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September 26, 2013 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 13, No. 39
Bodker lashes back at city’s subpoena Says investigator can’t have blanket access to personal records By HATCHER HURD & JONATHAN COPSEY
JULIA POTAPOFF/STAFF
Lindsey Reilly, Kathy Bell and Angela McCain, who all ran the 10K, were ecstatic to receive their Dream Mile T-shirts after completing the race.
Dream Mile brings thousands of participants to Johns Creek By JULIA POTAPOFF news@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — For the second year, the city of Johns Creek hosted the Dream Mile event. About 1,800 people came out to support the cause whose mission is to educate people and raise funds for underprivileged children in India. The 15th annual Dream Mile was held at Shakerag Park on Saturday, Sept. 21. “I’ve volunteered for this event before and it’s
always great to see how many people show up and actually care about the organization’s purpose,” Nithin Ravikumar, a student at Georgia Tech, said. Organized by Vibha, the event consisted of a 5K run and walk as well as a 10K run. There were numerous volunteers on the streets handing out water, motivating runners and walkers, hosting various games for children and at the finish line, offering snacks and con-
See DREAM, Page 31
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker fired back at the City Council and its investigator Robert Wilson after they met in a special called meeting last week to authorize subpoena powers for Wilson to dig up his phone records going back seven years and his personal residence lease agreements while he was separated from his wife. “I am perfectly willing to turn over any relevant documents to the investigator that is connected to any specific allegation. But I did not give up all my rights to privacy as a citizen when I became mayor,” Bodker said. At a special called meeting on Thursday, Sept. 19, the five members of the City Council met to hear evidence from special investigator Wilson. Bodker was absent; the meeting happened to be called on the evening of his re-election campaign kickoff. Wilson asked for the called session to complain the mayor was uncooperative with his investigation by withholding documents and refusing to meet. In a 4-1 vote, the Johns Creek City Council subpoenaed phone records and rental documents from Bodker, as part of their investigation into
alleged ethical violations. Bodker denies any wrongdoing, and instead demands to know what he is charged with before he BODKER will turn over his personal records. “The investigation that is underway has reached a point where I do not have the cooperation to the level that I need it,” Wilson said. Wilson said he tried for the past 40 days to meet with the mayor and has requested documents of Bodker’s attorney. Wilson said neither of these requests has met with a satisfactory response, stalling his investigation. But at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting Sept. 23, Wilson was back to admit the mayor had not avoided him for “40 days” as Wilson claimed before news cameras at the earlier meeting. Instead, a chain of correspondence showed Bodker’s attorney Michael Cross contacted Wilson Aug. 7 to set up a time to meet. Wilson responded with an Aug. 28 date and three dates in early September. Cross replied these dates were not acceptable as he
See BODKER, Page 4