Brent Cox wants state government to operate more like a business
News March 19, 2022
In the coming days, Fetch Your News will present information on the candidates who have qualified for the May 24 General Primary Election to help voters make informed votes.
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Republican Brent Cox, a family man, football coach, certified teacher and hardworking entrepreneur who has owned, managed, and led business ventures for over 24 years, announced his campaign for House District 28 last week.
“Guided by conservative, common-sense principles, I aim to make our state government work more like a business and make the tough decisions,” he said. “For example, in the face of unprecedented growth in our area, I am committed to working with other business and civic leaders to develop a comprehensive and cost-effective growth plan for the next 10 to 15 years and ensure we receive the funding at the state level to implement it.
“This plan should embrace economic opportunity and private investment, which will lead to more jobs without overwhelming our current infrastructure or raising taxes,” Cox added. “Less is more. Less government. More freedom.”
After attending Milton High School, Cox graduated from the University of Georgia in 1994 then began a successful career in the food service industry where he designed, engineered, and sold ventilation hood systems to chain restaurants on a global scale for over two decades. He now serves as the President of Simple Mission in Cumming, a company that serves as a manufacturer’s representative in the food service industry.
Cox says roads and education will be key issues in the 2022 campaign.
On roads: He said, “For District 28, I believe the most important issue is roads. Ensuring we finish the roads in our community – Highway 9 to Browns Bridge, Matt Highway and roads like it into Hall County, making sure we get the proper funding to fix these roads is very important. Also, making sure our infrastructure is up to speed is important.”
On education: He supports school choice. “I believe parents should have the ability to make decisions as to what is best for their children. They should be able to choose a public school, private school, or home schooling.”
On CRT and DEI: He said, “I do not believe CRT and DEI should be part of the curriculum in schools. CRT divides people and it doesn’t teach that we are all human. Let’s stop dividing people.”
On obscenity in public school libraries: Cox said he wants books and other material that contain obscene and explicit material removed. “There is free speech. I get it. But, we have do what is in the best interest of the kids.”
On transgender athletes participating in girls’ or women’s sports: Cox said, “Absolutely not.” He spent 12 years as a football coach in Forsyth and Dawson County at the high school and middle school level. “As a coach, we have made great strides in women’s and girls’ sports at the high school, collegiate and olympic level. Ultimately we would be robbing the women and girls of the opportunity or motivation to compete and to feel like they have a fair chance. To me, it would be totally against Title IX.”
Brent and his wife Tonya have been married since 1993. Together, they have three children (Anson, Wesley, and Lydia), one daughter-in-law (Teresa), and one grandchild (Hannah). Brent and Tonya attend Free Chapel Church in Gainesville.
Highly-decorated U.S. Army veteran Lannom will campaign for State House
Featured Stories, News March 15, 2022
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — DA Lannom is a highly-decorated, retired military officer who is running for Georgia State House, District 28. To say he has a heart for service would be a massive understatement.
Twenty-two years in the U.S. Army with two combat tours followed by nine years as a consultant serving Defense Department clients in Okinawa, Japan and throughout the Korean Peninsula attest to his love of country and commitment to public service.
Lannom was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry upon graduation from the University of Missouri – Rolla in 1986. During his military career he earned a Master’s Degrees in Petroleum Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Administration, and Legal Studies in Oil, Gas, and Energy from University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Maryland, and University of Oklahoma.
During his career, he was deployed on combat tours in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991 as well as Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
His awards include the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, numerous combat campaign medals, the Combat Infantry Badge, and Army Parachutist Badge.
He operates his own consulting LLC serving as the Director of Operations of a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business and hopes to represent District 28 in the State House.
He says the key issues in the race are education, support for law enforcement and first responders and support for the U.S. and Georgia Constitutions.
“We have to protect the next generation,” he said during a recent appearance on the John Fredericks Show. “We’ve got to remove CRT, SEL, DEI and pornography from our school system. It goes deeper than that, we have got to protect the young ones in K-12.”
On supporting law enforcement and first responders, Lannom said, “We have to keep funding law enforcement but we also have to keep recidivists off the street. About 50 percent of the crime in our county is committed by repeat offenders from outside the county. At a state level, we have to get rid of district attorneys, prosecutors and judges that espouse what Sheriff Ron Freeman describes as a Hug-A-Thug mentality.”
He describes himself as a Constitutional Carry, right-to-life, right to work Republican who believes in freedom of thought and freedom of speech but warns that suppression of conservative speech is under attack and is a major issue that has to be defended.
