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Newspaper Page TextCOMMUNITY Lobbyists spend in effort to ‘woo’ lawmakers The state Legislature is considering measures to curtail lobbyist spending, which has no cap on what lobbyists can spend wooing lawmakers. In the past, lobbyists have shelled out thou sands for dinners, football tickets and other gifts to influence members of the state legislative delegation to support their issues. Reporter Newspapers examined re ports of what lobbyists spent on our lo cal legislators. Below is a list compiled from the states Transparency and Cam paign Finance Commission. In some cases the reports listed gifts legislators later returned and these are not factored into the overall total amount listed here. See the reports at http://ethics.ga.gov/ State Senate District 40 Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody 2012: $1,241 Biggest amount spent on legis lator? $328 on Falcons tickets State House of Representatives District 79 Tom Taylor, R-Dunwoody 2012: $1,557 Biggest amount spent on legis lator? $267 on lodging for a conference Millar proposes non-partisan election for DeKalb CEO BY MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net State Sen. Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, has introduced a bill that would require that the DeKalb CEO be chosen in a non-partisan election. The CEO, elected county-wide for a four-year term, is the top administrative official in DeKalb. Millar said he introduced the bill as a way to give Republicans a more pow erful voice in a majority Democratic county. “This makes the Republicans in the county more relevant,” Millar said. Millar said he also believes a non-par tisan CEO would help “bring the coun ty together.” Candidates running to become DeKalb’s Chief Executive Officer now must file as Democrats or Republicans. Making the election non-partisan would empower the heavily Republican northern end of the county. “We don’t get to vote in the Demo cratic primary,” Millar said. The bill would apply to any coun ty that utilizes a chief executive offi cer/county commission form of gov- “This makes the Republicans in the county more relevant.” - STATE SEN. FRAN MILLAR ernment. DeKalb is the only county in Georgia that operates under this system. The bill was introduced in the Sen ate on Feb. 4. Millar, the only Republican senator from DeKalb, said he hasn’t heard any opposition from his peers. “I spoke with Sen. Ron Ramsey, chair of the DeKalb delegation for the Senate, and he thinks the idea has merit,” Mil lar said. Correction An article in the Jan. 25-Feb. 7 issue of the Dunwoody Reporter misstated the sta tus of ethics complaints against Mayor Mike Davis and Councilwoman Adrian Bon- ser. The complaints have been dismissed. DUN WE ARE SMALL BUSINESS EXPERTS. We’re not your typical IT shop. We are your strategic IT partners. Businesses don’t just call us when things go wrong. We work with clients so their technology becomes a strategic business asset and not just a necessary evil. And we are affordable! £777/77Solutions • •. • • Your Technology Team We take the worry out of IT so you can focus on your business! 770-551-8857 0/ItfGO TRANSFERRING MEMORIES SINCE 1985 The Experts in Visual Communication BRING TO LIFE YOUR TREASURED MEMORIES ...Any Video Format to DVD ...Old Home Movies to DVD ...Old prints or slides to DVD Records or Tane to CD Conuenient retail location in Sandy Springs On the corner of Roswell Rd. and Hammond Dr., across from lason's Deli 04.256.4108 I 5975 Roswell Road, Suite A-125 www.ReporterNewspapers.netl FEB.8 —FEB.21,2013 | 7 Overworked? Overwhelmed? Overcome it with the Personal Efficiency Course! Based on the bestseller “The Problems of Work” by L. Ron Hubbard 70% of your life is spent working, so make it work fo&you Buy and read this book today! Church of Scientology of Georgia 4588 Winters Chapel Rd Atlanta, GA 30360 770-394-4414 | www.scientology-atlanta.org © 2012 CSG. All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA.