Kennesaw Mayoral Candidate Wants Handbook for Elected Officials

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A Kennesaw city councilwoman who is throwing her hat in the ring for the mayor’s office is drafting a handbook for the city’s elected officials, a document which currently doesn’t exist.

Debra Williams tells the Marietta Daily Journal that she has been examining employee handbooks for other city workers and handbooks implemented by other cities’ elected leaders to get an idea of the policies that Kennesaw’s elected officials should be formally held to.

Williams says that she plans to include the possibility of fines for misconduct in the handbook, with fines as large as $1,000 for elected officials who violate city policy or ethical standards. The draft handbook contains the city charter, a mission statement, proper voting procedures, and protocol for addressing citizens during public meetings.

Shortly before deciding to run for mayor last week, Williams wrote a message on her Facebook page that expressed frustration and dismay with fellow elected officials, saying the next election cycle would “be the nail in the coffin for Kennesaw.”

“I say this because you will witness adults doing everything in their power to destroy their opponent and further divide our city,” Williams added. “They will attempt to take a conversation, an action, etc. and twist it to use for their own agenda and make anyone running against them look worse. Well, tell me who’s worse, the person being judged or the person judging?”

Williams urged Kennesaw residents to avoid being “used as the bucket holder slinging the slop to invite the masses to your trough,” and hopes to see residents become part of a positive election process.

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