Local News
District attorney closes book on Evermore flap
By Shane Blatt
May 19, 2010The Gwinnett County district attorney's office has found insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges against board members for the Evermore Community Improvement District.
The board for the Evermore CID, an association of commercial property owners along U.S. 78, voted June 12 to use public funds to pay more than $45,000 in attorney fees racked up during the recall of two of its board members.
The recall grew out of the firing of the CID's economic development director David Stedman by then-executive director Brett Harrell. The move triggered months of infighting and paralyzed the CID with 4-4 deadlock votes.
Four board members then launched a recall effort to remove the board members aligned with Harrell. They also sought their own legal representation, which meant the CID was operating with two sets of attorneys.
