Georgia Public Service Commissioner To Recuse Himself From Votes After Son Takes Over as Head of Trade Group
Georgia Public Service Commissioner Stan Wise's (R) son, Adam, was recently named executive director of the Georgia Telecommunications Association (GTA), a PSC spokesman verified Wednesday. Because of the potential for a conflict of interest, Stan Wise made it clear in…
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a statement that he plans to recuse himself from any votes on GTA member companies: "Although this commission rarely presides over issues involving independent telephone companies, in order to remove any conflicts of interest real or perceived, I will recuse myself on all matters in which the Georgia Telecommunications Association is a petitioner, an intervening party, or any case involving a member of GTA." The association is made up of 29 independent telephone company members. GTA didn't comment.