Atlanta Area DUers turn on Channel 2 NOW! Zell Miller EXPOSE

[Modem Butterfly]

[Phentex]

1. I think it's a rerun

but he's got some splainin to do!!!! :)

[Zuni]

2. what did they say?

fill us in! :bounce:

[TheGoodCitizen]

4. Where'd you get the joint smoker??

:headbang:

[Zuni]

8. actually, smiley is more of a crack fiend

[Phentex]

7. The quick version is

he took more than 60,000 in funds designated for upkeep of the governor's mansion when he left there. It does not show up as income on his taxes. Others who left office also left the fund, so Zell is being investigated to see if he had any right to take the fund. And IF he did have the right to take it, which is doubtful, why didn't he pay taxes on it?

[Modem Butterfly]

9. This was about $20,000 in vacation pay that he was not eligible to receive

State employees get unpaid vacation when they leave, and the Gov is considered a state employee but is not eligible to receive unpaid vacation. Despite a note in his file instructing payroll not to pay out the money, Zell received a check and cashed it. When WSB asked him about it, he refused an interview, returned the money with interest, and explained that he didn't realize he'd received it. How do you not realize you've received an extra $20,000+ in your paycheck?

[Phentex]

11. That must be part II. Did you see the link?

I haven't heard about the vacation money. Well, he just keeps sinking lower and lower....

I feel sick that I'm enjoying this.

[TheGoodCitizen]

3. YEAH, what's goin on???

:bounce:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

5. Any atlanta area DUers want to tell us what's going on?!

-curious in NC

[derby378]

6. Don't keep us in suspense, girl

What the hell is going on with GodZella?

[BooScout]

10. Here's the link:

http://www.wsbtv.com/specialassignments/4700488/detail.html

Miller's Use of State Funds Questioned
Mansion Allowance Under Scrutiny
Dale Cardwell, Channel 2 Action News

POSTED: 3:36 pm EDT July 8, 2005

ATLANTA -- Experts are voicing concerns about how and why former Gov. Zell Miller departed the Governor's Mansion with over $60,000 in taxpayer dollars.

Every living Georgia governor, including Jimmy Carter, says they would not have kept the money or considered that it belongs to them.

Miller is busy promoting his new book, "A Deficit in Decency."

But his critics say the former U.S. Senator needs to write another chapter about the money some say did not belong to him. To millions of Americans, Miller is a national treasure, the senator who stands for what's right.

More: http://www.wsbtv.com/specialassignments/4700488/detail.html

[Phentex]

12. That's the version I heard.

I do love the book title in light of this! :P

[Modem Butterfly]

13. Oh man, that makes the vaction money story even worse

What a sack of shit.