Forsyth County Tea Party introduces more 2022 candidates

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Tea Party continued its rollout of Republican candidates in the 2022 election Monday at Cumming VFW.

Featured speakers included Forsyth County Assistant District Attorney James Dunn who is running for State Court Judge, D.A. Lannom running for State House District 28, School Board Candidate Dennis Scheidt and District 48 State Senate candidate Shawn Still.

Each candidate was given time to present the reasons they believe they should be elected before answering random questions from the audience.

Forsyth County Tea Party Chairman Bobby Donnelly moderated the monthly event and reminded everyone about of the April 30 Constitutional Carry and Second Amendment event at Freedom Mill Gun Range and Brew and Shine on Spot Road in Cumming.

State Rep. Sheri Gilligan said the controversial Mental Health Bill (HB 1013) underwent some important changes before moving to a senate panel hearing. Gilligan, a strong opponent of the bill, said, “They took out a lot of the stuff we were yelling about.”

NOTE: The bill unanimously passed that senate panel Tuesday and will go to the full senate later this week. Gone are many of the things that conservatives like Gilligan objected to like the World Health Organization and its definition of mental health conditions and red flag laws that would give judges power to declare people a threat and to take away their firearms.