Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton’s Financial Past
Decatur Metro | January 30, 2010 | 11:40 amDoing what he does better than almost anyone out in the Atlanta news-sphere, Jim Walls of Atlanta Unfiltered digs into Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton’s past and unveils all kinds of financial weirdness.
Here’s a sampling of a few of the strange details uncovered by Walls…
- During her campaign for county commissioner, Sutton somehow managed to loan herself $69,000, even though she had a history of unpaid debts and made just $43,000 a year in the DeKalb County School system.
- While Sutton told the AJC that the root of her financial difficulties stemmed from a dispute with a contractor and her mortgage company, Walls notes that two cases Sutton brought against the aforementioned parties were dismissed by the Fulton County Court System for “lack of prosecution.”
Also, make sure you check out Walls’ excellent time-line of Sutton’s legal problems – which stretch back to 1995 – at the bottom of his article.
AJC: I hope you can use Walls’ new info to go back to the commissioner and demand some ACTUAL answers to your questions. It also would be nice to give Walls props for his efforts with a mention AND a link!