State to investigate former Fulton official
The state ethics commission has asked former Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards to account for nearly $80,000 that disappeared from his campaign finance reports in 2010.
“It could be merely accounting errors, it could be more serious,” Stefan Ritter, the commission’s executive director told Channel 2 Action News. “But we’re talking almost $80,000 in unaccounted for expenditures, and that’s a pretty serious situation. We will take that very seriously.”
Edwards’ missing campaign cash was first disclosed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Channel 2 Action News and The Georgia News Lab in March. The news organizations reported Edwards could not account for the missing $80,000. Since then, he has repeatedly refused to provide records he says can explain the discrepancy.
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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
