Oh yes, dirty politics are alive and well and you as most people assume the worst. An intelligent person would look at all the facts and if you looked at it objectively and did not have an ax to grind or an agenda it would be as clear as the nose on your face. You are talking about 12 years, 144 months and $28,000. Do you really think Mickey Thompson needed the $28,000 and do you really think he would have sullied his good name for $2,000 a year. Get a grip. Also what about the other 76 people who were not indicted. If you do not see it then you do not want to see it.

Take a breath Mary Ann. The GBI went back to 2007 and started the investigation. Not 12 years, but 48 months of forensic analysis. There's one fact you missed. You might need to get a grip. What are you talking about "the other 76 people who were not indicted"? Don't know how to respond to that statement when I don't know what in this world you are talking about. You probably need to sort out a fact or two there. As for dirty politics, Mickey set the bar with his anonymous political smear mailings and anonymous robo calls. You can call that dirty politics, but in the 21st Century, I call it just amazingly dumb politics. I thought the guy was smarter than that. Evidently not. Voters saw through it and he got defeated.

Yeah unless they think they can get PAID JUST LIKE MICKEY!! The whole county stinks. You know things are bad when a SHERIFF and DA turn against a MAYOR!! WOW. Mcdade is the filthiest of them all. If GBI was so righteous they would have found several dozen more cases of corruption. Believe me its MORE

Yes, you are so right. A person gives 16 years of his life to Douglasville when he could have been making three times more more running his business. Do you know how much money the Mayor earns. This is a travesty and I am very surprised GBI would ask for him to be indicted versus looking at this as mis interpretation of payment guidelines and ask him to write a $28,000. No there was an agenda and he was running for the state house and someone wanted him taken out. It worked. He lost the race dramatically and where should we look for these unfair and unfortunate actions.

Carefull that would mean every time a citizen called they would be paid.

78 people indicted for 91 counts. If that is true then this is a greater travesty than I even imagined. Lets see, 12 years, 78 people and 91 counts? Umm, let me see, that is a little over one incident per person and you have 144 months and let's see that means what? Surely, this could not be the case and Mickey Thompson is indicted. How could this be? What is the real deal here?

I see you fixed the article -thanks- I will say that if you review the 78 indictments you will be stunned at the amount and types of crimes happening....

Yep, you're right. It's only $30,000. Silly me. Pocket change. Probably would have been enough to pay a years salary to one of those laid off City employees, but that's a silly notion too. I'd love to find a job where I could make $313 for talking 20 minutes on a telephone.

You can't put that at Mickey's feet. Look at the source of the action! Who did that? Blame someone who gave 16 years of his life to the city of Douglasville, Served as the Governor of Mayors. Mickey Thompson is an honest man with good ethics. I have known him for 40 years. When he went to work at the U. S. Attorneys office he received the highest security clearance available. He worked there over thirty years and retired early and lost not just $30,000, but most likely $200,000 because complaints were being made that he was not a full time Mayor so he decided to take retirement. I really see just how unfair people are being about this. Politics is a dirty nasty business and no wonder we can't get good people to run.

Micky worked thirty years for the U. S. Attorney's office I don't think he is the least bit concerned about the little piddly retirement he will receive from being the Mayor. He should be paid the $200,000 he lost because he retired from the U. S. Attorney's office early because people were complaining about him not being a full time Mayor. Politics. A person would have to be crazy to want to be in politics.

Well, maybe the people involved knew the real deal and they wanted to be as fair as they could be, under the circumstances because they knew this was just dirty politics to take Mickey out of the state house race. Why is everyone piling on and not even considering the motivation for this or really looking at all the facts and what has really happened here. If all 76 had been indicted....this would look a lot different to me.