Linda Schrenko
It’s a small world after all – at least for prisoner 56443-019. Former State School Superintendent Linda C. Schrenko has spent the last few years less than an hour from Disney World, at a federal pokey in central Florida. Georgia’s first woman elected to statewide office, once a darling of the GOP and a hopeful […]
Baker: PSC’s vote for new chairman broke Georgia law
Attorney General Thurbert Baker ruled today that Georgia’s utility-regulating agency acted illegally last month when it chose a new chairman. Baker ruled that state law establishing the process for choosing a chairman is constitutional and the commission did not have the authority to rule otherwise. The PSC now must decide whether to abide by the […]
Fulton deputy going once…going twice…gone?
Sheriff’s deputy Mitnee Jones, charged with covering up a fatal beating at the Fulton County Jail, could be fired if she’s found guilty. The question is: Will the third time be the charm? The sheriff’s office fired Jones, 46, in 2003 and again in 2004. Each time, she got her job back. Those dismissals followed […]
June 8
School waste: CBS Atlanta uncovers millions in wasteful spending