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Resident urges Pickens County commissioners to seek state investigation into assessor and board actions
Summary
Timothy Brooks told commissioners he has filed charges alleging civil-rights violations by county tax assessors, board of equalization members and local prosecutors and asked the commissioners to request a state investigation; he said he provided statutes and charges to the board but no formal follow-up from state authorities was recorded in the meeting.
During the public-comment period, Timothy Brooks of Jasper asked the Pickens County Board of Commissioners to contact state authorities and request an investigation into charges he said he filed concerning county tax assessors, board of equalization members and the district attorney or a grand jury. "These are violations of the civil rights granted to all citizens of Pickett's County under the laws of the state of Georgia," Brooks told the board and said he had brought the referenced laws and charges for the commissioners to receive.
The chair invited Brooks to leave the documentation with staff for follow-up and said staff would collect it. The transcript records no formal response from the district attorney or any state authority during the meeting; the matter remains an allegation presented in public comment. The board did not indicate any immediate investigatory action on the record.
