UPDATED- Davis: I Accepted Campaign Contributions from Vendors
Mayoral candidate J. Max Davis said he has accepted campaign contributions from prospective vendors, but that won't affect future decisions.
As Brookhaven marches ahead towards cityhood, the Governor’s Commission on Brookhaven and its committees of volunteers are researching and compiling options of vendors to provide services the city will need. Some of those potential vendors have contributed to the campaign of mayoral candidate J. Max Davis. Davis explained that he had accepted vendor campaign contributions at the Monday mayoral forum at Oglethorpe. He was not able to tell Brookhaven Patch which vendors have contributed to his campaign. Fellow mayoral candidate Larry Danese said he turned down offers of campaign contributions from potential vendors because doing so is “totally and completely wrong.” “It just would not cross my mind to do it,” Danese told Patch. He said it …
Thom Shepard
9:55 am on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Has anyone seen any mention of this in any print newspaper? I would think it would make an interesting story when a vendor that provides millions of dollars in services to a neighbor city that turns around and gives campaign contributions to a Mayoral Candidate as well as a state legislator who has been very involved in the start-up, Tommy Taylor. Especially when Mike Jacobs and Dan Weber helped … more ›