Atlanta News First has officially covered the Petition Writ of Mandamus filed against the Barrow County Board of Commissioners. A writ of mandamus is a court order compelling a government official, lower court, or government entity to perform a mandatory duty that they are legally required to perform. This legal action is not a lawsuit. This legal action is a petition that the Board violated Georgia’s Open Meetings Act when they quietly voted to eliminate county funding for School Resource Offic