     NEW TONIGHT...
REACTION FROM ONE OF THE
SAVANNAH ALDERMEN WHO
FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT
AGAINST ALDERWOMAN KESHA
GIBSON- CARTER.
    THIS AFTER SHE RESPONDED
TO THE COMPLAINTS THIS
AFTERNOON
    WJCL'S STEPHEN MOODY IS
LIVE WITH THE LATEST ON THE
DIVIDE WITHIN SAVANNAH'S
CITY COUNCIL.
     BOTH OF THOSE ETHICS
COMPLAINTS WERE
ORIGINALLY THROWN OUT DUE
TO SEVERAL ISSUES.
    BUT WE'VE LEARNED
TONIGHT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
REFILED.
ALDERWOMAN KESHA
GIBSON-CARTER ÷ CITY OF
SAVANNAH
"I AM HERE NOT TO DEFEND
MYSELF, BUT TO SIMPLY
EXPLAIN".
HOWEVER, AFTER A STATEMENT
BY ALDERWOMAN KESHA
GIBSON- CARTER, THERE ARE
MORE QUESTIONS THAN
ANSWERS.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW, TWO
COMPLAINTS ALLEGE
MISCONDUCT BY
GIBSON-CARTER INCLUDING
THE USE OF VULGAR
PROFANITIES WHILE MEMBERS
WERE IN THE PROCESS OF
HIRING THE NEXT CITY
MANAGER. ONE OF THOSE WAS
FILED BY ALDERMAN KURTIS
PURTEE.  THE OTHER A JOINT
EFFORT FROM ALDERMEN
DERRICK LEGGET, NICK
PALUMBO, AND LINDA
WILDER-BRYAN
IN HER STATEMENT TUESDAY,
GIBSON- CARTER DID NOT
CONFIRM OR DENY THAT THOSE
EVENTS TOOK PLACE.
THOSE COMPLAINTS WERE
THROWN OUT DUE TO SEVERAL
ISSUES, BUT HAVE BOTH BEEN
REFILED. THE ALDERWOMAN
SAYS SHE WAS AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY.
ALDERWOMAN KESHA
GIBSON-CARTER ÷ CITY OF
SAVANNAH
"I AM NOT INCLINED TO THINK
THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL
RETREAT, UPHOLD THE LAW,
AND GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS
OF THEIR DISTRICTS".
FOLLOWING THOSE
STATEMENTS,
GIBSON-CARTER REFUSED TO
TAKE QUESTIONS. HOWEVER,
ONE OF THE ALDERMAN WHO
FILED THE COMPLAINT
AGAINST HER DID
AND ALTHOUGH THIS ISN'T
SOMETHING THAT NICK
PALUMBO WANTED TO DO, HE'S
WILLING TO SEE THIS
THROUGH.
ALDERMAN NICK PALUMBO ÷
CITY OF SAVANNAH
"THOSE TWO SHEETS OF PAPER
THAT WE SUBMITTED MIGHT'VE
BEEN THE HEAVIEST TWO
PIECES OF PAPER THAT I'VE
SUBMITTED IN A LONG TIME.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I
THINK ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL
WANTS TO TAKE ON. BUT IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO
DO. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
IS AN ISSUE AND IT'S TIME TO
MAKE IT BETTER. IT'S TIME TO
PUT IT ON THE PUBLIC
RECORD".
AND EVEN IF THIS IS ONLY THE
BEGINNING, GIBSON-CARTER
SAYS SHE WILL NO LONGER
ADDRESS THIS MATTER
PUBLICLY.
ALDERWOMAN KESHA
GIBSON-CARTER ÷ CITY OF
SAVANNAH
"I DO NOT INTEND TO PUBLICLY
ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AGAIN.
AS IT DOES
     WE REACHED OUT TO
SAVANNAH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON
TO GET HIS THOUGHTS ON THOSE
COMMENTS.
    WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A
RESPONSE. REPORTING LIVE
IN SAVANNAH, STEPHEN MOODY
WJCL 22 NE
