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July 26, 2012

Miller wants reform

Rachel Brown rachelbrown@daltoncitizen.com The Dalton Daily Citizen Thu Jul 26, 2012, 07:16 AM EDT

Susan Miller is making another bid for Whitfield County Superior Court clerk in hopes of making several changes to the office.

Miller, a 48-year-old Dalton resident who is a manager for a Denver-based lumber company in Chattanooga, said she is one quarter short of an associate’s degree in business from what is now Dalton State College and has 23 years of on-the-job experience in the private sector, including accounting and auditing work.

Also seeking the position during the July 31 primary are fellow Republicans six-year incumbent Melica Kendrick, school teacher Jodi Stuckey and escrow closer Jessica Swinford. If no one gets at least 50 percent of the vote plus one, there will be a runoff. No Democrats qualified. The position pays about $72,000, according to the Whitfield County elections office.

“Quite honestly, I’m running because I’m very concerned with the waste and the wasteful spending that’s going on in our government offices,” Miller said.

She said her family and a younger brother live locally. She is a member of the League of Women Voters Dalton. She was defeated in a bid four years ago against Kendrick

“My career has always been very important,” Miller said. “I wasn’t able to have children early on in life, and I just turned to my work. I set very high goals, very high standards, and I work very hard to achieve them.”

Miller said she’ll work hard to make the office more cost-efficient and user-friendly if elected.

“The first thing I would want to do is make sure we have the right employee in the right position,” she said. “I would want to make sure we have people cross-trained in all positions.”

Miller said she’d also evaluate which things are “luxuries” and which are necessary. For example, some offices have high-priced computers or other technology when something less expensive would work just as well, she said. Miller said she believes she can do a better job managing the money in the office than Kendrick is currently doing.

“All I would ask is that (voters) check it out for themselves,” she said. “If elected, I will definitely provide the people of Whitfield County with responsible government. I will provide them with integrity and impartiality ... I will run a cost-effective and efficient (office) with the best service in Georgia. So let them put me to the test.”

She can be reached at smiller1434@optilink.us.

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