Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson visited Chatsworth Wednesday, Oct. 21, promising to lower income and property taxes and lower health care costs. From left, Ringgold resident Don Shields, Jackson, State Senator Chuck Payne and Murray County Tax Commissioner Billy Childers. The rotor wash from Jackson's powerful nine-seat Bell 429 GlobalRanger kicked up a cloud of leaves and debris, knocked down a fence and downed tree limbs in what some attendees called an "impressive" arrival to Chatsworth at Cloer Barn. The Jackson campaign called the event a meet-and-greet, telling press ahead of time there would be no time for remarks, but billionaire philanthropist and health care executive Rick Jackson surprised the crowd with an extended speech detailing policy proposals and his personal motivation for running, and his childhood, growing up in foster care. On the heels of a recent visit by President Donald Trump, Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson promised to cut Georgia’s income taxes by as much as 50% during his first term, overhaul property taxation and make the state the most cost-effective in the nation for health care during a campaign stop Wednesday in Chatsworth. On health care, Jackson attached a condition to his promise: "I will have the most cost effective state plan – meaning commercial insurance and the cost of health care – of anybody in the United States, and or I won't run again," Jackson, 80, promised. The billionaire philanthropist spoke to a…
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