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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Will taking on Taylor make Brockway front-runner for GOP job?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some GOP party activists are buzzing about Buzz Brockway.
Last week, the State Ethics Commissions launched an investigation of former Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor after reviewing a complaint filed by Brockway.
Brockway, the erstwhile chairman of the Gwinnett GOP, is running for first vice-chairman of the Georgia Republican Party.
The election is scheduled to take place during the state party convention next month. Brockway will be on home turf for the vote. The Gwinnett Civic Center is hosting the May 18-19 event.
On Thursday, the ethics commission voted to hold a full hearing on Brockway’s allegations about Taylor. Taylor, a Democrat, lost the 2006 governor’s race to incumbent Republican Sonny Perdue.
Brockway alleges Taylor didn’t completely identify some of his contributors, and also accepted an illegal contribution.
The commission found probable cause to hold a full-scale hearing on 10 counts, most of them alleging that Taylor didn’t adequately identify contributions from political action committees.
The commission also agreed to consider whether Taylor’s campaign illegally took $9,000 from a Valdosta development company for the 2006 gubernatorial primary.
The legal limit is $5,000 from one company or affiliated companies for the primary, and $5,000 for the general election.
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