Things getting worse for Tim Bearden

Creative Loafing has jumped into the fray. Turns out one of the things Bearden was helping Carrollton with was DFACS.

Carrollton City Manager Casey Coleman tells CL that the city approached Bearden about conducting consulting work for the city’s police department. He said Bearden often leads programs and initiatives and assists with some matters “you can’t talk about.” Coleman elaborated on the statement about Carroll County black ops missions, saying many of those efforts, for legal reasons, are not open to public records. He said Bearden has also assisted the city in some negotiations with the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services.

What sorts of “black ops” programs would a state legislator be paid for to help a municipality that the legislator would not do simply by virtue of being a state legislator?

This story continues to raise more questions than answers. I hope someone will prod Bearden to be more forthcoming — at least talking to some reporters off the record to provide them with some details that they can then pursue on the record to either mitigate the story or fully expose what has happened.