More bad news from DeKalb County this week, as the DeKalb County School District lost its fourth spokesperson in sixth months. In April Superintendent Steve Green eliminated two communications positions, moving Eileen Houston-Stewart and Andre Riley to “special assignments.” Shumuriel Ratliff moved to Fulton County Schools in the Summer, and now R. Scott Belzer, a former reporter who has been speaking for the school system since 2017, has announced his departure. Restructuring can be a good thing, but this type of turnover in an already-troubled district has DeKalb schools DRIFTING…
Fani Willis to skip Senate hearing
Attorneys for Fulton Co. District Attorney Fani Willis say she plans to ignore a pair of subpoenas and skip a scheduled Georgia Senate special committee hearing later today. The move will no doubt enrage GOP lawmakers and set up a courtroom battle, likely in the Georgia Court of Appeals over the legality of Legislature-ordered subpoenas, with Willis’ attorneys arguing they are void because they were issued after the 2024 legislative session. The legal battle leaves Willis and the Georgia Senators investigating her DRIFTING…
