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Johnny Edwards joined the AJC in November 2010 and covers the Fulton County government. He grew up in Cobb and is a graduate of the University of Georgia. He previously worked at daily newspapers in Lynchburg, Va., and Augusta, Ga., and served time as an embedded reporter during the invasion of Iraq.
At the AJC, he has reported on Fulton County's tax billing problems, the high compensation of its tax commissioner, elections debacles and irregularities in Atlanta and Fulton census figures. His award-winning work includes coverage of the recession-induced property tax meltdown and faulty locks at the Fulton jail.
Edwards lives in Sandy Springs.
Latest from Johnny Edwards
Fulton leaders want to slash tax chief’s pay
Another effort is brewing to cut the pay of the state’s highest-paid elected official – something frequently attempted but never accomplished. Instead, pay has shot up for Fulton County Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand over the years as he has found more ways to profit from tax collections. On Wednesday the ...
Panel votes 6-0 to cut tax chief’s pay
The Fulton County Commission wants to give the state’s highest-paid elected official a pay cut – something frequently attempted, but never done.Since 2011, Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand has been personally profiting off his controversial tax collection system, using an old state law to earn 50 cents every time a collection ...
Atlanta mayor got special treatment from tax chief
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s real estate investment company has been chronically late paying taxes on a vacant warehouse south of the city. And when one overdue bill got turned over to a collection firm, Fulton County Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand — another prominent Democrat — intervened personally to get it ...
Fulton board names new county manager
After months of deadlock over who should be the Fulton County government’s top administrator, the County Commission has finally settled on Dwight Ferrell, former deputy general manager and chief operating officer for MARTA. Ferrell will be paid a salary of $240,000, which is $40,000 more than his predecessor, Zachary Williams, ...
Election chiefs wary of state’s new voter registration system
Elections chiefs for several metro Atlanta counties are warning that glitches in the state’s new voter registration system could cause frustrations for voters when polling starts in four weeks. Data entry is more cumbersome, they say, and the new software often puts streets and houses on the wrong sides of ...
New flood maps could mean expensive insurance
To those who live near a river, creek, pond or any other body of water in Fulton County, be forewarned. Tuesday could be your last day to save a bundle on flood insurance. On Wednesday, new Federal Emergency Management Agency maps officially take effect for Fulton, reclassifying more than 3,000 ...
Fulton backsliding on jail reforms
Fulton County is backsliding on promises to correct overcrowded and dangerous conditions inside its Rice Street jail, which could put the Fulton County Commission in more hot water with a federal judge. Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob, overseeing Fulton’s compliance with a consent order stemming from a lawsuit, capped ...
Tax debt buyer has $10 million debt of his own
The head of a private collection firm that goes after unpaid taxes in Fulton and Gwinnett counties has been slapped for not paying some of his own debts. Vesta Holdings and its network of companies routinely buy liens against property owners who fail to pay taxes, reaping profits through penalties ...
New tax formula would cost Atlanta, Fulton millions
Fulton County and 12 of its 14 cities have agreed to a formula that will determine how billions of dollars in local sales tax revenue gets returned to taxpayers over the next decade. The big loser — Atlanta, which wasn’t part of the agreement that would give the city about ...
Fulton picks a manager, not saying who
After months of deadlock, the Fulton County Commission has settled on a new county manager, according to Chairman John Eaves. But he won’t say who until “terms of agreement” are worked out, Eaves said through a spokeswoman. The panel hasn’t taken a formal vote. Fulton has been without a county ...
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