DeKalb Ethics Chief calls for investigation into ‘phony’ advisory opinion document | The Brookhaven Post | Brookhaven, GA

DeKalb County, GA, February 28, 2015 – by Trey Benton – Brookhaven Attorney and DeKalb County Ethics Board Chair, John Ernst, has called for an official investigation into an alleged fabricated and/or forged Ethics Board Advisory Opinion – a document that apparently paved the way for DeKalb County Development Authority Chair, Vaughn Irons, to bid and win $1.5 million in County contracts.

Addressed to Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn; DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James; State Attorney General Sam Olens; GBI Director Vernon Keenan and FBI Special Agent in Charge J. Britt Johnson, Ernst’s letter says:

“Please be advised that an article appeared online at AJC.com last night and a story ran on WSB-TV as well about a potentially serious criminal violation. The news pieces allege that unknown persons fabricated and/or forged an Ethics Board advisory opinion nearly 5 years ago to sanction a potential conflict-of-interest by sitting DeKalb County Development Authority Chairman Vaughn Irons….”

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