A SAVANNAH ALDERWOMAN IS
FACING AN ETHICS COMPLAINT
TONIGHT----THIS AFTER
COWORKERS SAY SHE MADE
UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS THAT
PEDOPHILES WORK AT CITY HALL.
KEISHA GIBSON CARTER
ALLEDGEDLY MADE THE ACCUSATION
DURING A PROTEST AGAINST SEX
TRAFFICKING IN SAVANNAH. WSAV
NEWS 3S ALEX BOZARJIAN SPENT
THE DAY LOOKING INTO THE
CONTROVERSY -- SHE HAS
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.
Mayor Van Johnson: "in my 16
years there's only probably
been one time that this has
occurred." FOR ONLY THE SECOND
TIME IN THE CITY'S HISTORY---A
SAVANNAH COUNCIL MEMBER IS
FACING AN ETHICS COMPLAINT
MAYOR VAN JOHNSON SAYS ITS NO
SURPRISE 2020 IS THROWING HIM
ANOTHER CURVE BALL Mayor Van
Johnson:"this is an
extraordinary circumstance in
what's been an extraordinary
year." IN A COMPLAINT FILED
FRIDAY COUNCIL MEMBER KURTIS
PURTEE ALLEGES ALDERWOMAN
KESHA GIBSON CARTER HAS
INTENTIONALLY MISLEAD THE
PUBLIC---AND EVEN PHYSICALLY
THREATENED OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS Alderman Kurtis
Purtee/district 6:"i can tell
there was an incident
involving alderwoman gibson
carter and alderwoman wilder
bryan ahwile back and there
was some words exchanged."
ALLEGATION GIBSON CARTER MADE
AT A CHILD TRAFFICKING PROTEST
ARE ALSO IN QUESTION
Nats:There's pedophiles under
this gold dome and there are
suspected pedophiles under the
gold dome of Georgia and
that's why it's going to make
it that much harder for us to
really affectuate change in
this community." SAVANNAH
POLICE SAY THEY'VE LOOKED INTO
THOSE CLAIMS AND FOUND CARTER
DID NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION
OR EVIDENCE OF PEDOPHILIA BY
ANYONE AT CITY HALL. Mayor Van
Johnson/Savannah: "its
unfortunate that it was said
it was even more unfortunate
that when asked about it--
there was no explanation."
JOHNSON SAYS A THREE PERSON
ETHICS PANEL WILL REVIEW THE
CLAIMS AND HEAR OUT EVIDENCE
FROM BOTH SIDES THE LAST TIME
THE PANEL MET WAS IN 2016 WHEN
COMPLAINTS WERE FILED AGAINST
FORMER ALDERMAN TONY THOMAS
Mayor Van
Johnson/Savannah:"its
difficult to build
relationships um when you are
blasting your fellow council
members and those types of
things so in the end I hope it
gets worked out." ALEX
BOZARJIAN WSAV NEWS 3 ON YOUR
SIDE
GIBSON-CARTER DID NOT RETURN
OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT----
SHE SAYS SHE WILL ADDRESS THE
COMPLAINT TOMORROW AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE. NEWS 3 WILL
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY
WE ARE ON YOUR SIDE TRACKING
THE LATEST CORNAVIRUS NUMBERS.
WE BEGIN WITH GEORGIA.
THERE WERE 28 NEW DEATHS IN
THE STATE TODAY.. CHATHAM
COUNTY SAW 53 NEW CASES-- BUT
NO DEATHS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS
