Ringgold City Councilman Terry Crawford is accusing the mayor of breaking Georgia’s sunshine law this week.
At the end of the city’s council meeting this week, Crawford said Mayor Nick Millwood was out of line when he called elected officials to ask how they felt about bringing liquor stores to the city. Right now, you can’t sell packaged liquor in Ringgold, City Attorney James Bisson said.
Millwood said he was trying to gauge interest from the council to decide whether to put an item on the agenda of a future meeting. Crawford did not care for Millwood’s call.
“I do not think polling this council one at a time individually over something that’s not even been discussed is appropriate,” Crawford said. “(City Manager Dan Wright), if you need to, I’d like you to check with our lawyer, see if I’m right. But I don’t think that is something we need to be doing.”
“You felt like I was asking about a vote?” Millwood said.