The

State Ethics Commission will meet Monday to hear

a complaint against Fayetteville resident Carl

Avrit.

The

complaint was filed by Janet Smola, cochairman of

the political action committee that worked to

pass a one-cent special local option sales tax in

September for school improvements and expansion.

Avrit opposed the SPLOST, and launched a

last-minute campaign to defeat the referendum via

the telephone.

"My

contention is that Mr. Avrit violated the Georgia

Ethics in Government Act, Article 2, section

21-5-34," said Smola. "That article

states that all advertising pertaining to a

referendum must be identified by the principle

officer of the campaign committee by listing or

stating the name and title of the principle

officer," Smola said.

The

phone calls received by citizens did not identify

their source and, according to Smola, contained

erroneous information. She has said that Avrit

also used subversive tactics to defeat the SPLOST

in September.

The

commission determined in November that there was

probable cause to pursue the investigation. Two

other complaints against Avrit were dismissed at

that time.

The

commission meets at 10 a.m. at the new Douglas

County Court House on Hospital Drive (off

Fairburn Road) in Douglasville. Teddy Lee, a

spokesman for the commission, said the complaint

was one of the earlier ones noted on the agenda.

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