Walker County Attorney Don Oliver conducted a meeting in LaFayette, Ga., on Monday night for the county’s municipalities on how to request appropriations from SPLOST funds. Representatives from four of the cities, Lookout Mountain, LaFayette, Rossville and Chickamauga, were at the meeting at the officer of Sole Commissioner Bebe Heiskell. Fort Oglethorpe, with only around 30 homes in the county, had no representation.Continue Reading..
McDONOUGH — Beginning next week, those wishing to run for public office will be able to file a notice of candidacy for the Nov. 5 election.Continue Reading..
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky still isn’t disclosing his political plans for 2016 — a run for the White House or a bid for a second term in the Senate? But one thing is clear: His fundraising campaign operation is on overdrive.Continue Reading..
Happy 93d Anniversary of the day, August 26, 1920, when Women’s Suffrage in the form of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution became law upon the notification by the Governor of Tennessee to the United States government that the state became the 36th to ratify the Amendment.
The Times-Georgian from Carrollton, Ga. has an article about the day.
Georgia might not have approved this key right for women the first go-round, but it did send the nation’s first woman to the U.S. Senate — for all of 24 hours.
The full story of that short senatorial term will be told tomorrow night, when Louise Staman, author of a new book on Rebecca Latimer Felton, will speak at Neva Lomason Memorial Library as part of the League of Women Voters of Carrollton-Carroll County’s Summer Writers Series. The book is called “Loosening Corsets: The Heroic Life of Georgia’s Feisty Mrs. Felton, First Woman Senator of the United States,” and the presentation begins at 7 p.m.Continue Reading..
China (above, foreground, female)) is one of a litter of four Beagle/Labrador Retriever mix puppies who are available for adoption from Jones County Animal Control in Gray, Ga.
Aruba is China’s sister, and is available for adoption from Jones County Animal Control in Gray, Ga.
Cuba (above, moping) is the boy in the litter available for adoption from Jones County Animal Control in Gray, Ga.
Asia is the third female in the litter and available for adoption from Jones County Animal Control in Gray, Ga
This weekend, Greg Williams (holding dog usually carried in his purse) and Erica Lynn (in red) of the Buckhead Young Republicans presented a check to Angels Among Us representing funds the club raised to help save dogs from shelter. +5 to Buckhead Young Republicans.
To show our appreciation for Buckhead YRs, please visit their Facebook page, and hit the “Like“button. Feel free to thank them in the comments.
Greg mentioned that the “leftist videographer” who recorded a recent BYRs meeting was moved to the point of admitting that at least a few of the evil Republicans appeared to have hearts.
Two friends of mine adopted new best friends at the Angels Among Us Adoption day at Town Brookhaven.
Jack F (above) is one of the Angels dogs who didn’t find a forever home this weekend, but he’ll be out again at their Adoption Days.
Angels Among Us typically has 400 dogs in foster homes, where they pay for all the veterinary care. Veterinary care runs $30,000 per month, and your online donation will help them save lives.
Fostering through Angels Among Us or another rescue group is a great way to help dogs if you’re able to have one, but can’t make the lifetime commitment.
The best reason to adopt from a rescue group is that you typically get to speak to the foster, who can tell you more about the dog’s behavior, likes and dislikes, and personality.
Apparently, today is National Dog Day, but don’t worry if you haven’t heard of it before, it was only made up in 2004. I forgot to get Dolly and Roxy a card. In celebration of their special day, they’ll spend all day napping on the couch, eat two healthy meals they didn’t have to pay for and go to the dog park several times. In other words, “Monday.”
The Wayne County Board of Education plans to make sure that local voters know why the Board supports renewal of the school system’s E-SPLOST (special purpose local option sales tax for education).Continue Reading..
COVINGTON — Some property tax notices that were mailed Aug. 19 to Newton County property owners are incorrect, Tax Commissioner Barbara Dingler said.
#Dingler said fewer than 3,000 of the 44,360 notices sent out, or .067 percent, are incorrect. The printing vendor corrected the error and sent new notices on Thursday to affected property owners, she said.
#Property owners with questions about the amount they owe can visit www.newtoncountytax.com or call 770-784-2020.
CONYERS — Conyers Mayor Randy Mills has announced he will seek election to his fifth term in office.Continue Reading..
Qualifying for the Nov. 5 municipal general election in Douglasville will be held Monday through Friday at City Hall on Church Street.
Qualifying hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. each day for candidates who want to get their names on the municipal election ballots.
The city council seats up for election are Ward 1, Ward 2 (Post 1) and Ward 3 (posts 1 and 2). The current council members in those seats seeking re-election are Mayor Pro Tem Larry Yockey (Ward 1), Councilman Dennis McLain (Ward 2, Post 1), Councilwoman LaShun Burr Danley (Ward 3, Post 1) and Councilman Samuel Davis (Ward 3, Post 2). All of the council members up for election this year have confirmed their intentions to seek re-election.
So far, two other candidates have announced their intent to run for a council seat. Former Douglasville Police Detective Jay Smith and local attorney Mike Miller have formally filed a Declaration of Intent to enter the city council race through the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.
Smith filed his DOI on Aug. 5 for the seat currently held by Yockey. Miller, who is also a former Douglas County School Board member and state representative candidate, filed his DOI on Aug. 8 for the seat currently held by McLain.
To qualify, potential candidates must pay a $180 qualifying fee and submit a candidacy affidavit. All candidates need to bring with them to City Hall for qualifying is their ID and payment for the qualifying fee, according to City Clerk Joyce Stone. Once there, they will sign an affidavit that includes their name, birth date and address information.
“We go by their sworn affidavit,” Stone said. “We don’t really have to have any (additional) documents.”
Candidates must be 21-years-old, live within the city limits for at least 12 months prior to the date of election and reside in the ward for which they’re running. They must also be registered and qualified voters.
Nov. 5 is election day this year with the future funding for the Board of Education and all five council seats and mayor’s office in Screven to be determined.
The Screven General Election and a countywide Special Election will have polls across the county open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In county voting a single question will be put before local voters. The education special purpose local option sales tax (ESPLOST) approved in 2009 will expire June 30, 2014. If approved for renewal, the one-cent local tax would be levied for five more years for use by the Wayne County Board of Education. Funding for two additional elementary schools will be at stake.Continue Reading..
