“We have got to restore credibility and integrity to DeKalb County and particularly to the District 1 commissioner seat and I’m here to do that,” Jester said when she announced her campaign Sept. 4.
Jester is seeking to fill the position vacated by former commissioner Elaine Boyer who resigned Aug. 25 and has pleaded guilty to charges mail and wire fraud after an instigation showed that she used county funds for personal expenses.
A Republican and Dunwoody resident, Jester was elected to the DeKalb County Board of Education in 2010. In 2013, she was one of six board members suspended by Gov. Nathan Deal after the school district was placed on accreditation probation by AdvancED, the parent company of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). She chose not to fight the suspension.
“I’m really proud of my record in DeKalb,” said Jester at the time. “I uncovered the financial malfeasance in DeKalb.”
Jester said she will be a “fiscal hawk” if elected as the District 1 commissioner.
“I will be looking at bloat and waste in DeKalb,” Jester said. “I think the only way you restore ethics and integrity is by electing people that have ethics and integrity.”
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