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A Democrat, he was previously the Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County and a representative in the Georgia Assembly. Thurmond served as the interim superintendent of the DeKalb County School District, the third largest district in the state of Georgia from 2013 to 2015. The district serves nearly 99,000 students with over 13,400 employees.
Mike Thurmond, DeKalb County chief executive, former labor Ccmmissioner of Georgia, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2010 [26] Teresa Tomlinson, former mayor of Columbus (ran in the Democratic primary for the Class 2 seat) [31] [32] Nikema Williams, state senator and chair of the Georgia Democratic Party [28]
Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia's colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of James Edward ...
Thurmond argues Oglethorpe deserves credit as an inspiration to the budding movement. “He founded slave-free Georgia in 1733 and, 100 years later, England abolishes slavery,” followed by the U ...
Lithonia is located in southeastern DeKalb County at (33.712658, -84.105897). [6] Interstate 20 passes just south of the community, with access from Exits 74 and 75. Lithonia is 18 miles (29 km) east of the center of Atlanta. Some areas in extreme southern Gwinnett County use a Lithonia postal address near the county line.
Athens native Michael Thurmond was inspired to write a book on James ... County and is currently the elected CEO for DeKalb. But he is quick to add that his heart remains in Athens, where he was ...
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal suspended Ellis and appointed Dekalb County Commissioner Lee May as interim chief executive officer. [9] On July 1, 2015, Ellis was found guilty of perjury and attempted theft by extortion. [10] He was found not guilty of bribery. [11] Seven days later, he was sentenced to eighteen months in jail and five years on ...
The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management issued the alert about the break at 8:30 p.m local time. Officials explained that the break on Clairmont Road resulted from an old cast iron ...