unnecessary and too expensive). Bud Kelley is credited with improving race relations in Henry County and, in 1972, appointed the first African American to serve on the County Planning and Zoning Board. Alex Crumbley, a successful McDonough attorney, was a Superior Court Judge in the Flint Circuit from 1978–83, and Georgia State Senator from 1986-1988. Today this continues with James Troy Chafin III, a lawyer and retired United States Air Force pilot, who won the Democratic Primary and ran against Republican Mac Collins for United States Congress in 1996. He served as a Judge of the State Court of Henry County. Rudy Kelley is the longtime Mayor of the City of Stockbridge, Georgia. Wade Crumbley, younger brother of Alex, was the county attorney for Henry County and served as special master in the State Bar of Georgia disciplinary proceedings from 1995-1999. He was appointed Superior Court Judge of the Flint Circuit by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue in 2005. Alex and Wade Crumbley are the only brothers to have served as Superior Court judges in recent Georgia history and perhaps ever. Many of the Kelley, Crumbley, Moseley, Chafin, Thompson, Elliott and other early families still live and work in Henry County. Kelleytown is also currently the home to Johnny B Basler, previous District 5 Commissioner of the Henry County Board of Commissioners who served 1 term from 2006-2010. Commissioner Basler and his wife own Biscuits and Brunch restaurant in Stockbridge. Commissioner Basler has been credited with the purchase of over 100 acres of county park land for passive use in the Kelleytown area. Additionally, Commissioner Basler secured SPLOST funding for a Fairview Police Precinct, Library, and recreation center. Another political Kelleytown family has the surname of Davis. Representative Steve Davis (R-Kelleytown), served four terms (2004–2012) as an elected member of the Georgia House of Representatives. Representative Davis lives in Crown River subdivision just north of Big Cotton Indian Creek in Kelleytown with his wife and three children. Representative Davis is best known for his support and fight for personal property rights and sponsoring Georgia's historical eminent domain bill and his fight against the expansion of mass transit into the Atlanta suburbs. Representative Davis served on six committees in the Georgia House: State Institutions & Property, Transportation, Insurance, Appropriations, the Secretary of State Planning & Community Affairs, and as chairman of the Information and Audits Committee. He has been credited with leading