Two challengers vying to replace Robb Pitts as chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners say his leadership is partly to blame for horrific conditions at the county jail and an ongoing backlog of cases inside the county courts system.
During a debate Tuesday night, attorney Marvin Arrington Jr. and Georgia State University professor Mo Ivory also blamed Pitts for disparities in economic development and health care services that exist between Fulton’s wealthier, whiter north side and its poorer, largely Black population in the south. They say a changing of the guard is necessary to fix what’s broken, and that at age 84, Pitts is no longer the man for the job.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result,” Ivory said during the debate at Enon Church in South Fulton. “For the past 12 to 20 years, we’ve seen the same leadership, same patterns, same problems. It is indeed time for new leadership, new ideas, and real, actionable steps to address our crisis areas.”…