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To: KLP who wrote (74971)	4/27/2004 8:48:42 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Kimmer, our local talk show hosts talks about it every day...LOL kimmershow.com Everyone in town knows how corrupt they are, but we're not the ones voting them in...and we don't have enough votes to get them out. The sheriff is still in office if you can believe that... Barrett gives county control of financial account By D.L. BENNETT The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 04/27/04 Fulton County Sheriff Jackie Barrett has relinquished control of an account used to make a possibly illegal $2 million investment that was later lost. Barrett has agreed to let the county finance department control millions of dollars from property sales held to satisfy tax liens, according to an April 26 memo from County Attorney O.V. Brantley to county commissioners. Barrett has come under scrutiny from federal, state and local investigations because she wrote a $2 million check from the surplus account last March to Provident Capital Investments Inc. The Florida company later squandered the sheriff's cash on risky loans to start-up companies. The sheriff also wrote last April a $5.2 million check to MetLife from another related fund under her control. That money was later returned at the sheriff's request. The sheriff is scheduled to appear next Tuesday before a federal grand jury, which is hearing testimony and evidence related to the sheriff's investments, which the county auditor called illegal. Frustrated county commissioners have tried twice over the last 30 days to exert more control over how the sheriff spends money only to find they have no authority to do so. Patrick O'Connor, county finance director, said he had suggested the sheriff at least give the county some say in the handling of $30 million that flows through various accounts handled by the sheriff. "We just threw it out there," O'Connor said. "With everything going on, we thought it was important to restore public confidence." Barrett, though, didn't go that far in the notice left for commissioners late Monday. The document only refers to control of the surplus account. The other accounts would remain under Barrett's control.