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The article presents information about Vernon Jones, chief executive officer (CEO) of DeKalb County, Georgia. In 2000, when Jones made his first bid for the CEO's seat, he landed critical endorsements from the county's politicians. In the elections for the post of CEO, Jones obtained 63 percent of the votes. During his 2004 bid for a second term, Jones defeated seven candidates in the elections. In 2005, Jones convinced voters to raise their property taxes for a $230 million-dollar bond referendum that would fund capital improvement projects including parks, libraries and roads. Jones has managed to make an impact in the field of politics in Georgia. INSET: Untitled.

The article offers political news briefs in Georgia as of May 1, 2015. Topics include the failure by supporters of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to pass the bill in this year's round of the General Assembly, the passage of the Opportunity School District bill, which create a mechanism for failing local schools to be taken over by the state, and former state Attorney General Mike Bowers's investigation of the corruption in DeKalb County under chief executive officer Lee May.