Ethics case against Cobb chairman dropped | www.myajc.com

After surviving a request to have the ethics complaint against Cobb Commission Chairman Tim Lee thrown out, west Cobb resident Tom Cheek questioned his only witness — county attorney Deborah Dance — then abruptly decided to drop the case Thursday night.

Cheek’s ethics complaints allege Lee exceeded his authority in hiring an attorney for stadium negotiations with the Atlanta Braves. Cheek also claims Lee was not responsive to his requests for documents related to those negotiations under Georgia’s Open Records Act.

Cheek said his decision to drop the case was based upon two things: Lee’s apology, issued last week, and the ethics board’s decision earlier in the night to dismiss the two complaints over open records.

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