DeKalb commissioner named to statewide board
DeKalb County Commissioner Kathie Gannon will help guide statewide local government policies in her new role with the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia.
Gannon was recently sworn in as one of 40 members of the Board of Managers for ACCG, which advocates for Georgia’s 159 county governments.
Another DeKalb official, Commissioner Jeff Rader, also took on a leadership role in ACCG. Rader was appointed by Gwinnett County Chairwoman and ACCG President Charlotte Nash to head the organization's Federal Policy Committee.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
