Politics & Government
Sutton: Free YMCA Memberships for Family, Staff Are Legal
The embattled DeKalb commissioner received the perks while she was supporting a deal between the county and the 'Y.'
DECATUR, GA -- DeKalb Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton allegedly received several free memberships to a local YMCA at the same time she was negotiating a deal between the county and Wade Walker YMCA.
The free memberships, given to Sutton, her two sons and two staff members, were worth more than $25,000, according to Channel 2 Action News.
The chief marketing officer for the Metro Atlanta YMCA says the free memberships probably shouldn’t have been given.
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But Sutton defended the YMCA’s policy of offering complimentary memberships, adding that, “It is legal.”
No other commissioner has been offered a free ‘Y’ membership, including Nancy Jester of Dunwoody or Jeff Rader of Brookhaven.
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