A few folks familiar with the conversation between David Poythress, one of two declared Democratic candidates for governor, and Athens-Clarke County District One Commissioner Doug Lowry have reaffirmed some initial perceptions.
Namely that Lowry discussed the struggles the local governments were having with regard to meeting their funding needs, and that he mentioned that the Clarke County Board of Education was facing the same challenges ... and that a large reason for these challenges stemmed from depleted support from the state government.
There was, however, no discussion of a request by the Clarke County BOE for supplementary funding and there is no desire by the Athens-Clarke County government to provide said funding. Likewise, everyone I've spoken with has suggested that such a transfer probably isn't even allowable based on the existing law.
Poythress apparently misunderstood Lowry's discussion and/or took it out of context.
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