Sinyard Will Not Seek Re-Election

Tuesday, January 28th, 2014

Before Monday’s Dougherty County Commission meeting, District 1 Commissioner Lamar Hudgens pointed to a rather slim agenda and quipped, “Slim pickings today.”

Turns out the commissioner couldn’t have been more wrong.

Hudgens admitted he was among those surprised by Commission Chairman Jeff Sinyard’s emotional announcement that he would not seek a return to office after his current term ends at the end of the year.

Sinyard had to compose himself emotionally before telling those gathered, “I don’t usually read stuff like this, but I’d like to read this.”

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