The Judicial Qualifications Commission has slammed controversial Atlanta Municipal Court Judge Terinee Gundy with nine ethics charges related to chronic absenteeism, and covering up those absences even when confronted by the JQC. Her absences led to as many as six defendants missing their hearings, which forced them to remain behind bars until Gundy showed up. The Kasim Reed-appointee will now face another JQC panel who could levy additional punishments, potentially as severe as having her judgeship revoked. Regardless of what her final punishments ends up being, such blatant ethics violations by Gundy have her ship SINKING…
Taxpayers nervous about two Fulton Commission races
Georgia’s largest county– Fulton– has Democrat Mo Ivory running for County Commission chair. This year, she was the sole commissioner to vote for a tax hike. Now she has new spending plans that could cause property taxes to soar by 40 percent! Republican Bridget Thorne is challenging Ivory– and Thorne is endorsed by the outgoing Democrat chair because they oppose any hike. To stop the Democrats’ tax increase, Republican and retired IBM executive Paul Burton seeks to defeat Ivory ally Jodi Merriday in another Commission contest. The races could be close. DRIFTING….
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