Senoia Councilwoman

Judy Belisle is not taking kindly to the charges that council candidate

Ken Gordon has leveled at her in the last two weeks.

The fractious

situation started when Belisle wrote a letter to local papers. The councilwoman

said she could not sit still any longer and felt it was her duty to tell

the citizens about Gordon's previous record as a councilman.

Belisle said

that Gordon had abandoned her in Chicago on a city business trip. Last

week, she said he not only abandoned her without a ride back to the hotel,

but also the other city officials on the trip.

"There

was never a promise for Kenny to pick all four council members up from

our train trip to Chicago," said Belisle. "It was clearly understood

lurch and he was using a car that was paid for by the city. That's taxpayers'

money," she said.

Belisle also

questioned who the Citizens for Good Government are. Gordon has said he

represented them and has appeared at council meetings on their behalf.

"He never

said it was citizens of Senoia," she said.

The councilwoman

also disputed Gordon's assertion that she had one of her friends appointed

to a city position and then had the salary raised.

"You don't

appoint and pay, you hire and pay. I do not have a friend who I socialize

with outside city business hired as an employee," she said.

She added the

only person involved in the government is on the non-paid Christmas Committee.

Belisle said

she just felt she had to tell her side to the citizens and anything she

has said or written can be backed up by evidence.

"It is

through my experiences that Kenny's record and reputation as a candidate

is tarnished and full of holes," she said. "Compare these experiences

and character against those other candidates running for Senoia City Council."