Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The former Cherokee County fire chief is now the new District 2 county commissioner.
After serving 32 years in the Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services, Ray Gunnin has taken a plunge into politics. Gunnin is now the Cherokee County District 2 commissioner, which covers southeast Cherokee County. Gunnin succeeds two-term commissioner Jim Hubbard, who he defeated in a August 2012 special election due to a run-off. Gunnin, 53, lives in Woodstock and retired as the county's fire chief in September 2011. He began his career with Cherokee County at the Little River fire station when the department was an all-volunteer base. He worked his way up through the ranks and became fire chief in 2005. Gunnin graduated from Etowah High School in 1977 and received a fire science degree from the former DeKalb College in 1996. He …
Monday, December 24, 2012
Cherokee County's District 2 Commissioner Jim Hubbard provided Patch with some insight into his eight-year career in the public eye.
Cherokee County District 2 Commissioner Jim Hubbard, 67, will retire from eight years serving southeastern Cherokee County on Dec. 31. Hubbard grew up in Decatur and moved to Hickory Flat in 1963 where he still lives with wife Peggy. Hubbard is an Eagle Scout and served in Vietnam between 1966 and 1968 while in the United States Army. He is the founding member of the Hickory Flat Volunteer Fire Department and has been a member of Hickory Flat United Methodist Church since 1963. He's also the treasurer of the Cherokee SALT/TRIAD, which he's also the founding member, and is the founding member of the Hickory Flat Township Committee. Other organizations Hubbard has been involved in are Cherokee Outdoor YMCA, Bethesda Community Clinic, Anna …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The former fire chief will become the second new face on the Board of Commissioners.
Former Cherokee County Fire Chief Ray Gunnin has ousted District 2 Commissioner Jim Hubbard to become the newest member of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners. Tonight's results have not been certified. But with all 11 precincts reporting, Gunnin unofficially edged out Hubbard, 1,107 to 828. "It's been a lot of work up until this point," said Gunnin, who opted to watch the returns at a friend's house. "Now, the real work begins of making a difference and doing what the people want me to do." Supporters hugged Hubbard, who watched the returns from Shane's Rib Shack in Hickory Flat. He said he was proud of his eight years on the BOC. "We just couldn't get our people out," he said. "His people were motivated to get out and I was trying…
Dave Anderson
12:30 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The facts are that Cherokee County has among the lowest taxes of any county in the state of Georgia. We have among the lowest per-capita taxes in the state. The performance of this board on the issue of taxes has been excellent and despite minor adjustments to the millage rate we have maintained this ultra-low tax rate. The charge that Mr. Hubbard 'never saw a tax increase he didn't like' is … more ›