HOW SAVANNAH CARES ACT FUNDING
WAS DISTRIBUTED-- DISPUTES
BROKE OUT BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS --LEADING TO AN ETHICS
COMPLAINT BEING ISSUED AGAINST
ALDERWOMAN KESHA GIBSON-
CARTER. WSAV NEWS 3'S JESSICA
COOMBS REACHED OUT TO ALL OF
THE SAVANNAH CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR-- TO GET
THEIR RESPONSE.
(TRT: 1.31) 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." ALDERWOMAN KESHA
GIBSON- CARTER MADE THAT
STATEMENT AT A RECENT ANTI-
HUMAN TRAFFICKING RALLY.
ALDERMAN KURTIS
PURTEE/DISTRICT 6: "I mean
that's a criminal complaint.
Each employee in City Hall,
they undergo a background
check. The only people that
don't go through a background
check are elected officials,
such as myself and the other
eight members." DISTRICT 6
ALDERMAN KURTIS PURTEE SAYS HE
AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
HAD BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SAYS
CHIEF ROY MINTER IS LOOKING
INTO THE CLAIMS. ALDERMAN
PURTEE FILED THIS FORMAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST GIBSON-
CARTER LISTING CONCERNS OVER
WHAT HE SAYS WERE DEFAMATORY
STATEMENTS...VULG AR
LANGUAGE...AND UNETHICAL
CONDUCT. ALDERMAN KURTIS
PURTEE/DISTRICT 6: "I felt
that there were some issues
that needed to be addressed
and the way to address those
issues is to address it as a
group with looking at it with
outside eyes. We look at
issues of conduct when it
comes to how elected officials
portray themselves, how they
act. We look at issues of
bullying other people." I
BRIEFLY SPOKE WITH ALDERWOMAN
GIBSON-CARTER ON THE PHONE
SATURDAY. SHE DIDN'T ADDRESS
THE COMPLANIT AGAINST HER -
BUT SAID SHE'D CALL ME BACK.
AS OF NEWS TIME I HAVEN'T
HEARD FROM HER. ALDERMAN
KURTIS PURTEE - DISTRICT 6:
"I'm hoping that's a wakeup
call not just for her, but for
everybody on Council, that
hey, we have to be held
accountable to the people that
put us in office. We can't
just say or do whatever we
want to do. We are elected
officials and have to be held
to a higher standard." ALL
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE
MAYOR HAVE NOT YET RESPONDED
TO OUR CALLS FOR COMMENT.
REPORTING IN SAVANNAH-JESSICA
COOMBS WSAV NEWS 3 ON YOUR
SIDE.
IN A STATEMENT THIS MORNING--
MAYOR VAN JOHNSON SAYS THE
COUNCIL IS ADDRESSING
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FIRST
ROUND OF CARES ACT FUNDING NOT
BEING FAIRLY DISTRIBUTED. AS
FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF
FUNDING - YOU CAN CALL
912-232-4700 TO APPLY -
STARTING ON SEPTEMBER FIRST.
TIME NOW FOR YOUR FORECAST
FIRST. LET'S CHECK IN WITH
STORM TEAM 3 METEOROLOGIST
SCOTT ROBERTS-- SCOTT?
