Club”
Now, it is time to get serious about how the state senator representing Forsyth County apparently operates. Almost two years ago, I began a series of articles centered around an informal, however highly effective power structure that has at its goal to control every elected and appointed seat of Forsyth County Government. We know that is its purpose because that is what it has done. In my first article in a series, I chose to describe this ensemble of political actors as, the “Club.” I used several pictures published by the Club on social media to identify who certain of the Club members are. Here is one of the pictures:
Each of those now elected officials I have labeled “SRG,” which meant that their elections were managed at the time by the Stoneridge Group (SRG). At the center of the Stoneridge Group was its founder, Jay Williams. Mr. Williams is the bearded individual in the middle of the next photo:
The Club is not motivated by ideology. It is motivated by power and control over the future of Forsyth County. They are all smiling in the photos because these pictures were taken the night of the 2024 Republican primary victories they shared in. In the first photo, you will see state Representative Todd Jones with a broom, signifying a “complete sweep” of primary victories by the Club. Notice in the back row of photo #2, Senator Greg Dolezal and his hand-chosen successor, Club member, “Big Mike” Dudgeon. Dudgeon, incidentally, has apparently powered his campaign by selling his political soul to sports betting corporations, each apparently betting on locating major gambling operations in Georgia, with Big Mike’s help.
Senator Dolezal’s Social Media Army of Fanatics
Lately, I have had the pleasure of blocking any number of Senator Dolezal’s fanatical social media devotees on Facebook. For a long time I tried to engage with them. But once I declared candidacy for the county commission seat presently occupied by Club member Kerry Hill, I became relentlessly assailed by the Club’s social media auxiliary—always the same few individuals, all rabid Dolezal supporters, practically always writing the same snarky comments, over and over, on every post I would make. So their comments were nothing anyone could have a real online conversation about. Their purposes were to create a nuisance to obstruct any message I posted on social media. And the participants included Senator Dolezal’s good friend and former political consultant at Stoneridge Group, Jay Williams. On practically every post I would make, Jay Williams would follow with the same inane comment that I was somehow a supporter of Stacey Abrams. Eventually, I just blocked them all…ahhhhh! It felt so good!
One of the largest private Facebook groups based in Forsyth County is Focus on Forsyth County Ga.
One of Senator Dolezal’s gatekeepers serves as an administrator of this group. I am not allowed to join this 57K member group. Whether Senator Dolezal tells the administrators what to do or not, they know what to do and why they are there to do it. And that is to promote the senator, and the Club, and deny access to anyone who seriously dissents. This is what the Club does to try to maintain a grip on the control of Forsyth County. Imagine what they and others would do were Senator Dolezal to be elected to a statewide office such as Lieutenant Governor.
Infighting Among the Forsyth County Delegation
A few years ago, I published an article entitled, “Conflicts of Interests in State Government, Local Forsyth County Connections.” In that article I featured the fact that Representative McDonald occupied the informal position of “Governor’s Floor Leader” in the Georgia House. I argued that there is no such constitutional position in state government, as it violates the precept of separation of powers, and should be abandoned. Furthermore, I regard that violation as a conflict of interests and said so in the article.
Shortly thereafter, perhaps sensing that I was at odds with Representative McDonald, I received a call from Greg Dolezal asking if I might provide a good question that would be asked of McDonald at an upcoming Forsyth Family Alliance forum. I thought was an odd request, but as it turns out there is a deep divide between the two of which I was not aware.
I learned more about that divide when evidence of it surfaced again in late February of 2024. That is when Senators Dolezal and Brandon Beach were each speakers at a local political event I was involved in hosting. Handed the mic, Senator Beach spoke of a bill he had sponsored to prevent China from buying up Georgia farmland, but claimed to a crowd of over 200 attendees that Representative Lauren McDonald was preventing that bill from advancing through the Agriculture Committee to a vote on the floor.
