I’ve been trying not to abuse the privilege of GeorgiaPol while running for a county commission seat in DeKalb. But I’m making an exception today because politics have taken a Hunter S. Thompson turn for the weird of late, and his ghost will burn my house down in my sleep if I do nothing. DeKalb

He’s back. Former DeKalb County CEO and Democratic Senate candidate Vernon Jones has qualified to run in House District 91, currently occupied by Dee Dawkins Haigler, who in turn is running for Senate District 43, which JaNice Van Ness won in a special election last year. At this point, Jones is the only candidate qualified

Qualifying for the 2016 elections has ended with a flurry of last minute candidates who think they have a chance to win either their primary or in November. We have Republicans qualifying in normally Democratic districts, and many challengers hoping to defeat incumbents in a primary. One wonders if the success of outsider candidates has

Something about poking around politics in DeKalb County provokes a reaction I call rabid wombat flinging. Inquiry brings a snarling, over-the-top angry reaction designed to raise the legal and emotional cost of pursuing answers. A couple of years ago, I went looking for answers to basic questions about a spurious ethics complaint launched by a part-time

Find part one of the series here. Find part two here. Find part three here. No incumbent commissioner has lost an election in DeKalb County in at least 20 years. So, what might make this run different? To start, Sharon Barnes-Sutton has truly distinguished herself as an example of how to draw negative attention in