Oct 25 2008
Troup County Racism
When we have the election in November we will also be voting for sheriff of our county. The current sheriff, Donnie Turner, has been in office for two terms and is running for reelection. Running against him is Larry Harris, a former deputy of Troup County. When Mr. Harris filed to run for sheriff he filed as a Democrat. He was then disqualified for not turning in his school records even though they were on record at the Troup County sheriff’s department. He paid $3000.00 to run and did not receive his money back. He then filed to run as an Independent and was told he has already qualified to run as a democrat but because he had not turned in his records could not run. Does any of this make any sense? Mr. Harris then filed an appeal and the court decided he could collect signatures and if he could get 3000 he could run as an independent. Mr. Harris got more than enough signatures to run but was told he could not run again. Our Probate Judge decided there was a problem with the way the signatures were collected. Mr. Harris appealed again and as of now he will be on the ballot in November. This week information has come out that our current sheriff did not file his school records when he ran either time. Judge Boyd and Sheriff Turner do not want Mr. Harris to run in the election because he is a black man. They are scared he will receive all the black votes and win. What would scare them even more is the fact that many, many white people will vote for Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris is an honest person who really cares about the people of Troup County. My entire family will be giving our vote to Mr. Harris come November.
