The Marietta Daily Journal – Georgia Rep Ehrhart responds to critics calling for his ouster

POWDER SPRINGS — Twice this month prominent voices have called

for state Rep. Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs) to be voted out of office.

Ehrhart comes up for re-election in 2016, and Maria Saporta, editor of The Saporta Report, wrote Sunday he should be booted from office because he was disrespectful to Delta CEO Richard Anderson.

Kennesaw Councilwoman Cris Eaton-Welsh also called for voters to oust Ehrhart two weeks ago after comments he made on the House floor about local control.

Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal – Georgia Rep Ehrhart responds to critics calling for his ouster “She’s kind of like the editorial page of the AJC. Every time they criticize me, all of my constituents in west Cobb who are conservative say, ‘He’s doing it right,’” Ehrhart said. “With respect to being disrespectful, Richard Anderson reached out to me a couple weeks ago, and we had dinner. We’re friends,” Ehrhart said. “He and I had a cordial dinner. There’s no animosity between Richard Anderson and I. That’s Maria Saporta trying to stir things up.”

Ehrhart said he’s received hundreds of emails from constituents in support of his decision “and not one against.”

“My constituency — I listen to them. I’ve listened to them for many, many years, and I’ve voted their conservative policy, and they seem to like that. I can’t be responsible for big government liberals like Ms. Welsh and Ms. Saporta not liking those types of conservative policies,” Ehrhart said.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Georgia Rep Ehrhart responds to critics calling for his ouster.