Gov. Nathan Deal Files Against Ethics Watchdog George Anderson
Gov. Nathan Deal has filed for attorney's fees regarding an ethics violation brought against him by George Anderson. Meanwhile, a local nonprofit is trying to change the law regarding ethics complaints.
On Sept. 20, Governor Nathan Deal filed for attorney's fees against George Anderson, Executive Director of Ethics in Government Group, claiming that Anderson "filed unsubstantiated, as well as, frivolous accusations concerning payments to Southern Magnolia LLC, alleging kickbacks to Respondent, untrue allegations of personal profit from campaign funds, as well as, allegations regarding good friend and appointee Patrick Millsaps to the State Ethics Commission." Anderson claims that he is being attacked with "abuse litigation." "I am being attacked against my Constitutional rights to petition the government for a redress of grievances under the United States Constitution under Amendment I Article I," he said in an email to Snellville Patch. …
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Dave Emanuel
10:20 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012
And it comes as no surprise that factually challenged Democrats chose to ignore the corruption within the party they support while condemning the party they oppose. Corruption does not recognize party affiliation, it is pervasive. And the list of corrupt Democrats is just as long, or longer than the list of corrupt Republicans. However, that's really irrelevant. The task at hand is to bring about… more ›