Senators ask Olens to rule on DeKalb dispute
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens is being asked to settle a dispute over who should hold DeKalb County's government accountable.
Three state senators are seeking Olens' legal opinion about whether Sen. Gloria Butler was permitted to rescind her selection of Harmel Codi to the DeKalb's new Audit Oversight Committee.
Butler says Codi was pursuing a personal agenda, but Codi says her removal undermines the independence of the committee.
Georgia legislators created the DeKalb Audit Oversight Committee last year as a way to improve supervision of the county's government, which has seen numerous corruption investigations and criminal prosecutions in recent years.
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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.
