Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 1:25:27 GMT -6
Gov. Deal picks former member of his team for Georgia ethics panel
Gov. Nathan Deal appointed his 2014 inaugural co-chairman and former workforce agency director to the state ethics commission on Friday.
Deal chose Tricia Pridemore, who was his choice to head the state Republican Party in 2011 and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2014, to the seat he’d originally given to former ethics commission director Rick Thompson.
Thompson turned down the appointment after questions were raised about his eligibility, since he had registered to lobby for a company that provides disclosure services to candidates, elected officials and others regulated by the commission.
State law says no one may be appointed to a commission that regulates a company the individual represented for one year after the person ends his lobbyist registration.
Read more: www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/gov-deal-picks-former-member-of-his-team-for-georg/nrrFS/
Gov. Nathan Deal appointed his 2014 inaugural co-chairman and former workforce agency director to the state ethics commission on Friday.
Deal chose Tricia Pridemore, who was his choice to head the state Republican Party in 2011 and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2014, to the seat he’d originally given to former ethics commission director Rick Thompson.
Thompson turned down the appointment after questions were raised about his eligibility, since he had registered to lobby for a company that provides disclosure services to candidates, elected officials and others regulated by the commission.
State law says no one may be appointed to a commission that regulates a company the individual represented for one year after the person ends his lobbyist registration.
Read more: www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/gov-deal-picks-former-member-of-his-team-for-georg/nrrFS/