OAKWOOD - Hall Countians interested in launching a recall effort against south Hall Commissioner Craig Lutz and possibly Ashley Bell gathered in Oakwood at Curt's Cafeteria Saturday morning.
The meeting room began to fill quickly with people who want to oust the newly elected commissioner.
Bobby Hulsey said he and the others are angry about the way Lutz worked to remove trusted and experienced administrators early this year saying their actions were illegal.
"I think because of the way they posted the meetings, the notices they did not give to people they should have given notices to, I feel like that made the entire meeting void and any action they took in that meeting was illegal," Hulsey said.
Hulsey hopes if the effort proceeds there could be a recall election by this fall. First they have to present 100 signatures to the county registrar, then a judge must rule on charges against Lutz; if the judge rules the charges are valid the recall group has 45 days to raise around 8,000 signatures to authorize the recall election.
Mike Parker from Flowery Branch said he wanted to see how many people are committed to getting the initial one hundred signature petition started, also believing that Lutz helped to illegally remove the county's top administrators when he took office in January.
Earlier this week, Lutz defended the actions which have prompted the move to oust him from office, claiming he did nothing illegal and challenging recall group members to prove that he did. (See earlier story.)
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Thursday
October 17th, 2024
8:32PM
