Close ties bind public agency, private school. Everybody and their cousin in land game. Pipe dream leads to jackpot junket. Ethics panel gets funds, not clout Gadfly swatted in Peachtree City. Heidi's Law, little enforced, getting weaker.
Special interests dominate prescription debate.
Grady contracts show law's laxity. Spending rules lax on campaign cash. Limits on gifts to campaigns likely to lessen. Ga. ethics board reacts, but rarely instigates probes. State rules allow politicians room to feather nests.