Tweet Last year required several Saturday morning trips to the state Capitol to catch up on desk work. Each time, state Rep. Bobby Franklin and two or three of his like-minded friends beat me there. State Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, in 2006/AJC file Though we had enjoyed a modest friendship over the past seven years, [...]
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Tweet Print E-mail By Janel Davis and Aaron Gould Sheinin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Georgia General Assembly’s perhaps most controversial member, Rep. Bobby Franklin, was found dead in his home Tuesday morning. Early indications are he died of natural causes. Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Rep. Bobby Franklin had served as a Cobb County representative in the [...]
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Tweet Print E-mail By Janel Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Cobb police have determined that there was no sign of foul play in the death of state Rep. Bobby Franklin. Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Rep. Bobby Franklin had served as a Cobb County representative in the General Assembly since 1997. Franklin, a Cobb County Republican known for [...]
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Tweet 9:14 am July 13, 2011, by jgalloway Roy Barnes is mightily ticked off. His client, retired Cobb EMC chief Dwight Brown, was re-indicted on racketeering charges last week. Shortly afterward, on his way to his lawyer’s office, Brown was stopped by a sheriff’s deputy, handcuffed and taken to jail in the back of the [...]
Continue Reading Your morning jolt: Handcuffs and a backseat ride for ex-Cobb EMC chief
