Pulling fire alarms? Child’s play. Challenging a Senate hearing witness to a rumble? Peanuts!
Felicia Franklin was relieved of her job as Clayton County (Georgia) Board of Commissioners vice chair after the September incident above, recorded on police body cameras. Her condition was apparently caused by downing three 40-proof Hennessy and Grand Marnier drinks, a glass of wine and some beer, along with cannabis oil.
Franklin is suing the county, claiming that she was drugged with GHB, but, as you can hear in the video, there was no evidence of that. She’s a class act, to be sure: after she was roused from her unconscious state on the sidewalk, lying in her own urine, Franklin began screaming, crying, cursing at and pushing away the first responders.
“The Clayton County Board of Commissioners deemed the removal of Franklin as vice chair and additional sanctions in the best interest of the county, citing behavior unbecoming of the position,” county officials said in a statement. Ya think? “The Board finds its citizens expect its elected officials to behave in a manner which brings a positive reflection on the citizens, businesses, and employees of the county,” it went on to say.
Do citizens still expect that? If so, how do people like Franklin, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, and Senator Markwayne Mullin get elected? Margaret Bryant, a county resident and Franklin supporter, shows how: she told reporters the board should have been more forgiving.
“I think it was a bad move and an unfair move,” Bryant said. “Who hasn’t done something they are ashamed of?”
Good point. What elected official hasn’t gotten roaring drunk, passed out on the sidewalk, fought with EMTs as they were taken to the hospital, then lied about it? Come on! Be fair!
Ethics Alarms 
Not surprising to me. Clayton County (Jonesboro -think Tara from “Gone with the Wind”), which butts up against the south side of Atlanta, is now about 140 square miles of Democrat hellhole. The population is less than 10% white. The county voted 85% for Joe Biden in 2020, the highest percentage in the state. Their schools seem always on the verge of losing accreditation (which they did about 15 years ago), and basically nothing about their government works. Their sheriff was convicted last year of violating inmates’ constitutional rights.
I had friends who lived in Clayton County back in the early 80s, and it was a completely different place back then. Most of Atlanta International Airport is in Clayton County, and airport expansion projects over the years drove away a lot of the more prosperous residents. Outmigration from Atlanta proper brought Atlanta’s problems along. Not good.
It used to be a decent place. Truett Cathy taught the sunday school class of my cousin’s kids. The political and demographic rot from Atlanta killed it.
I read this right after waking up and read it as “Felicia Franklin received her job as Clayton County (Georgia) Board of Commissioners vice chair after the September incident above…” I did reread it, but my mind wasn’t sure that wouldn’t happen. I remember a Detroit Congressional candidate whose poll numbers went up when he was indicted for murder.
If someone is reelected to some office sometime next year, we can properly give some of the credit to some prosecutors who indicted and tried him.
Lester Maddox and George Wallace are cackling and crowing, “Who doggie. I told y’all so.”
I’m shocked this hasn’t been attributed to Righty pouncing on a clear
example of structurally systemic, institutionally intersectional fragility.
‘Course…it’s early.
PWS