… Commissioners in March voted to bar county employees from running for the commission to “avoid the potential for unfair advantage, conflict of interest, impropriety, or appearance of the same.” They claimed that applied to Kelly and Blalock.The men took their fight to court, where Abdur-Rahman testified in their favor. A judge then initially ruled the men could keep their jobs while pursuing office. After that ruling, commissioners in mid-April passed a law barring any future employees from running for the Board of Commissioners.

Arrington, just before he entered executive session, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he learned about the lawsuit when the AJC reached out to him for comment.

“Just like his campaign, it’s frivolous,” Arrington said of the Kelly lawsuit…