In the following couple of days, out of a genuine interest to advance the bill, I called Senator Beach to better understand what was going on before calling Representative McDonald. When I asked Beach to explain how McDonald was holding up the bill, he responded that he didn’t know, but was told that by Senator Dolezal. When I hung up with Beach, I called Senator Dolezal to ask him the same question, hoping to be knowledgeable on the subject when I called Lauren McDonald. Greg Dolezal informed me that the contention about McDonald holding up Beach’s bill was something he had heard others say in conversation. Thinking I was helping these legislators to better understand each other and what was really going on, and also to help save Georgia’s farmland from communist aggression, I let Senator Dolezal know that I would call Representative McDonald to find out the truth and call him back.
After hanging up, I called Lauren McDonald and told him that Greg Dolezal had heard and informed Brandon Beach that Lauren was holding up Beach’s bill in the Agriculture Committee. Lauren said nothing except to ask me whether I could hold for a minute. I responded that I could and was put on hold. Ten to fifteen seconds later, Lauren came back and let me know that on the line with us was House Agriculture Chairman, Robert Dickey. Once we extended greetings, without any explanation Representative McDonald asked Chairman Dickey whether McDonald was holding up any bills by anyone, including Senator Beach, in the Ag Committee. Chairman Dickey’s response was not only no, but that Lauren couldn’t hold up agriculture bills if he wanted to, because Representative McDonald was not on the Agriculture Committee.
I thanked them both and called Greg Dolezal right back to let him know what I had learned, and to say that I believed he and Senator Beach owed Representative McDonald a public apology for making the statements they did at the event I helped to sponsor. Senator Dolezal indicated that he was the one owed an apology from McDonald for spreading a contention that Dolezal had been engaged in certain extramarital affairs. I told Greg that I did not know anything about that, but that I did know that Dolezal and Beach spread a false rumor about public business, and that McDonald was due an apology.
No apology would ever be forthcoming.
The next Sunday, March 3rd, on the Georgia Gang, somehow commentator Phil Kent had learned of the same false story. Thinking it was true, Kent broadcast the same contention, apparently initiated by Dolezal and made public by the now Treasurer of the United States, that somehow Lauren McDonald was holding up Beach’s bill.
After receiving that video, I texted it to Senator Dolezal. All the Senator would say is that he doesn’t watch the show and that was the end of the text string.
Perhaps what I have described is why former Lieutenant Governor candidate David Clark said in his video that Greg Dolezal is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing. It’s all political rhetoric to chase power. If you knew the real Dolezal, how he acts when the cameras are off, you would run the other way.”
In the end, Georgia has a decision to make in electing the next Lieutenant Governor. I for one am taking no chances with Greg Dolezal. I am one who was 100% behind the Senator when he was elected, and is 100% against him after almost 8 years in the Senate. I agree with David Clark and others who have worked with Greg Dolezal, that he is not who he portrays when the cameras are on. The evidence I see demonstrates that Senator Dolezal works primarily to quench his own thirst for power and control. I believe Senator Greg Dolezal is primarily responsible for the dysfunctionality and strife-laden Forsyth County Government and its state delegation. I believe that he has a practically uncontrollable urge to master his political environment, whether it be at the county level, or God-forbid the state level. I believe that those who have worked closely with him in Georgia’s House and Senate, by and large agree that, regardless of voting record, a state run by Greg Dolezal would be an environment they do not want to live in. And that is why so many of them have chosen to endorse State Senator John F. Kennedy for Georgia Lieutenant Governor. And that is why, today, I do the same thing, and urge you to
Vote Senator John F. Kennedy for Georgia’s next Lieutenant Governor.
Great article, Hank! Thank you for trying to keep us informed and the politicians accountable.
Thanks for this Hank. I was surprised at the level of conflict of interest and agree fully that this corruption of our government must stop. I wonder who will take up the charge to drive change.
I am also bothered by the lack of support for Greg by our House Representatives from Forsyth. I also spoken with a couple of our House Reps about it and was very surprised at the apparent lack of collaboration and trust. There is no doubt in my mind that it is real and a serious issue.
But, yes there is always a but, I have been very impressed with Gregs efforts in past and his platform going ahead. He has done and will do the work I want done. The strength of will keep me in the Dolezal camp recognizing the strong points you make and being aware of those concerns going forward.
Thanks for driving this important conversation.