METRO ATLANTA — The Fulton County Commission is seeking to remove Bob Cheeley as its appointee from the True North 400 board, a move officials said is supported by county code.
The resolution also says the decision comes after Cheeley attempted to undermine Fulton County’s elections.
True North 400, formerly the North Fulton Community Improvement District, is a self-taxing business district dedicated to community, transit and road improvements between Mansell and McGinnis Ferry roads. Its coverage area encompasses parts of Roswell, Milton and Alpharetta.
North 400 is managed by a board with at least seven members who each represent a Metro Atlanta business. State Sen. Brandon Beach is executive director of the CID.
In a phone call with Appen Media, Beach said True North 400 stands with Cheeley.
“We do not support that resolution,” Beach said. “We live in a country where everyone is innocent until proven guilty, and he has not been to trial.”
Under Fulton County code, the Board of Commissioners can appoint two members to the CID board if more than 50 percent of land within the CID lies in unincorporated portions of the county.
Because the percentage of unincorporated land has fallen below 50, the resolution states one of its two appointees, Bob Cheeley and Al Nash, are no longer needed.
“… the Board of Commissioners finds that it is in the best interest of the CID Board, Fulton County, and the general public that Mr. Al Nash continue to serve as its appointee,” the resolution reads.
Cheeley was one of 19 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, who were indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in August for alleged attempts to overturn 2020 election results.
Cheeley was charged with allegedly violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law; conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer; two counts of conspiracy to…
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