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July 26, 2012

Stuckey seeks return to familiar setting

Rachel Brown rachelbrown@daltoncitizen.com The Dalton Daily Citizen Thu Jul 26, 2012, 07:14 AM EDT

Jodi Stuckey worked seven years with Whitfield County and Dalton city government before moving into a teaching job at Dalton Middle School. Now, she’s seeking an elected post she said is a little closer to what she’s done most of her life.

Stuckey is seeking the post of Whitfield County Superior Court clerk on July 31 along with fellow Republicans escrow closer Jessica Swinford, six-year incumbent Melica Kendrick and manager/accountant Susan Miller. No Democrats qualified. If no one gets at least 50 percent of the vote plus one, there will be a runoff. The position pays about $72,000, according to the Whitfield County elections office.

Stuckey worked for the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office, the 911 center as a shift supervisor and Dalton Municipal Court doing data entry and clerk duties at various times from 1997 to 2004. She’s worked for seven years as an eighth-grade special education and literacy teacher. She also coaches Dalton Middle School golf, helps coach softball and helps coach girls basketball at Dalton High School.

The 37-year-old lives in Rocky Face with husband Orville. She has four children she said are all active in sports: Wyatt, 14; Nick, 11; Kenley 9; and Kayden 3.

“It’s like me going into the profession I was in before I started teaching,” Stuckey said.

She said she wants to improve the cost efficiency of the office and improve its public image. Among the changes she hopes to make are adding instant filing for criminal and civil actions so there is no delay in paperwork being available when a judge issues an order and revamping the jury selection process. She also wants to offer additional online access to several documents and services.

“Whitfield County should be a leading county and not a following county,” she said. “As soon as I’m elected, I’m going to be going around to these counties (that have different practices) and kind of job shadowing them, then seeing what I can implement in Whitfield County.”

Stuckey said if elected she will teach and coach through December, quitting her job with Dalton Public Schools before she takes office in January. She has an associate’s degree in education from Dalton State College, a bachelor’s degree in organizational management from Covenant College and teaching certification from Lee University. She graduated from Northwest Whitfield High School.

“I’m just hoping that the public will look at all four of the candidates in this position and see what we all bring to this position,” she said. “I really think that my education in business and management and my past work experience in government and the courts are just extra benefits that I bring along.”

Her email address is stuckeyforclerk@yahoo.com, and her phone number is (706) 264-2243.

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