No doubt you’ve heard about Republican Bobby Baker’s decision not to seek re-election to the state Public Service Commission.
Here’s the lead of this morning’s piece by my AJC colleague Margaret Newkirk:
The longest serving member of the state Public Service Commission – and the commission’s best known advocate for utility consumers – won’t be running for re-election this year, the AJC has learned.
Commissioner Robert Baker will leave the regulatory body at the end of the year, after 18 years as a watchdog over Georgia’s utility companies.
You have to know that a half-dozen lawmakers are drooling over the last-minute opening. A legislator’s part-time salary is about $17k. The PSC post pays $117,000, with a free car and phone. But an Athens area residency is required.
One name we’ve heard: Former Athens mayor Doc Eldridge, currently president of the Athens-Clarke County Chamber of Commerce.
Updated at 12:50 p.m.: Other names have since joined the mix, all Republican:
– Tim …
