PSC candidate misstates truth – I’m pretty sure there’s a word for that.

From Kristi Swartz at the AJC:

A candidate for the state’s Public Service Commission, running on a pro-ethics platform, misrepresented her university education, a review of records by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has found.

Pam Davidson told the AJC in its 2008 voters’ guide that she had received a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational behavior from the University of San Francisco. Separately, documents submitted as sworn testimony to the PSC in 2003 stated Davidson received a master’s degree in public administration from the university. Neither document lists a year that she graduated.

University officials said Davidson attended the school but never earned any degree. Davidson said she had enough credits for a bachelor’s degree, but never received it. She said the sworn testimony in 2003 listing a master’s degree in her background information was a mistake made by a company she was consulting for at the time, which had filed the paperwork.

Deliberately lying in sworn testimony to the PSC is perjury, but a spokesman said the PSC has never penalized anyone who’s testimony has proven to be false. When submitting written testimony, a witness must swear to its accuracy.

Davidson has lobbied before the state Legislature and has testified before the PSC.  Prepared documents used as part of sworn testimony before the PSC in 2003 state Davidson received a master’s degree from the university. At that time she was a consultant for renewable energy developer Biomass Gas & Electric.

Go read the whole story at the AJC and check out the documentation here.