Cumming mayor got girlfriend city health insurance, but the whistleblower

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http://www.erietvnews.com/story/27691027/taxpayers-paying-health-insurance-for-mayors-girlfriend-but-councilman-targeted

got targeted for impeachment for revealing personal information. Oh my! If only we all could add whomever we wanted to group policies paid by the Govt!

Cumming, GA -- A woman considered the girlfriend of longtime Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt has received city-paid health benefits since 2005, even though she's never been employed by the city, CBS46 News has learned. Meanwhile, a councilman accused of releasing that information will face an impeachment hearing Tuesday.

Councilman Rupert Sexton told investigative reporter Jeff Chirico that he has not done anything "illegal, unethical or immoral" and denied he released what the city claimed is a confidential list of city employees' health insurance information.

"They're hanging me out to dry because I stood up for the people and taxpayers of the city of Cumming," Sexton said.

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Sexton, a retired insurance agent, said he initially requested the list in order to find ways to save the city money on health insurance costs. Sexton said he expressed his concerns to Gravitt in August after he found Angie Mullinax was receiving health insurance benefits even though she's not a city employee.

"[My] concern is they're paying a benefit to a person who's not entitled to it. That's the bottom line," Sexton said.

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There was a council meeting today. They voted to launch an investigation.