Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt is being sued by Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens for violating Georgia’s Open Meetings Act.
The Complaint filed on Tuesday, June 5, names Mayor Gravitt as, “the individual and his official capacity as mayor,” along with the city of Cumming.
The controversy stems from an incident that occurred during a city council meeting on April 17. The event caught on video by Roswell resident Nydia Tisdale shows Mayor Gravitt beginning the meeting, but first ordering Tisdale to turn off her video camera.
But her video camera was still recording – enough to capture Mayor Gravitt saying, “First of all, a little house cleaning. Chief Tatum if you would remove the camera from the auditorium. We don’t allow filming inside the city hall here.”
After a brief protest by Tisdale stating her right to record the meeting, she did comply and
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