Rhonda Johnson, Atlanta’s long-time city clerk has been slapped with an $800 fine after a Board of Ethic investigation showed that she used city workers – using a city-rented truck – to move personal furniture.
According to the study, on Sept. 15, 2008, Johnson rented a Toyota Prius to attend a meeting in Athens. The next day, she traded the Prius in for a 2008 Chevrolet S15 pick-up truck.
“While she had the rental truck, Ms. Johnson contacted staff in her office for help in moving furniture,” the report found. “Two employees said they helped with the move from a downtown condominium to her home during city work hours.”
In paying the fine Johnson said there was no additional expense in exchanging the car for the truck. She also said that she considered the workers who helped her move to be friends doing her a favor during their lunch break. ERNIE SUGGS
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Jane Chumley Ammons has achieved another milestone for women at Georgia Tech.
She is the first woman selected to chair a school within Tech's College of Engineering, officials announced Wednesday. Starting July 1, Ammons will serve as chairwoman of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Ammons was the first female faculty member in the school. In 1982 she was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the program. LAURA DIAMOND
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Gretchen B. Caughman, who has served as the interim provost for Georgia Health Sciences University since September, will hold the position permanently. University President Ricardo Azziz announced the appointment earlier this month.
Caughman has been with the university since July 1985. She has worked as a professor, assistant dean and dean in various colleges within the university. LAURA DIAMOND
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