Southeast DeKalb seat remains vacant
The shorthanded DeKalb County Commission again delayed a vote Tuesday on a temporary commissioner, leaving it two representatives down.
George Turner, an involved community member in southeast DeKalb, is Interim CEO Lee May’s nominee to serve as his short-term replacement.
The position, representing about 140,000 residents, has been vacant for more than a year since May became the county’s chief executive, replacing CEO Burrell Ellis when he was criminally charged.
Since former Commissioner Elaine Boyer resigned last month, there are five commissioners left on a body with seven elected seats.
Commissioner Jeff Rader said he wants a process in which the DeKalb Commission, rather than May, names the temporary commissioner.
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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.
