Robert Horgan
Claims to fame: Commissioner, Fayette County, Georgia; “Mr. Transmission” franchisee; member, Chamber of Commerce; member, Partners in Education; member, Peachtree City Rotary Club; Republican; dope-smoking dope
Moral apex: Arrested May 23, 2009, after being pulled over for expired tags by a cop who found some pot in Horgan’s pickup.
Plea: No contest.
Sentence: A year’s probation, an $800 fine, 40 hours’ community service, substance abuse evaluation, and peeing into a cup regularly while on probation. He can’t drink booze, either.
Plus, reports the Fayette County News: “The arrest sparked a recall campaign, an ethics complaint and multiple calls for Horgan to step down from the Post 1 seat he has held since 2006.” So far, Horgan has survived the recall attempt.
But: He’s waiting for his fellow commissioners to decide how to punish him for violating the county’s ethics ordinance.
Hmmm! This sounds murky: “Horgan declined to answer reporters’ questions about where he obtained the drugs,” reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
We have a feeling this story isn’t over.
Suggested Bible reading for the folks who busted Mr. Horgan:
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
— Genesis 1:11-12
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In Fayette County, one has to be “Republican” to get elected. Last year, not a single Democrat qualified to run for Sheriff, District Attorney or any of the three commission seats up for re-election in 2008 — however, every single one of those races was contested in the Republican primary. Horgan is truthfully more of a RINO, but he and his fellow moderates beat the the far-right crowd that ran against them.
And despite his arrest and all this media attention, Horgan is actually a quality elected official. He’s more involved in the community than most of his peers. He’s approachable, a good listener and (outside the pot bust) exactly what I would want in a local commissioner.
As for where he got the pot… given his answers, I’d guess he got it from a family member.