McClellan will campaign for the new House seat in District 28
Featured Stories March 12, 2022
NOTE: In the coming days, Fetch Your News will present information on the candidates who have qualified for the May 24 General Primary Election to help voters make informed votes.
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Blake McClellan qualified this week to run for State Representative in District 28, saying “I’m in this race to fight for the America we love. For far too long, we have had weak politicians at the Capitol that refuse to stand up for the values of conservative Georgians.”
McClellan is a graduate of Georgia Southern University, where he studied Business Administration, which prepared him for his current role as the CEO of a Medical Technology company that enables doctors to film their procedures and share them with colleagues worldwide.
While building his technology company from a concept to being a global leader, Blake traveled the world and even met the royal family in Bahrain — one of our nation’s allies in the Abraham Accords.
With his experience in technology and economics, McClellan said he will focus on election integrity while addressing the censorship issues by big tech.
“Our country is fighting the greatest political oppression of all time. As a parent, husband, Christian, and Georgia business owner, I could no longer sit back and watch our country destroyed. We must show up at the polls this May 24th and ensure our voices are heard.
Blake attributes his inspiration to serve our state to his wife Lacey, a teacher in Forsyth County, and his daughter Isabella.
Ed Solly announces campaign for House of Representatives in Dist. 24
News January 5, 2022
Ed Solly, the 36-year-old District Manager for a Real Estate Investment Trust and a graduate of Georgia Tech with a B.S. degree in Business has announced that he will campaign for Georgia’s newest House of Representatives seat in District 24.
In a press release, Solly said he has “been called by God to run for office because it’s time to make sure that our state government reflects the values of all Georgians. Solly said he understands what it takes to succeed academically as well as professionally.
He also said he knows how important family relationships are as he takes on this venture with his wife(Dani) and their two children(Charlie and Audrey).
Solly said the issues he will fight for include: School Choice, No Vaccine Mandates, Eliminating State Income Taxes in The State of Georgia, and Limiting Governor Emergency Powers.
He can be followed and reached on social media (@edsollyforga on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) or contacted at [email protected]
BKP speaks with Republican Senator David Perdue
Election, Featured News, Featured Stories, News December 30, 2020
Mere days before the run-off election deciding the Georgia’s Senate seats for this term, David Perdue (R), current Senator and incumbent candidate, is preparing for the final push up to election day. Counties across the state have reported record turn-outs for voting during 2020 and it looks like this election will see more voters than usual as well.
Voters are also turning out to rallies and campaign events as well. With debates still going over the Presidential Election and voters asking for continuing support, Perdue notes that he was among the few Senators who supported Trump before he was initially elected. Perdue said he fought with Trump as he turned the nations economy to it’s “best economic turnaround in history.”
Going through options and ideas in fighting what they are calling corruption in the recent election.
It is constantly a struggle against the Democrats according to Perdue who said that he is continuing to do everything that Trump asks him to do for that support.
Perdue noted, though, that people who are angry need to support Trump and the Republicans, but they also need to get out to vote. With numerous registered voters in every district still not voting on election day, Perdue calls to citizens saying that they are trying to fight the corruption and make the vote fair. He said they are working hard but it is very frustrating that people are still not voting.
Part of the efforts he has been working towards, Perdue has spoken with President Trump on Christmas Day. Perdue noted the stimulus and support for small businesses, people, and those in need from the pandemic fallout.
Perdue went on to speak on the omnibus bill at the federal level and looking at the efforts of the president fighting for people.
Senator David Perdue
This was a great focus of Perdue in his time with BKP as he pointed to national security and what is at stake in the January election.
Perdue said that Jon Ossoff has been paid for two years by the Chinese Communist Party. Perdue said, “This is another example of how the Chinese Communist Party is trying to influence American Politics. They got in Hunter Biden’s pocket, they got into Congressman Swalwell’s bedroom, and they got into Jon Ossoff’s ego and his ambition to be an elected official. For two years after he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives and lost against Karen Handel in 2017. The very next year they hire him and pay him for two years. He hid it from the people of Georgia during his Primary this year. He lied about it. When he got caught, he came clean and then lied about it again.”
Perdue said that Ossoff is not good for Georgia because he is being controlled and influenced by China just like Biden and Swalwell. He noted that if the Republicans lose these two seats, then Biden will absolutely ruin everything in America that we have fought for.
Perdue called on voters again and said, “Don’t do it for me, don’t do it for Kelly, don’t do it for yourselves. Look at the children and think about their children. This is what’s at stake right now, the form of America. What America will look like in 50 to 100 years is determined by these two Senate races.”