By Sarah McCurter
Correspondent
TRENTON, Ga. — Dade County commissioners said Thursday that Probate Judge Jan Ellison didn’t have authority to swear in an assistant this week who could perform her duties if she were absent.
“We had a lot of calls because a lot of people thought it was a political move,” County Executive Ted Rumley said Friday.
Judge Ellison told commissioners at their Thursday meeting that she had appointed Kerrie Carter as her assistant under a new Georgia law.