Recording of Brooks berating Turner emerges
A recording of Lowndes County District 4 Supervisor Leroy Brooks threatening to end the political career of his Lowndes County District 5 supervisor opponent, Ward 4 Columbus Councilman Marty Tuner, was distributed anonymously to local media Tuesday.
Supervisor race causes rift among Democrats
A feud between two local Democratic candidates has spread into a rift between members of the party’s executive committee.
Turner back on supervisor ballot
Marty Turner is back in the race for Lowndes County District 5 supervisor.
Marty Turner files assault complaint against Leroy Brooks
Democratic challenger to District 5 supervisor incumbent filed assault paperwork Thursday.
Turner appeals DEC decision to remove him from ballot
Would-be District 5 supervisor candidate Marty Turner is appealing the Lowndes County Democratic Executive Committee’s decision to exclude him from the Aug. 4 primary ballot.
Our View: This stinks (There’s no other word for it.)
Something about Tuesday evening’s Democratic Party Executive Committee hearing over Marty Turner’s residency stinks, frankly.
Turner unseats Stewart in close Ward 4 runoff
Five-term Ward 4 councilman Fred Stewart was unseated by challenger Marty Turner 433-409 in the run-off election Tuesday.
Ward 4 seat expected to be set tonight
Finality on who will lead Ward 4 for the next four years should come this evening after voters choose between incumbent Fred Stewart and challenger Marty Turner in today’s run-off election.
Turner says judgments don’t tell whole story
A public records search by The Dispatch shows that Turner Furniture LLC, which is owned by Ward 4 councilman candidate Marty Turner, has yet to satisfy a $56,023.84 judgment regarding failure to pay rent to former landlord and a cumulative $10,003.53 in other judgments.
Absentee votes carried Stewart to runoff
The voters who kept long-time Ward 4 councilman Fred Stewart in the race never made it to the polls.
Absentee ballots accounted for 100 of Stewart’s 361 votes, enough to force a runoff election with challenger Marty Turner, who had accumulated 53.7 percent of the vote before the absentee ballots were counted.
Turner, Stewart face runoff; Incumbents Karriem, Gavin breeze past foes
It will be two more weeks before residents in Ward 4 will know who will represent them on the Columbus City Council for the next four years. There will be no change in leadership in Wards 5 and 6, as incumbents Kabir Karriem and Bill Gavin handily defeated their opponents.
Karriem, Turner lead in campaign contributions
A look at the campaign finance reports from the Columbus primary election next Tuesday shows a noticeable disparity in contributions made to candidates.
Turner to challenge Stewart in Ward 4 election
Incumbent Fred Stewart will have some competition in the race for the Ward 4 City Council in the upcoming municipal election. Columbus business owner Marty Turner, 35, qualified for the election on Tuesday.