The DeKalb Delegation announced on Thursday (Dec. 3) that 63 applications from residents across DeKalb County were received for consideration for the newly reconstituted Ethics Board. The board will be comprised of seven members and two alternates who will serve in the event that two members are absent. The new board will begin serving on Jan. 1, 2021.
“The Appointing Committee is honored and humbled by the incredible response from our fellow DeKalb citizens and thanks each one of them for applying,” the news release stated.
The list of 63 will be narrowed down to a list of finalists, which also will be made public, the Delegation said. The House and Senate will each appoint three members; DeKalb’s Tax Commissioner will appoint one person and the DeKalb Clerk of Court will appoint two alternatives to serve on the board.
DeKalb County voters approved HB1243 in a Nov. 3 referendum, paving the say for a newly reconstituted Ethics Board.
Meanwhile, Attorney Dwight Thomas, who represented former DeKalb County Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton in her successful challenge against the Ethics Board, has filed a motion objecting to the Dec. 2 Board of Ethics meeting.
Thomas stated in the motion filed on Nov. 30 that Ethics Officer Stacey Kalberman and members of the Board of Ethics held the December meeting in violation of the court’s Aug. 27, 2018 orders. The Georgia Supreme Court, Thomas said, held that four of the board’s seven members appointed by private organizations were “unconstitutional.” He said the three members who were left do not constitute a legal board.
Thomas said: “Further, the legislature does not have the power to override the Georgia Supreme Court by ignoring a ruling of the Georgia Supreme Court on a constitutional issue. Any action taken by an illegal and unconstitutional Board of Ethics is contemptuous and subject to other legal challenges.”
Following is the list of 63 applicants the DeKalb Delegation said has expressed an interest in serving on the new Ethics Board:
Patricia Ann Rosenthal | Tucker, GA 30084 |
Dr. Natasha L. Ball Dunson | Decatur, GA 30035 |
John James Milner | Avondale Estates, 30002 |
Robert Peter Marcovitch | Atlanta, GA 30306 |
Robert Lenoris Brown | Lithonia, DeKalb, 30038 |
Vickie Elaine Collins | Chamblee (Dekalb) GA 30341 |
Robert L Wittenstein | Dunwoody, GA, 30338 |
Harold Eric Hilton | , Atlanta, DeKalb County, 30317 |
Thomas Samuel Clark | Decatur, GA 30030 |
Sheri Tomblin Lake | Tucker, Georgia 30084 |
Cathea Simelton-Treminio | Brookhaven, GA 30341 |
Lawrence Thomas Clements | Atlanta GA 30306 |
Margaret L. Walker | Decatur, DeKalb 30033 |
Mrs. Ella Davis | Decatur, DeKalb 30034 |
Ms. De’Etra Judd-Moore | Decatur, 30034 |
Eric Peter Maurer | Atlanta, GA 30307 |
Stephen Morgan Binney | Clarkston, Dekalb, 30021 |
Pamela Denise Williams | Decatur, GA 30034 |
Alexandra Morgan Joseph | Atlanta, GA 30317 |
Daniel Steven Morgan | Atlanta, GA 30345 |
Sanford Stuart Hartman | Atlanta, Georgia, 30329 |
Renee Burwell-Billie | Stone Mountain, GA 30088 |
Jon Grant Keen | Decatur, DeKalb, 30033 |
Velda Goldberg | Decatur, 30030 |
Candace Nicole Walker | Stone Mountain, GA 30087 |
Jonathan Kadane Crane | Decatur, GA 30030 |
Mr. William T. Clark | Atlanta, GA 30307 |
Dr. Elizabeth “Beth” Lauren Thompson | Stone Mountain, GA 30083 |
Mr. Ryan Brucks Brown | Stone Mountain, GA 30083 |
Robert (“Bob”) Franklin Dallas | Dunwoody, DeKalb County, GA 30338 |
Daniel Andrew Browning | Decatur, 30033 |
Rosa Darden Waymon | Stone Mountain, GA 30083 |
Veronica Nicole Kulon | Decatur GA 30035 |
Dr S Bola Tilghman | Stone Mountain, DeKalb 30088 |
Ms. Madeline E. McNeeley | Brookhaven, DeKalb County, GA 30319 |
Shayna M. Steinfeld | Atlanta, 30345 |
The Rev. Dr. James L. Brewer-Calvert | Atlanta GA 30340 |
Deborah Ann Jackson | Lithonia, 30058 |
Adriana de la Torriente | Atlanta, GA 30345 |
James Francis Grubiak | Atlanta, GA 30306 |
James Tafford Langford | Dunwoody, GA 30360 |
Clara Black DeLay | Lithonia, GA 30038 |
Jason J. Adams, Sr. | DeKalb, 30032 |
Mr. Leslie Peter Klemperer | Atlanta, DeKalb County 30307 |
Shan Ali Momin | Dunwoody, DeKalb County, 30360 |
Stacey Allynn Chavis | Atlanta, GA 30319 |
Angela Dixon | Clarkston, GA 30021 |
Karen Wheel Carter | Atlanta, GA 30345 |
ROSA DARDEN WAYMON | – STONE MOUNTAIN GEORGIA 30083 |
Justin Archibald Critz | Atlanta, DeKalb, 30306 |
Ms. Ann-MIchelle Long Spears | Brookhaven, GA 30319 |
Ms. Nadine Sabir Ali | Decatur, GA 30032 |
Renee Cail | Stonecrest, GA 30038 |
Ambreen Delawalla | Decatur, 30030 |
Laura Ann Gordy | Decatur GA 3030 |
Robert Walker | Lithonia, 30058 |
Karen Wheel Carter | Atlanta, GA 30345 |
Dr. Diane Daniels Adoma | Stonecrest, GA 30038 |
Collin Matthew Smith | Tucker, Georgia 30084 |
Olivia Dayoga Burrell-Jackson | Lithonia, GA 30058 |
David Howard Moskowitz | Dunwoody, GA 30338 |
Marvis McDaniel-Ivey | Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 |
Wendy Elizabeth Heaps | Atlanta, 30307 |