I-Team: New commissioners challenge power structure in Douglas County

By Randy Travis Published June 5, 2023 DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - On his 71st birthday, retired Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller took his place on the Board of Commissioners dais, looked out at a somewhat angry crowd, and wondered what he had just done. "I just couldn't say no," he told the FOX 5 I-Team. Gov. Brian Kemp asked Miller to take over the chair of the Douglas County Commission in the wake of an alleged bid rigging scandal that has cost—at least temporarily - two Democratic commissioners their jobs. Dr. Romona Jackson Jones, Commissioner Henry Mitchell and three others are accused of illegally steering a cleaning contract to a political supporter who lived in Mitchell’s district. All five deny the charges. FULL STORY: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/new-commissioners-challenge-power-structure-in-douglas-county