The grand jury investigation that led to the indictment of Commissioner Kevin Kenerly and the resignation of Chairman Charles Bannister started in exactly the same way. In this case, the AJC’s special investigative team, acting on tips from insiders and pouring through public records, discovered possible evidence of collusion between school system staff, appraisers, real [...]
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Gwinnett Schools Land Deal Flap Sounds Sadly Familiar
Posted by BobG on April 4th, 2011
Posted in Gwinnett Stuff, Politics & Government 
Tags: adam richards, alvin wilbanks, columns group of alpharetta, curtis hicks, doug wilkerson, eben hardie, gwinnett county public schools, j. brad smith, jim steele, malvern hill, robert mcclure, solution property group, stacey britt, wayne mason 
3 Comments »Gwinnett Judges Exercise Poor Judgment
Posted by BobG on April 27th, 2010
We’re in tough times, economically speaking. It makes sense to look at every public contract to see if any extra pennies can be pinched. If that is what Gwinnett’s State Court judges were trying to do when it picked a new private probation company, it sure doesn’t look that way.
Clear-cutting to Return to Snellville
Posted by BobG on September 8th, 2008
Years ago, community activists and homeowners banded together to force an end to an all-too-common practice by land speculators– the clear-cutting land to make it appear more appealing to potential developers. Wide expanses of barren Georgia red clay would lay untouched for years; in some cases causing harm to nearby streams or depositing a thin [...]
