The Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission approved a slate of consent orders Dec. 4 resolving a series of reporting and contribution‑limit matters involving local candidates and political action committees.

Staff summarized the consent agreements on the calendar. Examples included: Keisha Waits (case 24‑0052‑C) agreeing to a civil penalty of $14,000 and restitution related to receiving a prohibited public‑agency contribution and to multiple reporting errors; Cobb Children First and Business Supporting Schools (PACs active in 2024) each agreeing to pay $5,000 civil penalties after staff found aggregated contributions from affiliated entities exceeded contribution limits; and multiple candidate late‑filing matters that carried smaller late fees and civil penalties.

During public comment, Seth Levy of New Southern Majority urged the commission and lawmakers to tighten disclosure rules and address what he described as the use of "shell corporations" to obscure donors in school‑board elections. "Donations made through hastily formed shell companies do not pass the smell test for voters of all political stripes," Levy said.

The chair stressed the agenda‑confined nature of public comment on consent items, but commissioners accepted Levy's remarks into the record as part of the public‑comment period. The commission adopted the consent orders by voice vote.

The consent agreements resolve the listed administrative violations; several included restitution to the state or to affected jurisdictions and civil penalties. Staff said recipients remitted forfeited funds and fines where applicable, and that cases resolved by consent will not proceed to OSA adjudication unless later reopened.