An

ethics complaint filed against the Fayette County

Board of Realtors and Fayette Citizens for

Continued Excellence in Education was dismissed

Friday by the state Ethics Commission.

The

complaint was lodged by Fayette County resident

Bill Webster regarding alleged improprieties

during the campaign for a one cent special

purpose local option sales tax in September.

He

questioned FCEE failure to report the full value

of newspaper advertising during the SPLOST

campaign, an in-kind donation for pamphlet

printing, failure to list name and title of the

principle officer, and failure to disclose

coordinated efforts in the use of graphics for

campaign signs.

The

complaint against the Board of Realtors involved

the printing of signs for the SPLOST campaign.

Following

testimony, the ethics commission voted to throw

out the charges.

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