Fulton County Board of Commissioners
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Oct 20, 2026
Craig KiddHOST
Obviously, the success of Jan Jones is evidence of that.
Craig KiddHOST
You guys have possibly the only serious person left down at the Fulton County Commission, especially maybe after this election in Bob Ellis.
Craig KiddHOST
Somebody I have a great amount of respect for a good a good man working and using his brain down there.
Craig KiddHOST
So that's so that's definitely something that you should focus on becoming an expert on that topic that you just mentioned.
Craig KiddHOST
Welcome to the Georgia Politics Podcast.
Craig KiddHOST
This is your host, Craig Kidd.
Craig KiddHOST
Continuing our series of candidate interviews right before the November election, I have with me Fulton County Commissioner Bridget Thorne, who is running for reelection up here in northeast Fulton County.
Craig KiddHOST
She's my commissioner.
Craig KiddHOST
I live in Johns Creek, as my regular listeners know, and she is in the middle of a tough fight, a rematch actually.
Andrea ColemanHOST
That, however, has not stopped her from continuing to run for office, just in a different location.
Andrea ColemanHOST
Hinyard has moved to Metro Atlanta and is running for a seat on the Fulton County Commission.
Andrea ColemanHOST
I spoke with her recently about the situation.
Andrea ColemanHOST
Where do you think these allegations came from?
Rohit MalhotraGUEST
But what government does do is it takes collective dollars And it then creates a budget against those dollars to determine what goods, what services and programs are we investing in as a collective? This is one of the most important functions of government that people don't like to talk about.
speaker_7PANELIST
So this is what a commissioner, Fulton County commissioner would do.
speaker_7PANELIST
And I was going to ask, you're explaining what Fulton County commissioner job is.
speaker_7PANELIST
Yes.
speaker_7PANELIST
So
Bill QuinnHOST
But this is not the first time that Teletrex has been in the news.
Bill QuinnHOST
You'll recall that in the past, We have reported on a number of different things with regard to Talatrix, not the least of which was concerns revolving around Talatrix from transactions which were done under the auspices of the Fulton County Commission and Sheriff, oh, his name escapes me, Labonte or something, who is in charge of the Fulton County Prison and who contracted with Talatrix.
Bill QuinnHOST
Apparently without authority from the county commission.
Bill QuinnHOST
As part of that, there came a date when one of the commissioners, Mr. Ellis, decided to come forward with information about specific things that he had observed and had been done apparently to him that he wanted people to know.
Bob EllisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Again, it's just sort of context.
Bob EllisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think it's important when we look at that, particularly when a party has entered into a contract themselves, that we need to reflect upon that and might judgment have been potentially clouded or some degree of conflict in those decisions presented by the magnitude of those particular political contributions.
Bob EllisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Secondly, Um, I just want to share with, with the other commissioners only because, uh, it's something that, um, found a little bit bothersome and disturbing, but, you know, Hey, we're, uh, we're part of the Fulton County commission.
Bob EllisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And, uh, this is, uh, this is a place where we're, you know, we're subject to a lot of criticism, debate and that sort of stuff.
Craig KiddHOST
This is your host, Craig Kidd.
Craig KiddHOST
Continuing our series of candidate interviews, I have a gentleman with us who is running for chairman of the Fulton County Commission.
Craig KiddHOST
He is the Republican candidate for the Fulton County Commission.
Craig KiddHOST
His name is Mr. Eric Tatum, and he is an attorney with the law firm of Banks, Stubbs, and MacFarland.
Craig KiddHOST
Uh, how are you today, Eric?
Eric TatumGUEST
So that's something that just really piqued my interest and m- made me jump into the race.
Craig KiddHOST
You, um...
Craig KiddHOST
Our, our regular listeners know that I used to be an employee of the Fulton County Commission.
Ben BurnettHOST
It's bad policy.
Ben BurnettHOST
I remember sitting in elected office when John Albers and Chuck Martin and Jan Jones kind of stood up to the Fulton County Commission over their assessments and rolled them back.
Ben BurnettHOST
And I think that Georgia, by and large, is catching up to something that they did almost a decade ago because – It was an issue as a guy who's been in his house since 2011 that didn't really resonate with me because Republicans went and took control and the ability to say, if you're not going to properly assess people's property taxes, then we're going to roll it back to this date.
Ben BurnettHOST
And it's at least a static place in the future.
Kim RogersGUEST
But how much time do you have? Because the list of crazy that is on the ballot across the country is embarrassing to anyone who has ever worked on a campaign, [laughs] but should be, should be embarrassing to, to Americans writ large.
Kim RogersGUEST
You know, I've mentioned Bridget Thorne, who's on the Fulton County Commission in Georgia.
Kim RogersGUEST
You know, again, she's a key informant for the DOJ raid to seize ballots.
Kim RogersGUEST
Um, she has spread a ton of misinformation.
Kim RogersGUEST
[laughs] But it should be a, should be embarrassing to, to Americans writ large.
Kim RogersGUEST
You know, I've mentioned Bridget Thorne, who's on the Fulton County Commission in Georgia.
Kim RogersGUEST
You know, again, she's a key informant for the DOJ raid to seize ballots.
Kim RogersGUEST
Um, she has spread a ton of misinformation.
Shemaine CruzCORRESPONDENT
Fulton County wants to purchase Atlanta's jail for $68 million, as its lease of up to 700 beds is set to expire in three months.
Shemaine CruzCORRESPONDENT
But to close the deal, it needs approval from both the Atlanta City Council and the Fulton County Commission.
Shemaine CruzCORRESPONDENT
Here's Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari addressing county officials at Atlanta City Hall.
Liliana BakhtiariSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You sit here and say in the same sentence that you are not for mass incarceration, but you are going to buy a jail to create more carceral space? is absolutely ridiculous.
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