Two EMC directors won't seek reelection
by From staff reports
February 16, 2012 12:37 AM | 3480 views | 10 10 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend | print
MARIETTA — The last two holdouts on the Cobb EMC board have announced they will not seek re-election on March 31. Johnny Gresham and Kay Anderson announced that they will step down when their terms end.

Gresham, who has served on the board since 2006, is a broker with Gresham Real Estate Advisors in Marietta. In addition to Cobb EMC, he serves on the boards of Bank of North Georgia, the Kim King Foundation and the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority. He was also a state representative for four years. Gresham and his wife, Lynda, have two children and five grandchildren.

Anderson was appointed to the EMC board in 2006 to fill Carl Hames’ term. She is a consultant for Northside Psychological Services in Alpharetta and is a former director of Cobb County Department of Family and Children Services. She also serves on the board of directors for the Center for Children and Young Adults.

Anderson and her husband, Larry, have two grown sons and one grandchild.

“Kay and Johnny have worked hard to serve the members of Cobb EMC,” Cobb EMC President and CEO Chip Nelson said. “They are selfless community servants who continue to provide leadership for many local non-profits. We wish them both all the best in the future.”

On March 31, members of Cobb EMC will elect six directors, in the utility’s geographical Areas 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9. While the directors must live in the geographical areas they represent, members vote on all seats.

Qualifying for those six elections is open until March 2. Interested candidates must submit a letter of intent and a petition for nomination with the signatures of 15 Cobb EMC members to the Secretary/Treasurer of the Cobb EMC Board of Directors, PO Box 369, Marietta, GA 30061 by the March 2 deadline.

Cobb EMC serves about 190,000 members in Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, and Paulding counties in metro Atlanta, plus Randolph, Quitman, Calhoun and Clay counties in the south Georgia “Pataula” district.
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Kennesaw Resident
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February 16, 2012
GOOD!
jeff w
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February 16, 2012
If our current District Attorney doesn't ask a Grand Jury to investigate the financial dealings of the EMC Board, let's all remember that we will be voting on a new District Attorney this fall. Hopefully this will be an issue in the DA race.
EMC Owner
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February 16, 2012
They should first refuse to accept their ill gotten retirement benefits that will pay them hundreds of thousands of Member's dollars before they go. Then don't let the door hit you on the way out. They can't leave soon enough. Also, I'm sure the forensic audit is going to uncover much more than we currently know and perhaps they will all be getting three hots and a cot at taxpayer expense one of these days. "Selfless Community Servants" my A........!
Pat H
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February 16, 2012
I hope Ms. Anderson and Mr. Gresham serve their other obligations with much more honor and integrity than they have served EMC member/owners. You will not be missed.

We wish the new board members much success in uncovering and recovering the millions that were given to Brown, his board of thieves and his cronies.
ol' retired doc
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February 16, 2012
It's about time for the District Attorney to be

putting together a Grand Jury to have a look at

the actions of the Cobb EMC Board of Directors

over the past five years or so.
another anonymous
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February 16, 2012
@ Pat H

Sure, a forensic audit can uncover and help quantify the extent of the problem, but you're living in a dream world if you think Cobb EMC is going to recover the millions that you talk about. I mean, who exactly is going to pay this money back? I doubt Brown, the directors and his other cronies have the millions you talk about.

I would be suprised if Cobb EMC can even recover enough to pay the cost of the audit. Even then, it's going to take more than a scathing audit report to get any of them to pay.
Dan Davis
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February 16, 2012
@another anonymous: "...it's going to take more than a scathing audit report to get any of them to pay."

Probably so, if most people have "there's nothing we can do" attitudes like yours.
another anonymous
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February 17, 2012
Mr Davis, I appreciate your passion for this cause and it's not that I have a "nothing we can do attitude". I just don't think that Brown and his cronies have millions of dollars in the bank that they are just going to hand over. Maybe you feel (or know) differently; time will prove one of us right.
Reporting Decline...
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February 16, 2012
This article represents bad reporting: you should always define initialisms on the first instance...otherwise your readers don't know what you're talking about. I assume EMC stands for Emergency Medical Commission?
anonymous
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February 16, 2012
Seriously? Have you been living under a rock for the past 5 years or are you just new to the area?
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