Glynn County

Walter graduated from Brunswick High School and attended college, but did not finish. He is married to his wife Sandra, with whom they have two daughters, and four grandchildren. He attended St. Francis School and Brunswick High School. He served as the Vice Chairman of the Glynn County Board of Commissioners, and on the Zoning Board of Appeals, and was a former Grand Knight and Past Faithful Navigator. He currently serves on the Board of Directors with the Knights of Columbus.

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Walter is the President of Adelaide's Paint & Decor. He worked as a Sales Representative at Lancaster Distributing Corporation. 

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Walter Rafolski is the Glynn County Commissioner Board Post 2. 

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Wants to the Ordinance Rewrite to be completed. 

- Wants to the Ordinance Rewrite to be completed. 

Public Services

Wants to inspect all SPLOST Projects on the 2022 SPLOST, so they are completed in a timely manner. 

Wants to attract industries looking to relocate or move to the Georgia Coast.

- Wants to inspect all SPLOST Projects on the 2022 SPLOST, so they are completed in a timely manner. 
- Wants to attract industries looking to relocate or move to the Georgia Coast.

Economy

As of May 31, 2025, Walter Rafolski did not have a website or any information online.

Education

Public Safety

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to enhance infrastructure and develop processes re-allocating resources in a fairly distributed fashion.

- Wants to enhance infrastructure and develop processes re-allocating resources in a fairly distributed fashion.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Walter Rafolski

As of May 11, 2024, Elizabeth Atkins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

This is Elizabeth Atkins’s first entry into politics. 

As of May 31, 2025, Elizabeth Atkins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Said literacy is an important, and plans to apply her knowledge to help educators ensure children are well educated. 

- Said literacy is an important, and plans to apply her knowledge to help educators ensure children are well educated. 

Elizabeth Atkins announces run for county commission

Believes sending homeless populations to the Glynn County Detention Center without proper physical and mental health care for their conditions makes homelessness a larger issue than it already is. 

Wants to alter the criminal justice system, focusing more on assistance for criminals and drug users and offenders rather than prison.

Supports installing a full-time homeless shelter with qualified staff. 

- Believes sending homeless populations to the Glynn County Detention Center without proper physical and mental health care for their conditions makes homelessness a larger issue than it already is. 
- Wants to alter the criminal justice system, focusing more on assistance for criminals and drug users and offenders rather than prison.
- Supports installing a full-time homeless shelter with qualified staff. 

Said, "We...have a port with almost unlimited potential. The Georgia Port Authority will expand our RoRo and that will bring prosperity to Glynn County. We have land to build upon, neighborhoods that can be developed and homes to fill."

Said, "With thoughtfully designed planning for development throughout the county we can take advantage of our prosperity beginning with what will work for all income levels in an integrated live, work, play environment."

- Said, "We...have a port with almost unlimited potential. The Georgia Port Authority will expand our RoRo and that will bring prosperity to Glynn County. We have land to build upon, neighborhoods that can be developed and homes to fill."
- Said, "With thoughtfully designed planning for development throughout the county we can take advantage of our prosperity beginning with what will work for all income levels in an integrated live, work, play environment."

Supports rebuilding efforts, and "plans for practical and aesthetic purposes, new and old, will be encouraged and supported."

Wants code enforcement to be standard in developed areas, and for abandoned buildings and homes, to be revamped and placed for resale.

- Supports rebuilding efforts, and "plans for practical and aesthetic purposes, new and old, will be encouraged and supported."
- Wants code enforcement to be standard in developed areas, and for abandoned buildings and homes, to be revamped and placed for resale.

Elizabeth Atkins

Julian "Puddy" Smith

Smith is from Louisiana. He currently resides in Glynn County and is married to his wife, Monica, with whom they have three children and five grandchildren.

Julian "Puddy" Smith served as an elected official in New Hampshire for 11 years. 

Supports holding public hearings and allowing comments to be openly made. 

Plans to challenge other commissioners to provide reason for their decisions.

Opposes providing free resources to the public.

- Supports holding public hearings and allowing comments to be openly made. 
- Plans to challenge other commissioners to provide reason for their decisions.
- Opposes providing free resources to the public.
- Supports public transportation.
- Wants to protect the environment.

Opposes allocating and tax funds towards "dubious schemes."

Wants Brunswick to become a tourist destination.

Plans to combat "all forms of economic, political and environmental blight."

- Opposes allocating and tax funds towards "dubious schemes."
- Wants Brunswick to become a tourist destination.
- Plans to combat "all forms of economic, political and environmental blight."

As of May 31, 2025, Julian "Puddy" Smith did not have a website or any information online.

Supports "good commercial and residential development in Brunswick."

Plans to prevent Saint Simons from becoming urbanized.

- Supports "good commercial and residential development in Brunswick."
- Plans to prevent Saint Simons from becoming urbanized.

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- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay in property and sales taxes, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms in staggered years. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.