Thursday, April 25, 2013
The ethics case against Carolyn Cosby was transferred to the state Attorney General's Office to settle.
The case against a Canton Tea Party leader has been turned over to the Georgia Attorney General's Office to sort out. The Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission on Wednesday decided to turn the ethics charges against Carolyn Cosby, leader of the Canton Tea Party Patriots, over to the state agency. Holly LaBerge, executive director of the commission, said the case was sent to the office "since probable cause was found by the Commission." "We presented this case to the Commission for probable cause since we were not able to work out a compliance or consent order with the respondent," she added. "The Attorney General's office will handle this case in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act." Cosby was …
Monday, December 24, 2012
The two-term Cherokee County commissioner provided Patch with some thoughts on her eight years in office.
Cherokee County District 3 Commissioner Karen Bosch is retiring from her post she's held for eight years on Dec. 31. She was first elected in 2004 and again in 2008, but decided earlier this year not to seek re-election. Bosch, 51, moved to Georgia in 1979 and to Cherokee County in 1995. She and husband Bill have five children and one grandchild. She also founded the Kevin Phillip Mahurin Motorcycle Awareness Foundation, which was recently awarded a grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety to produce activity books for young children to help them understand motorcycle awareness and safety. Mahurin died in 2008 in a motorcycle crash and the foundation was established to educate both car drivers and motorcyclists about their …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Leader of the Cherokee Tea Party Patriots and the Canton Tea Party Patriots are not going down without a fight against charges they violated state ethics rules.
The leaders of two Tea Party organizations in Cherokee County aren't going down without a fight on charges they violated state ethics rules. Carolyn Cosby, chair of the Canton Tea Party Patriots, and Conrad Quagliaroli, chair of the Cherokee Tea Party Patriots, have both been hit with consent orders from the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission. Cosby was told she had to respond in 15 days to charges of inappropriate campaign activities or face a $12,000 file. Quagliaroli was fined $1,000 for failing to register as a ballot committee. Cherokee County District 3 Commissioner Karen Bosch earlier this year brought forth complaints that the Cherokee Tea Party Patriots was collecting money and using those funds to …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Carolyn Cosby of Ball Ground recently received the order from the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.
The outspoken leader of the Canton Tea Party Patriots must respond in 15 days to charges of inappropriate campaign activities or face a $12,000 file. According to the Cherokee Ledger News, Carolyn Cosby, chair of the Canton Tea Party, confirmed she received the order from the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission. Cosby must respond in 15 days or pay a $12,000 fine in 30 days to allegations brought forth earlier this year by outgoing District 3 County Commissioner Karen Bosch that the organization was collecting money and using it to convince voters how to cast ballots in local primary elections and on the T-SPLOST referendum. Bosch noted in her charge that Tea Party organization wasn't registered with the state …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
The Kevin P. Mahurin Motorcycle Awareness Foundation will use a grant from the Govenor's Office of Highway Safety to teach safety to children.
The Governor's Office Of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Georgia has awarded a Canton-based organization money to teach children about motorcycle safety. GOHS awarded a $25,000 grant to the Kevin P. Mahurin Motorcycle Awareness Foundation, which would be used to develop books that teach motorcycle safety to children ages 8 to 12. "We have worked very hard over the last four years to grow the foundation and take our message to auto and motorcycle drivers," said Cherokee County District 3 Commissioner Karen Bosch, the founder and chair of the foundation. The books will be distributed at various motorcycle events and at schools in Cobb, Cherokee and Fulton counties. The foundation's board of directors will work with Katherine Travis, executive …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The decision comes one day after allegations surfaced that Cherokee Recycling owner Jimmy Bobo illegally attempted to conceal cash campaign donations to her before the 2004 primary election.
One day after allegations surfaced that Cherokee Recycling owner Jimmy Bobo illegally attempted to conceal cash campaign donations to her before the 2004 primary election, Commissioner Karen Bosch announced today that she will not seek re-election. But it wasn't those allegations that prompted Bosch to forego a shot at another term. The decision, she said in a statement, was personal. “After losing my son in a motorcycle accident only two days before the July 2008 primary, this last term has been very difficult,” Bosch said. “I really appreciate national candidates such as Sarah Palin who have spoken out about the hardships of holding office or campaigning on the family. Many times our family members have to sit back and watch their loved …
Georgia Moderate
7:04 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013
The AG's office is exactly where Cosby's case belongs. Many are tired of her and her various groups' attempts to quash and suppress free speech and limit individual civil rights. more ›