Politics & Government
Backyard Chicken Activist Files New Complaint
Joseph Pond is charging District 3 Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell with an ethics violation.
Joseph Pond recently won a long-fought battle to keep backyard chickens at his Northeast Cobb home.
But he's not done pointing a finger at Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell.
In an article published Sunday in The Marietta Daily Journal, Pond has filed an ethics complaint against the District 3 Republican for her role in a previous ethics charge against her, which was dismissed.
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Pond's latest accusation, according to the story, is that Birrell filed false statements in that initial complaint, which he claims is a violation of state law.
She disputes his contentions. βThereβs nothing there of substance," she told the MDJ.
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Pond has blogged occasionally for Northeast Cobb Patch about his backyard chicken activism and complaints about what he claims is a lack of transparency in local government.
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