Ga. PSC may give $10K fine to anti-abortion group
By RAY HENRY
The Associated Press
ATLANTA —
Two elected regulators in Georgia want to give a $10,000 fine from a telephone company to a religious anti-abortion charity with past financial ties to one of the officials, a proposal that the attorney general's office is calling unconstitutional.
Under a settlement, Peerless Network of Georgia LLC will pay a $10,000 penalty for failing to file required reports. Civil penalties usually go to Georgia's state treasury.
Instead, Public Service Commissioner H. Doug Everett proposed this week that the telephone company pay the penalty as a contribution to the Atlanta branch of Care Net, where his wife works as unpaid volunteer. The organization is a Christian charity that discourages women from having abortions. It offers pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and baby supplies to expectant mothers, according to its website and tax filings.
While the commission approved the settlement, it has not yet decided who will receive the money.
more at: http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/health/ga-psc-may-give-10k-fine-to-anti-abortion-group/nZnNN/
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These damn Georgia Republicans feel like they can do anything they want, unchecked, because of their supermajority status. 