Previous Attorney General, Sam Olens, did more to hold the City of Atlanta accountable only then to become a paid consultant for the City of Atlanta.īy working for the Bondurant firm, State Sen. The Office of the Attorney General plays a key role under both the Georgia Open Meetings Act and Georgia Open Records Act, having the authority to bring enforcement actions against governments that do not follow the law.Ĭurrent Attorney General, Chris Carr, has shown little appetite to hold the City of Atlanta accountable, despite having this authority under law and despite being aware of the City of Atlanta’s ongoing campaign of opacity. Because the board hates Harley, they hate her, and they don’t want to pay you, so that means we make a lot of money,’” Kendall recalled. “But as Robbie Ashe told me, ‘We’re gonna milk this sucker. “They could’ve gotten out of this case for fifteen grand,” Kendall told the Saporta Report in reference to a case involving the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority. Since at least the 1980’s, the Bondurant law firm has developed a reputation for decades of defending local governments across the State of Georgia in their efforts to be nontransparent to their citizens and taxpayers.Īs previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, the BME law firm is currently representing the City of Atlanta in defending open meetings and open records violations, making hundreds of thousands of dollars off of City of Atlanta taxpayers while taking positions against the public interest.Īttorney Wayne Kendall recently told the Saporta Report that Robbie Ashe of the BME firm admitted to him that law firm profits motivate the decisions BME makes on behalf of their government clients. Jordan previously worked for the Bondurant Mixson & Elmore law firm, raising serious questions about whether she would advance the public interest as Attorney General. Hunter Hill (R-Atlanta) ran for Governor of Georgia. The 2017 Special Election was held after then-incumbent State Sen.
Jordan was elected in 2017 and has served two full terms and a partial term. Jen Jordan (D-Atlanta) and former Fulton County Assistant District Attorney Christian Wise Smith–are running for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General. This article covers the statewide races for Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Insurance.
APN has also so far published interviews with four out of nine candidates for the Democratic nomination for Lt.
Previously, part one covered the statewide races for Governor, Lt. (APN) ATLANTA - In our continuing coverage of the upcoming General Primary Election, this article is the second part of our overview of statewide races. Graphic by Adrian Paulette Coleman, Atlanta Progressive News.