Last week news broke that DeKalb County Superintendent Devon Horton was under federal indictment for giving no-bid contracts to his friends, accepting kickbacks and abusing his purchasing card while leading a Chicago-area school district. He was quickly placed on administrative leave, but now observers are wondering why he was ever approved (he came to Georgia in 2023) when some of the allegations were known BEFORE his hiring. The headache is just beginning for Horton, who is facing federal charges, but the headache seems like it could have been easily avoided by DeKalb school officials by just… NOT hiring a candidate shrouded in controversy. SINKING…
Fulton Democrat supports GOP Commission candidate
The largest county in Georgia is Fulton and its outgoing County Commission chairman is Democrat Robb Pitts. Is he supporting another Democrat running for the Commission? No. He’s openly supporting the re-election of Republican Bridget Thorne and calls her opponent Maggie Goldman “a nut case and would be a disaster.” Pitts says, “If you want your taxes steady or lower, you have to vote for Bridget Thorne… (Goldman) would raise your taxes– residential and commercial.” He concludes that “it’s OK” that Thorne is a Republican “because we work for the benefit of all the citizens Fulton County.” Thorne’s re-election chances are RISING….
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