Port Wentworth city councilwoman resigns from seat
Jo Smith's resignation comes a few months after city council members submitted an ethics complaint against her.
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Jo Smith's resignation comes a few months after city council members submitted an ethics complaint against her.
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That he was willing to provide all the information that he has had with his company, so i think there will be enough evidence if that is the case. but even before that. he could not even donate from a corporation to a campaign, so that is probably enough to a large sum kind of ethics violation. apparently you can donate if you don't use your personal finances, but if you're doing it by way of corporation, even if it is yours, that in and of itself is also a campaign violation. >> just to be clear answer that i understand it. the organization, which is when he called this private firm that he w...
Evidence, he told me last night, that he was willing to provide all the information that he has had with his company, so i think there will be enough evidence if that is the case. but even before that. he could not even donate from a corporation to a campaign, so that is probably enough to a large sum kind of ethics violation. apparently you can donate if you don't use your personal finances, but if you're doing it by way of corporation, even if it is yours, that in and of itself is also a campaign violation. >> just to be clear answer that i understand it. the organization, which is when he c...
>> i agree with you. this isn't voter fraud, he ran, there was a campaign that had every opportunity to bring up all of these issues. >> i completely agree with you. i have been the first to say that that is political m malpractice that this wasn't brought up. there were some stories about it, but just not the focus on it. and you're right, the opposition campaign should have not let this go. but that doesn't mean that it's their fault. sc >> we can focus on the stupidity with the lies he told, but that's not necessarily relevant to whether or not he serves. it's whether or not he broke the la...