Background on Vernon Jones, fake Democrat, and his "culture of corruption"

[highplainsdem]

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:


https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/all-about-vernon-jones/zSjWgmBugmCDjOwzJPEKbK/

During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama called out Jones for sending a mailer with a manipulated photo that showed the two on the same stage.

"I do not endorse him; I have not endorsed him," Obama said in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He put my picture on his literature without asking me.

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He won the DeKalb County CEO race in 2000 and found controversy before he took office. He asked the outgoing CEO for $25,000 to $50,000 to pay for a secretary and other expenses before he took office. That amount approached what Gov. Roy Barnes got a year before. The request was rejected.

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In 2003, the AJC reported DeKalb spent $630,000 for Jones’ security detail, far surpassing other county officials.

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A special grand jury recommended an investigation into allegations of bid-rigging and theft by Jones when he was CEO. The district attorney, however, said he lacked evidence to show any crimes had occurred.

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Earlier AJC article on the "culture of corruption" in DeKalb County when Jones was there:


https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/culture-corruption-reigns-dekalb-says-grand-jury/gsAuaMhjmnAjewEatFiPVL/

To understand the brazenness of the corruption alleged by a special DeKalb County grand jury, consider this: Officials awarded a $2.2 million-a-year tree-trimming contract to a fake company created by a Cartoon Network employee who didn’t so much as own a chain saw.

And this: When a DeKalb police detective began linking county officials to inflated invoices and fraudulent payments to favored contractors, her superiors shut the investigation down.

Such is the sordid realm of government contracting in DeKalb County, according to a grand jury report released to the public last week. The panel spent a year examining documents, hearing testimony from 89 witnesses and deconstructing what jurors said was a culture of corruption that seamlessly spanned a decade and two county administrations.

Grand jurors said they found such endemic “incompetence, patronage, fraud and cronyism” that they recommended criminal investigations of a dozen current and former DeKalb officials and vendors, including CEO Burrell Ellis, former CEO Vernon Jones and former Public Safety Director William “Wiz” Miller. Ellis was indicted in June on corruption charges, was suspended and is awaiting trial. The charges against him have stirred calls to reduce the CEO’s power.

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No surprise that he'd admire Trump.

[highplainsdem]

1. kicking, since people are asking about Jones

[CurtEastPoint]

2. That self-aggrandizing egoistic fuckstick has been robbing DeKalb Co. blind for decades. SOB

[highplainsdem]

3. There aren't many Democrats I'd ever call an SOB, but Jones sounds like one.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. He will do or say anything if it benefits him.

[highplainsdem]

5. Just like Trump.

[Kali]

6. thanks

I had never heard of him, no wonder he's in with drumpf ugh calling himself a Dem when he clearly has the credentials of a repuke.