(Franklin, GA) — David Walls hopes to replace Joe Adams as the District 5 representative on the Heard County Board of Commissioners in 2019. Walls formally announced his candidacy for the office after qualifying in March. Adams is not seeking re-election and will vacate the office at the end of 2018.
Walls, a 63-year-old retired 30-plus year employee of Kimberly Clark says he has several goals for the county and specifically his own district that he wants to address if elected.
Some of these goals include positive growth, community cooperation, more activities for the youth, and a more creative use of our local natural resources.

District 5 BOC candidate Mr. David Walls
Sounds like he has a plan. I’d also like to see us work on our water/sewage infrastructure in the county. My fear is that one day we will not have a coal-powered power plant in our community which provides us a lot of SPLOST dollars for projects. Some reservoirs, pipes, sewage, etc would go a long way for allowing growth of both residences and industry. We need to use our SPLOST dollars to lay a ground work for future generations to build upon while we still have a major revenue source to draw from.
A coal powered power plant in Heard county also helps reduce our property tax as well as they pay a LARGE portion in tax and that keeps ours low