Senoia City

Councilman Judy Belisle is urging residents not to support Ken Gordon

and outlined her problems with the candidate in a letter to local newspapers.

In a move that

has turned the campaign season upside down, Belisle accuses Gordon of

everything from being selfish and irresponsible to violating the Open

Meetings Act when he previously served as a councilman.

Gordon refutes

the charges and said the move doesn't surprise him.

"I've

been waiting for something to happen," he said.

Belisle wrote

that on a trip to Chicago to examine the city's sewer system, Gordon had

promised to give the group a ride back to the hotel.

Belisle, who

was five months pregnant at the time, repeatedly tried to reach Gordon,

but was unsuccessful.

"We tried

to get a taxi, but after waiting two hours, we ended up walking a mile

to a gas station. We got to the gas station where we had asked a stranger

talking on the phone if he would give us a ride," she said.

Gordon disputes

the account and said he was visiting a friend in Chicago and never made

any concrete plans to pick up Belisle.

Belisle also

voiced concerns about Gordon representing a group called Citizens for

Good Government after he left office.

"When

asked who the other members are, he could not, or would not, tell us who

they are. He has even openly alluded to the fact that they could be members

of what I call an undesirable group," she said.

Gordon chuckled

at the charges.

"This

is just a group of citizens who are concerned about how the city's being

run. It's none of her business," he said.

The councilman

said she had a problem with Gordon winning a bid for a fencing job in

the city park while he served as a councilman.

"I find

this to be a conflict of interest," she said.

But Gordon

maintains the bids were closed and he recused himself from the awarding

of the bid.

The most explosive

charge Belisle levels at Gordon is the violation of the Open Meetings

Act.

"Kenny

was one of the members of the council who did not think there was anything

wrong with voting on issues of spending taxpayers' money in a closed session.

Issues of spending thousands of dollars should be discussed and voted

on in an open forum," she said.

Gordon vehemently

denied the charge and challenged Belisle to prove the allegations.

Gordon, along

with Pam Youngblood, Sonny Duke and Darren Ratajski, is running in the

Nov. 7 election for two council posts being vacated by Belisle and Kyle

Frank.