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Our recent experience with the Board of Ethics appointment process and the interest DeKalb citizens showed in applying for that board led us to question how other County boards are being appointed and how citizens are being educated about and engaged with County government through these boards. What we have found so far indicates little […]
After nearly three years of legal limbo and legislative wrangling, DeKalb County again has a functional ethics board. And its plate is already plenty full. When the new ethics board meets next week, the panel of seven tasked with considering complaints of wrongdoing against county officials and employees will begin sifting through a backlog of […]
Posted by Holly R. Price | Nov 24, 2020 A new DeKalb County Board of Ethics is being selected and applications for positions are open until Dec. 1. The board is intended to independently review claims of improper conduct by public officials. The current board has been inactive since the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled in 2018 that […]
DeKalb’s latest ethics referendum passed overwhelmingly, meaning the county’s long-dormant ethics board will soon be reconstituted. But before that can happen, new members must be selected. And the application period is now open. “The DeKalb Ethics Appointing Committee is in support of a transparent, uniform and coordinated process,” said state Rep. Karla Drenner, D-Avondale Estates, said […]
DeKalb County will have a new, functional ethics board by the end of the year. There were still tens of thousands of absentee ballots to be counted in DeKalb on Wednesday. But voters had overwhelmingly supported the latest proposal to reshape ethics oversight in the county. Among other things, the measure fixes the problematic appointment process […]
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