Attorney General requests county response on open meetings complaints

The office of the Attorney General of Georgia requested Forsyth County respond within ten days to complaints filed by activist Nydia Tisdale citing violations of state open meetings laws by the Forsyth County Civil Service Board.  In a March 9, 2011, letter to county attorney Ken Jarrard, Senior Assistant Attorney General Stefan Ritterasked the county to address Tisdale's complaints that the Civil Service Board did not provide enough notice of meetings or agendas for those meetings beforehand, as required by Georgia.