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A Question of Ethics


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Posted by: Staff
Date: Jan 24 2017 3:10 PM

This article is reprinted from wtotradio.com with many thanks to RSN:


Recently it came to light that Lisa Donaldson of Geneva County is being considered to fill a vacant seat on the county commission. A letter from Ms. Donaldson to Geneva county Republican Executive committee members details not only her desire to serve but she claims a business relationship with Houston county chairman Mark Culver. According to Donaldson’s letter Culver has promised to give Donaldson the benefit of his 30 years of experience as she learns her role as a county commissioner in Geneva County.


It is troubling that there would be such an alliance between elected officials but, when you add in the business relationship it becomes more a question of ethics.


Ms. Donaldson has business ties with Culver’s former partner in the T-shirt and Graphics business, Amy Kirkland that date back to a business called “Pots and What Knots” that ceased to exist several years ago according to documents from the Secretary of State’s Office attached below. In 2007 Donaldson and Kirkland started NUW Graphics LLC. In Samson Al. Documents obtained by WTOT 101.7fm reveal that in 2014 Kirkland replaced Donaldson as the registered agent for the LLC and was joined by new member 3MZ LLC.


3MZ LLC is registered to Mark Culver and other “names not provided” members, as shown on formation documents filed with the State. The filings show that Culver and his un-named partners formed 3MZ in August of 2014, 90 days after the Chairman of the Houston County Industrial Development Authority, David Parsons and Dothan Chamber President Matt Parker showed up at a county commission meeting to ask for and receive $250,000.00 tax dollars along with other incentives for an un-named economic development project. A short time later it was announced that Mr. Al Kirkland was moving his company, Glasstream boats to Dothan. According to the minutes of the April 3, 2014 meeting Mr. Parker told the commission, “there is an opportunity before the commission to create 100 jobs initially with another 75 down the road to bring a new manufacturing operation to the community that has been in business 32 years.” The City of Dothan website, Dothan.org, puts the number of jobs at 40 according to the Mayor’s webpage.


No documents were found that verify Ms. Donaldson’s role as manager of NUW Graphics. All this is not to say there is an ongoing conspiracy, or that the facts laid out here describe any wrong doing. It does suggest, however, that a continued entangling of political offices with private business could lead to serious ethical questions. Something the Geneva county Republicans should consider.


NOTE: Attempts are being made to retrieve documents from the Mr. Parsons and the Industrial development authority, but as yet our requests have not been acknowledged.


Click link for documents: http://www.wtotradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/scandata.pdf


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