Amazing....

Voodoo priestess says Cobb official bounced checks

Death rituals. A voodoo priestess. A cancer-causing curse. A Cobb County Police report details the lengths Cobb Commissioner Annette Kesting allegedly was willing to go to get even with her political rival.

Kesting wrote $3,000 in bad checks, allegedly for the services of a “high priestess of voodoo” to prepare an untimely demise for commissioner-elect Woody Thompson. Kesting wanted the priestess, identified by authorities as George Ann Mills of Blythewood, S.C., to cause Thompson to “catch cancer” or “have a car accident” according to a police report obtained by WSB-TV.

“It is very bizarre,” said Thompson, who soundly defeated Kesting in a runoff earlier this year. “I find it almost hard to believe.”

Law enforcement authorities in Georgia and South Carolina are investigating the allegations. Mills did not return a call late Monday seeking her comment.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the incident. GBI spokesman John Bankhead said “we haven’t had a chance to verify if the allegations are true, or whether a crime has been committed yet.”

Reached Monday night, Kesting declined comment and referred questions to her attorney. Her attorney could not be reached.

According to the police report, the priestess told police that Kesting paid her with a $2,000 check for the ritual on Aug. 27, and post-dated another $1,000 check for Sept. 11. Both checks bounced, the woman told police, although she said Kesting paid cash to make up for the first bounced check.

Kesting defeated Thompson, a two-term Republican incumbent in the 2004 general election to become Cobb County’s first African-American commissioner. Thompson said he learned of the voodoo incident from a Cobb County official.

Thompson said he has had little personal contact with Kesting over the years, describing their relationship as “chilly.”

“She was a little standoffish, but nothing really bad,” Thompson said. “But clearly she must be very disturbed.”

Kesting’s term as commissioner — which ends in December — has been marked by unflattering financial disclosures and personal blunders. She was delinquent in paying taxes to the county in 2007 for properties she owned in Powder Springs, and was also written up for code violations on several of her properties.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/c...hecks.html

Boy that puts the gov't in an awkward position. Do you legitimize voodoo by filing attempted murder charges? Or just push for the bounced checks?

And if you look at attempted murder, didn't the voodoo priestess just hang herself?

DrTorch Wrote:Boy that puts the gov't in an awkward position. Do you legitimize voodoo by filing attempted murder charges? Or just push for the bounced checks?

And if you look at attempted murder, didn't the voodoo priestess just hang herself?

You know someone is going to throw in "separation of church and state" in this because Kesting is going to say that she was just practicing a "religious ritual".

And Voodoo is legit in Florida.

Sounds like a job for Palin's witch doctor.

cb4029 Wrote:Sounds like a job for Palin's witch doctor.

What the hell??? Can this be real?? Man...She is crediting this guy with laying hands on her and helping her to become Gov?

Well...This pretty much seals the deal for me....I just cant vote for this GOP ticket. I cant risk this broad being close to that much power. No way anyone can tell me that her non-secular believe system would not influence her decision making. Im surprised this has not gotten more media coverage. Rev. Wright scares me less.

Fo Shizzle Wrote:

cb4029 Wrote:Sounds like a job for Palin's witch doctor.

What the hell??? Can this be real?? Man...She is crediting this guy with laying hands on her and helping her to become Gov?

Well...This pretty much seals the deal for me....I just cant vote for this GOP ticket. I cant risk this broad being close to that much power. No way anyone can tell me that her non-secular believe system would not influence her decision making. Im surprised this has not gotten more media coverage. Rev. Wright scares me less.

I know you are being sarcastic....

Fo Shizzle Wrote:

cb4029 Wrote:Sounds like a job for Palin's witch doctor.

What the hell??? Can this be real?? Man...She is crediting this guy with laying hands on her and helping her to become Gov?

Well...This pretty much seals the deal for me....I just cant vote for this GOP ticket. I cant risk this broad being close to that much power. No way anyone can tell me that her non-secular believe system would not influence her decision making. Im surprised this has not gotten more media coverage. Rev. Wright scares me less.