GRIFFIN: Response to Commissioner Henry R. Craig’s Letter to the Editor

Published 8:20 am Tuesday, October 18, 2022

In his “Letter to the Editor” published Oct. 12in The Union-Recorder, Henry R. Craig (Chairman, Baldwin County Commission – District 4) stated that “local politics should be about potential.” 

The Oxford Language Dictionary defines potential as, “Latent qualities that may lead to future success.” The word speaks of possibilities and potentiality.  As a first time candidate running for Georgia State House Representative – District 133,  Attorney Hoganne Harrison-Walton possesses that capacity to achieve something great. She’s homegrown with roots in Baldwin County that can be traced back five generations. If elected, attorney Harrison-Walton will begin her term working with many of the same communities she already serves. 

Holding those in positions of authority accountable for engaging in illegal activities is not “throwing stones at neighbors” as Craig contends, and writing a “Letter to the Editor” can hardly qualify as pursuing a negative campaign. It’s all about stating the facts. Such a flagrant disregard for laws intended to protect not harm should be reported.  

I have a question for your readers. How can we possibly know what anyone is likely to accomplish if we don’t use their past as a barometer? Electing responsible candidates who lead by example must take precedence. 

What ever way you look at it, Attorney Hoganne Harrison-Walton is the candidate of choice. 

Floyd L. Griffin

Milledgeville