Politics
Deal taps three-member panel to weigh Cherokee school board member’s fate
By News Staff
Nov 5, 2013Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed a three member panel to recommend whether he should suspend a Cherokee County school board member who was recently indicted.
Deal on Tuesday appointed Tim Stultz of the Cobb school board and Anne Crow of Forsyth’s school board to weigh the fate of Kelly Marlow. State law requires Attorney General Sam Olens to fill the third slot on the panel.
A Cherokee County grand jury indicted Marlow, her political adviser Robert Trim and local GOP official Barbara Knowles in October on charges of making false statements that school superintendent Frank Petruzielo attempted to run them down in his car after a board meeting in June.
Georgia law calls for the panel to determine if the indictment adversely impacts Marlow’s ability to perform her official duties. The panel has 14 days to study the case and issue a written report to the governor.
