Former Mayor Gets 5 Years Probation, Can Never Hold Public Office Again

Mickey Thompson was sentenced this morning and will pay $28,483 in restitution as well as a $3,000 fine.

Douglasville's former mayor Mickey Thompson was sentenced earlier this morning in Judge David T. Emerson's courtroom. According to Andrew Agan, director of Community Relations for the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office, he received the following sentence: Thompson was indicted Sept. 24 on 91 counts of theft. In question are meetings that were held via teleconference and by electronic means because the ordinance states that the elected official must attend in person. A Sentinel Newspaper article points out that, "Douglasville is all alone in using a per-meetings system to calculate compensation." The newspaper reported that "a survey conducted by the Douglas County Sentinel, using open record requests, showed that cities of …

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New Mayor: 'No Status Quo'

Harvey Persons says he wants to help establish Douglasville and Douglas County among the premiere places in America to live.

Douglasville's new mayor, Harvey Persons, said he wants to help make Douglasville and Douglas County one of the premiere places in America to live and there will be no status quo. Persons addressed more than 250 residents during a special swearing-in ceremony before Tuesday night's City Council meeting.

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Mickey Takes Last Lap as Mayor

Douglasville Patch followed Mayor Mickey Thompson to a few of his final events as the mayor of Douglasville.

Douglasville Patch followed Mayor Mickey Thompson to a few of his final events as the mayor of Douglasville. Here's our short video. Related Douglasville Patch story here: Persons Wins!

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Every Now and Then

Mayoral Candidates Q&A

A few questions for Douglasville’s mayoral candidates as the Nov. 8 election approaches.

Editor's Note: In just a few short days, the city of Douglasville will elect the 40th person to hold the office of nayor since the first city election held in March 1875. The candidates for mayor—Terry Miller, Harvey Persons, Rochelle Robinson and Ron Wilson—have been meeting with citizens and making appearances at various forums to answer questions and explain their position regarding the issues. Douglasville Patch had some Q&A time with them as well. 1. Lifelong residents of Douglasville have seen the city limits expand as areas like Thornton Road, Kroger at Chapel Hill, and Tributary were incorporated. What can be done to help downtown residents and citizens in these incorporated areas feel as if they are all in the same city? Terry …

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James Bell

11:06 am on Tuesday, October 25, 2011

G, Look, sometime common sense is beyond some people. Douglas built an aquatic center that charges only a few bucks in fees. They have squandered million on this place. It looses $100s of thousands each year. As taxpayers we would be better off to give it to the YMCA. The problem is, YMCA is smart enough to know they would be bankrupt in one year without public subsidies. Tom Worthan ran his …   more ›